The first signings were Otto Graham, a former star quarterback at Northwestern University, and Herb Coleman, a center at Notre Dame, both of whom were then in the military.

Among the prominent figures who have called for the abolition of nuclear weapons are " the philosopher Bertrand Russell, the entertainer Steve Allen, CNN ’ s Ted Turner, former Senator Claiborne Pell, Notre Dame president Theodore Hesburg, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama ".

Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Alan Page and Miami Dolphins left guard Bob Kuechenberg were former teammates at the University of Notre Dame.

This group kept very active in perpetrating public outrages such as the Notre-Dame Affair, wherein at the Easter High Mass at Notre Dame de Paris, in front of ten thousand people and broadcast on national TV, their member and former Dominican Michel Mourre posed as a monk, " stood in front of the altar and read a pamphlet proclaiming that God was dead ".

* Jeff Samardzija, former University of Notre Dame football and baseball player, currently a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.

Additional building activity is planned for a stretch of St. Clair Avenue to the south of Kercheval Avenue, and a new development is rose in 2011 to replace the former Kroger grocery store at the corner of Kercheval and Notre Dame Street.

* Bob Davie, former Notre Dame football coach and current ESPN sportscaster, grew up in Moon

* Bertrand Berry, former NFL player and Notre Dame graduate

* Dan Devine, former head coach of the Green Bay Packers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, was born in Augusta.

* Ara Parseghian, former coach at the University of Notre Dame

However, in 1914, he also employed several former Notre Dame stars, including the legendary Knute Rockne, Howard " Horse " Edwards, " Deke " Jones, and Joe Collins.

* James Tunstead Burtchaell, former provost and Department of Theology chairman of the University of Notre Dame

* Notre Dame College ( New Hampshire ), a former college in Manchester

* Notre Dame College ( New York ), a former women's college in Staten Island

* Notre Dame ( band ), a former Swedish metal band

Earlier in the year, the Frankford Yellow Jackets had scheduled an exhibition game between a team of former University of Notre Dame stars and the best NFL team in the east.

On January 27, 1971, the New York State Board of Regents approved the consolidation of the University with the former Notre Dame College ( New York ) a private women's college and the Staten Island Campus of St. John ’ s University became a reality.

Classes began in the fall of 1971, combining the original Notre Dame College with the former Brooklyn campus of St. John ’ s, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, business and education.

They were coached by Brooklyn-native Gerry DiNardo, a former star player at the University of Notre Dame, and previously head coach at Vanderbilt University and Louisiana State University.

In week 5, the team replaced Lester with the former Notre Dame Quatrerback Kevin McDougal and the team went 5-1 in the rest of the season ( winning their last four in a row ), coming from behind to make the XFL playoffs at 2nd place in the Eastern Division.

Two of the school's most famous athletic alumni are former Notre Dame basketball coach and current ESPN sportscaster Digger Phelps, who played basketball at Rider from 1959 to 1963 and Jason Thompson who played basketball at Rider from 2004 to 2008 and was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 12th pick of the 2008 NBA Draft while never winning a MAAC championship or appearing in the NCAA Tournament.

* In the field of sports, Rider graduates include: Jack Armstrong, 1990 Major League Baseball ( MLB ) All-Star and World Champion ; Al Downing, 1967 MLB All-Star and Strikout Champion, and 1971 MLB Comeback Player of the Year ; Jeff Kunkel, professional baseball player ; Caroline Lind, MBA, Olympic Gold Medal rower at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ; Digger Phelps, ESPN college basketball analyst and former Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball coach ; Bobby Smith, National Soccer Hall of Fame member ; and Jason Thompson, basketball player in the NBA.

His funeral on 26 January 2007 at the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris was attended by numerous distinguished people: President Jacques Chirac, former President Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, many French Ministers, and of course the Companions of Emmaus, who were placed at the front of the congregation in the cathedral, according to Abbé Pierre's last wishes.

