Description
Loyal Sons provides snapshots of American life in the 1920s and chronicles the grand dreams, hard work, serendipitous timing, motivation and spirit that resulted in an undefeated season and Notre Dame’s first consensus national championship.
Loyal Sons tells the story of Notre Dame’s first consensus national championship football team. Ride along as Coach Knute Rockne’s squad dazzles opponent and draws record crowds from New York to Chicago and finally at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The Four Horsemen, the Seven Mules, the Shock Troops…they are a team bound by perseverance, camaraderie and loyalty; their attitude and performance fuel the rapid rise of Notre Dame’s fame as the Fighting Irish become a source of intense pride for Catholics from coast to coast. The pivotal game against mighty Army before 60,000 at New York’s Polo Grounds resulted in a 13-7 Notre Dame victory and these words from leading sports writer Grantland Rice in the New York Herald Tribune:
“Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore, they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden.”
About the Author
Jim Lefebvre is an award-winning journalist, author and speaker and one of the leading college football historians in America. His books Loyal Sons: The Story of the Four Horsemen and Notre Dame Football’s 1924 Champions and Coach For A Nation: The Life and Times of Knute Rockne have both been honored for excellence by the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Jim is the co-founder and executive director of the Knute Rockne Memorial Society, which honors the life and legacy of Coach Rockne by presenting the Knute Rockne Spirit of Sports Awards each year. He also write the Irish Echoes historical column in each issue of Blue & Gold Illustrated, America’s Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football. A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Jim resides near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
