Ara Parseghian

Ara Parseghian (center) with the Northwestern University coaching team (1956)

Ara Raoul Parseghian (born May 21, 1923 in Akron , Ohio - † August 2, 2017 in Granger , Indiana ) was an American American football coach of Armenian - French origin. After coaching at Miami University and Northwestern University , he was Head Coach of the University of Notre Dame from 1964 to 1974 , with which he won the national championship of the NCAA in 1966 and 1973 . In recognition of his achievements as a coach, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980, received the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award in 1997 and is considered one of the most successful college football coaches of all time.

Life

Ara Parseghian was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1923 to Michael Parseghian, a survivor of the Armenian genocide , and Amelie Bonneau, a French woman, and was named after the legendary King Ara the Beautiful . After serving in the United States Navy during World War II , he played in college football as a halfback for the Miami University team in 1946/1947 . In the All-America Football Conference he was then active in 1948/1949 as halfback and defensive back for the Cleveland Browns , before he had to end his playing career due to an injury.

In 1950 he began his coaching career as an assistant coach under Head Coach Woody Hayes at Miami University. After moving from Hayes to Ohio State University , Ara Parseghian took on the position of head coach at his alma mater from 1951 to 1955 . He then worked in the same capacity at Northwestern University until 1963 . From 1964 to 1974 he then acted as Head Coach at the University of Notre Dame . After retiring as a coach after the 1974 season, he worked as a sports commentator for ABC from 1975 to 1981 and for CBC from 1982 to 1988 .

Ara Parseghian had been married to Kathleen Davis since December 1948 and had three children. In addition to his efforts to cure multiple sclerosis, his philanthropic activities included the establishment of the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation in 1994 to support research into the causes and treatment of Niemann-Pick type C disease . In the 1993 film Rudy about the Notre Dame player Rudy Ruettiger , he is played by Jason Anthony Miller .

Parseghian died on August 2, 2017 at the age of 94 in Granger , Indiana .

Sporting successes and awards

Ara Parseghian, whose overall record as head coach includes 170 wins, 58 losses and six draws, won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in 1966 and 1973 and the Sugar Bowl and 1973 with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish team 1974 the Orange Bowl . The team was among the top 15 nationally at the end of each season during his time as coach, referred to as "the Era of Ara" in the history of sports at the University of Notre Dame, and was among the top five in six out of eleven years Teams. With the Miami Redskins he also won the championship of the Mid-American Conference in 1954 and 1955 .

Ara Parseghian received awards from various institutions as coach of the year in 1964 and 1966, as well as the Amos Alonzo Stagg Award, named after Amos Alonzo Stagg , in 1997 from the American Football Coaches Association . In 1980 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . A sculpture was erected near the University of Notre Dame stadium in 2007, depicting Ara Parseghian on the shoulders of his players. John Huarte , who played as quarterback for the Fighting Irish under Ara Parseghian , was honored with the 1964 Heisman Trophy for best college football player.

literature

Parseghian, Ara Raoul (b.1923). In: Edward J. Rielly: Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 2009, ISBN 0-8032-9012-8 , pp. 263/264
Ara Parseghian. In: John Heisler: 100 Things Notre Dame Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Triumph Books, Chicago 2009, ISBN 1-60078-254-X , pp. 14-17

Further publications

Tom Pagna, Bob Best: Notre Dame's Era Of Ara. Hardwood Press, South Bend 2004, ISBN 0-89651-557-5
Jim Dent: Resurrection: The Miracle Season That Saved Notre Dame. Thomas Dunne Books, New York 2010, ISBN 0-312-65017-5

Web links

Commons : Ara Parseghian - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ara Parseghian in the College Football Hall of Fame (English, with picture)
Notre Dame News: Former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian this at age 94 (English)

