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34 OFFICIAL FOOTBALL REVIEW-1929
NORBERT CHRISTMAN
Quarter-Back
.. Chris" is a smart young quarter-back who just finished his first year on the
team. Hailing from Green Ba..y, \Vis., where the snow flies, the thermometers
drop, and the Packers win pro championships, it was only logical that he should
don the moleskins at Notre Dame.
Norb had not only the atmosphere but the ability to play the pigskin game,
.and he traveled with the team the whole season. Inexperienced at the beginning
of the year, he did not sec much action, but in the N orthwcstcrn game
his chance came and he grasped it. Sent into the game in the third quarter, he
turned in a clever piece of generalship, directing the plays that led to Notre
Dame's last touchdown.
\Vith the experience gained this yearand the natural ability he has already
shown, Christman should develop into one of Notre Dame's ablest signal callers.
GEORGE SHAY
Full-Bacl~
There have been many good football players at Notre Dame. There have
been some about whom clung that mystic aura that is greatness, but it is
doubtful whether there has ever been a better defensive full-back at Notre
Dame than George .. Dinny" Shay.
When Dinny was a. Freshman his defensive work against the varsity in scrimmage
so impressed one of the coaches that he said if he' were to have a team
composed entirely of All-American players, he could not have or. wish for a
better defensive back than Shay. ·
His blocking is good, his plunging fair, and his open :field running, nothing·
much at all, but the way he backs up a. line is really great. Rugged, hard,
quiet, he has come and gone, and the outside world has known him but little.
But those who have played against or with him will remember him for what
he really is-one of the greatest defensive backs of Notre Dame history.