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Vol XXXIV No. 43

Friday, October 27, 2000

Ushering in the end of an era

      At the end of the football season, one man will retire after 60 years of greeting Notre Dame fans eager to see Fighting Irish teams battle opponents on the field. Victor Couch, 86, started working as an usher when Knute Rockne hired him in 1926 to usher in Cartier Field at age 12. Although Couch was not old enough to usher when Notre Dame Stadium was erected in 1930, Couch was ... [more]
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