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Sammy Sucu: The 10 Most Influential Armenians in Sports History . In: Bleacher Report. Published April 24, 2012 (last accessed February 4, 2013)
^ William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 135 (American English, [1] [accessed August 8, 2017]): "Parseghian clearly inherited his temperament from his French-born mother and his looks from his Armenian-born father."
↑ Curtis Eichelberger: Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame Football's Savior Coach, Dies at 94.Bloomberg , August 2, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .
^ William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 136 (American English, [2] [accessed August 8, 2017]): “He was named after an Armenian king of about the ninth century BC who became something of a legend in Armenia's struggle to be free.”
^ William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 138 (American English, [3] [accessed August 8, 2017]): "Parseghian played one full season with Cleveland, then, in the second game of his second season, received the hip injury that ended his playing days."
^ William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 138 (American English, [4] [accessed August 8, 2017]): “Parseghian first earned an opportunity to appy Broen's methods in 1950 when Woody Hayes, then head coach at Miami, recommended that the athletic board hire him as an assistant . Parseghian guided Miami's freshmen team to a perfect four-game season, and when Hayes left to become head coach at Ohio State in 1951, Parseghian succeeded him at Miami. "
^ William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 137 (American English, [5] [accessed August 8, 2017]): “In September 1947 he'd seen Kathleen Davin in a restaurant in Oxford, Ohio ... They married in December 1948 - and now have three children - 9-year-old Karan, Kristan, 7, and Mikie, 4. ”
↑ Dennis Brown and Michael Bertsch: Former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian dies at age 94. University of Notre Dame, August 2, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 (English): “Legendary coach Ara Parseghian, who guided the University of Notre Dame's 1966 and 1973 national championship football teams and is a member of the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame, died at 1:30 am Wednesday (Aug. 2) at his home in Granger, Indiana, the University's president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, announced. Hey what 94. "
↑ Ara Parseghian, Coach Who Returned Notre Dame Football to Greatness, Dies at 94. Retrieved August 3, 2017 .

personal data
SURNAME	Parseghian, macaw
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Parseghian, Ara Raoul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Akron , Ohio , United States
DATE OF DEATH	2nd August 2017
Place of death	Granger , Indiana , United States

[BR240412-1] A ^b Sammy Sucu: The 10 Most Influential Armenians in Sports History . In: Bleacher Report. Published April 24, 2012 (last accessed February 4, 2013)

[2] William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 135 (American English, [1] [accessed August 8, 2017]): "Parseghian clearly inherited his temperament from his French-born mother and his looks from his Armenian-born father."

[3] Curtis Eichelberger: Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame Football's Savior Coach, Dies at 94.Bloomberg , August 2, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 .

[4] William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 136 (American English, [2] [accessed August 8, 2017]): “He was named after an Armenian king of about the ninth century BC who became something of a legend in Armenia's struggle to be free.”

[5] William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 138 (American English, [3] [accessed August 8, 2017]): "Parseghian played one full season with Cleveland, then, in the second game of his second season, received the hip injury that ended his playing days."

[6] William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 138 (American English, [4] [accessed August 8, 2017]): “Parseghian first earned an opportunity to appy Broen's methods in 1950 when Woody Hayes, then head coach at Miami, recommended that the athletic board hire him as an assistant . Parseghian guided Miami's freshmen team to a perfect four-game season, and when Hayes left to become head coach at Ohio State in 1951, Parseghian succeeded him at Miami. "

[7] William Barry Furlong: It's a naturalness. It's me . Ara Parseghian, Northwestern's youthful coach, conquers himself and the enemy with a mixture of suffering and amateur psychology. In: Arthur R. Murphy Jr. (Ed.): Sports Illustrated . tape 11 , no. 12 , September 21, 1959, pp. 137 (American English, [5] [accessed August 8, 2017]): “In September 1947 he'd seen Kathleen Davin in a restaurant in Oxford, Ohio ... They married in December 1948 - and now have three children - 9-year-old Karan, Kristan, 7, and Mikie, 4. ”

[8] Dennis Brown and Michael Bertsch: Former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian dies at age 94. University of Notre Dame, August 2, 2017, accessed on August 3, 2017 (English): “Legendary coach Ara Parseghian, who guided the University of Notre Dame's 1966 and 1973 national championship football teams and is a member of the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame, died at 1:30 am Wednesday (Aug. 2) at his home in Granger, Indiana, the University's president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, announced. Hey what 94. "

[9] Ara Parseghian, Coach Who Returned Notre Dame Football to Greatness, Dies at 94. Retrieved August 3, 2017 .