Notre Dame honors ailing Duranko

Notre Dame News · #1 (**permalink**) 04-16-2006, 11:09 AM

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Notre Dame honors ailing Duranko
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - 11 hours ago
On the face of it, this is a sad tale of a former athlete, an All-America defensive lineman at Notre Dame, a longtime pro football player, stricken with ...

Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:10:00 GMT

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Lefty Noob · #2 (**permalink**) 04-16-2006, 08:42 PM

For those who don't know, Pete Duranko was a defensive lineman on the 1966 national championship team and a former All-American. Now 62, he was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in 2000. He's still active working for various charitable organizations, though. This weekend, he will serve as an honorary captain for the Irish's annual spring football game, and there will be a tribute dinner afterwards. Check out the article if you can, it's definitely worth the time.

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