Acknowledgements

So many people played a part in the development of this website! I am confident that I could not have done this without all the help I received along the way. This is a brief but well-deserved acknowledgement of their invaluable contributions.

To my parents

Frankly, if you had told me this was a stupid idea, I would have stopped before I began. Instead, you were the first people to tell me what I was doing was worthwhile. You listened to me drone on about the latest fun fact or cool player I had discovered every day for two years. You did not always understand what I was doing, but you knew it was important to me, and you became my biggest supporters. I could not be more grateful for that.

To Cappy Gagnon

Cappy is a retired stadium security guard for the Fighting Irish. He was the very first person to respond to a request for help on a Notre Dame-related research project. He provided me with a ton of information on Irish players between 1887-1930, many of which I would later find out played or coached interhall football.  His enthusiastic contributions became a big reason why I continue working on researching unique aspects of the Notre Dame experience.

To Joseph Smith

You were my go-to guy at ND Archives. I sent you a baker's dozen messages during the heyday of this project, and you never failed to respond, despite the painfully obscure nature of my questions. We have met a few times already since I matriculated and I look forward to our meetings to come as this site and other random Notre Dame historical inquiries cross my mind.

To all interhall alumni

No part of this project was more exciting than to hear from all the people who made interhall football a living, vibrant campus culture. Your stories weren't just helpful, but fascinating. They were also a powerful reminder that this project had value, which was sometimes hard to tell. Thank you for replying to my random requests for information. Interhall alumni collectively contributed dozens of stories and solved more than one major mystery about the innerworkings of the leagues. I hope to have even more to say to this group as I continue to encourage your help and anecdotes!

To the sportswriters

These men and women, overwhelmingly college students at the time of their writing, fed the IFB nearly all games and scores I have available. I go further in depth on this subject on the Thanking the Writers page of the Further Reading section.