The #1 is pretty obvious - Paul "Golden Boy" Hornung

I would have to think #2 is Howard "The Pipe" Schnellenberger

#3 has me stumped?????

 

 

Hold more senior Trinity and St. X alumni, who do you think would round out Flaget's top three???

QB Rick Norton? All the Flaget players had one thing in common: they knew how to win.

Hornung, Sipes, Norton.

Good call on Norton, he would have to be included.

Here a response I got from an old Flaget grad...

 

"One of the very best, from a while back, was Bob Houk. He was just about 5 foot 10 inches, but he

 

played end in football and center on the basketball team. "

Hornung, Norton, Sipes, the Lehmann Brothers

Wasn't there an end - Bill Jansen? - who played at Flaget and then at UK in the mid-60s? I recall him being very good. I think he played with Harold Joyce, another end. Harold, I believe, was head coach at DeSales and was quite an emotional character.

When did Flaget close? Was there any correlation between the closing of Flaget and the rise of St. X and Trinity's programs?

When did Flaget close? Was there any correlation between the closing of Flaget and the rise of St. X and Trinity's programs?

 

It closed in 1974. Flaget's fall had primarily to do with the area of town it was in and how the population was leaving that area of town.

I think you could add Bob Lehmann to that list. He went from Flaget to Notre Dame, was an all american and captain of the team in 63 or 64. Had the bad luck of playing on some not so good teams at ND but none the less was a great player. Was drafted into the NFL (Rams) but never played due to injuries from college.

When did Flaget close? Was there any correlation between the closing of Flaget and the rise of St. X and Trinity's programs?

 

T yes. X not as much.

 

Many of the Flaget grads threw there support to Trinity after Flaget closed because Flaget and St. X were rivals back to the 40's.

T yes. X not as much.

 

Many of the Flaget grads threw there support to Trinity after Flaget closed because Flaget and St. X were rivals back to the 40's.

Despite the fact that Flaget and X both had Xaverian brothers on the faculty.

Despite the fact that Flaget and X both had Xaverian brothers on the faculty.

 

I think the old rivalry was too much to overcome. plus I don't think x took the necessary steps to woo the old Flget alumni. There is a Flaget museum at X now. Too little, too late.

 

One of the Lehmanns is in the CFL Hall of Fame!

Perhaps Chuck Russ? WR all state... went on to play at U of L I think.

Oscar Brohm was good. So was a big tackle they had, Rick Board, I think his name was---big and strong.