Author : Joe Niese
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476634092
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Book Synopsis Gus Dorais by : Joe Niese
Download or read book Gus Dorais written by Joe Niese and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles “Gus” Dorais (1891–1954) was the quarterback of Notre Dame’s “Dorais to Rockne” tandem that revolutionized football’s forward pass. A triple threat prep star from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Dorais was a captain and undefeated four-year starter at Notre Dame, and the school’s first consensus All-American in 1913. Over the next four decades, Dorais was a professional player in the pre–NFL days and a college football coach—notably at the University of Detroit—and then head coach of the Detroit Lions. During his career, he tallied more than 150 wins. A pioneer of offensive strategies, Dorais played with and coached against most of the prominent football legends of his time.