I arrived at ND in Sept. 1959. As a member of the Freshman Football Team, I received my numeral sweater at the end of a very frustrating season. The Freshman Team played no games and no Freshmen were allowed to be on the varsity. So, under Coaches Devore and Murphy we just practiced for the entire season, except for controlled scrimmages with varsity personnel. I'm sure the varsity was every bit as frustrated being coached to a losing season under Coach Kuharich. My first year GPA was so high that ND suggested I find accommodations off campus. Throughout high school in Los Angeles I was very involved in football and I wasn't ready to stop playing. So, I helped organize the Off -campus interhall Football Team. We received authorization from the Interhall organization and were put on the schedule. It was difficult to organize since our students were spread out all over South Bend. but we found enough players to practice and play games on Sundays. I believe that I was their first coach/player. Our record wasn't stellar, but we enjoyed playing and competing in tackle football again. A few of our opponents were drafted by the Varsity. Hecomovitch, I think his name was, was playing interhall and became a center on the varsity. When my GPA became even higher, I had an opportunity to return to campus, but I liked the off campus life style where no one told us what time we had to be back in our rooms. Also, I continued to play on the Off-campus Team. ( Remember ND was all males then and at 11 0'clock they were locking us in our halls.) I was selected to play in the Old timer's game against Ara Parseghian's first squad. (Actually, I think Hugh Devore coached in 63'.) I started at left guard, Daryle Lamonica was QB and Paul Hornung played on the team with us.