His grandfather, Hugh Devore, was an assistant with the Houston Oilers and a former Head Coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Former head coach at Notre Dame, North Carolina, Florida Atlantic University, and Southern Methodist University ; also a former assistant under Roy Williams at Kansas.

* Dame Doreen Blumhardt, former WCE lecturer

* Dame Averil Cameron, professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History and former Warden of Keble College

* Dame Gillian Beer — literary critic and former President of Clare Hall, Cambridge ( 1994 — 2001 )

Broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough, former Richmond Park MP Baroness Susan Kramer and children ’ s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson are patrons of FRP.

The museum is on the site of a former theatre and art gallery in the centre of Bradford and came about as the result of discussions between Dame Margaret Weston and Bradford city.

Both Cam ' ron and Jim Jones took out their frustrations on former label-mate Kanye West in defense of former CEO Dame Dash by releasing a song entitled " Toast " rhyming over Kanye West's song " Runaway ".

The new Irish Houses of Parliament, designed by Edward Lovett Pearce, also faced onto College Green, while from College Green a new widened Dame Street led directly down to the mediæval Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin, past Dublin Castle and the Royal Exchange, the latter a new building, the former in the process of rebuilding, turning it from a mediæval castle to a Georgian palace.

* Jim Kiick ( born 1946 ), former NFL halfback.

* Bruce McLenna ( 1966 ), former halfback for the Detroit Lions

* Wray Carlton, former AFL halfback with the Buffalo Bills who scored the first-ever touchdown for the Bills

Eugene L. Mingo ( born September 22, 1938 in Akron, Ohio ) is a former professional American football player who played several positions including halfback, placekicker, and return specialist.

However another heartbreaking loss to New Zealand, the replacement of halfback Peston Campbell – a crowd favourite – with former Melbourne halfback Brett Kimmorley, and a string of released players signaled trouble for 2003.

Captain Paul Gallen's transformation into an Origin prop alleviated this problem somewhat, and the Sharks were active in the player market, signing prop Jon Green from St George, former Shark Isaac de Gois and prop Mark Taufua from Newcastle, halfback Jeff Robson from Parramatta and props Bryce Gibbs and Andrew Fifita from Wests Tigers.

* Matt Henjak-former Wallaby halfback, former player for the Western Force

Joseph Michael Bellino ( born March 13, 1938 ) is a former American football halfback who won the Heisman Trophy in 1960 and later played in iin the American Football League for the Boston Patriots.

Donald Anthony Perkins ( born March 4, 1938 in Waterloo, Iowa ) is a former American football halfback who spent eight seasons with the NFL's Dallas Cowboys.

* Sam Payne, former Australia national rugby union team (" Wallaby ") halfback

Educated at Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1957, where he played 2nd XV for the school where he played alongside former Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks player George Taylforth and St. George Dragons halfback George Evans.

* Lyle Bigbee ( 1893 – 1942 ), former outfielder, pitcher and halfback

In a 2009 preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens, his jersey misspelled his last name as it said Bettis, as most would consider thinking about former Steelers halfback Jerome Bettis.

Coached at the Ipswich Jets by former Australian international halfback Tommy Raudonikis, Langer became a key player for the club when he was only 17,

Leonard Edward Moore ( born November 25, 1933, in Reading, Pennsylvania ) is a former American football halfback who played for Penn State in college and the Baltimore Colts.

Robert Cornelius Mitchell ( born June 6, 1935 in Hot Springs, Arkansas ) is a former American football halfback and flanker in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins.

* Ed Smith ( American football halfback ) ( born 1923 ), former fullback in the National Football League

Eugene " Gene " Warren Thomas ( born September 1, 1942 in Barberton, Ohio ) is a former American football fullback and halfback in the American Football League and played in Super Bowl I.

In 2007, Kimmorley's chance for success improved mainly from the signing of new coach Ricky Stuart a former representative halfback himself.