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Hall of Fame

Charles "Gus" Dorais

  • Class
    1917
  • Induction
    1983
  • Sport(s)
    Contributor
  • A captain at Notre Dame, Dorias was credited with developing the forward pass. It was in a game against the heavily-favored Army team at West Point in 1913 that Dorais unleashed the forward pass. He was the quarterback connecting to his sticky-fingered end Knute Rockne in the Irish's 35-13 upset of the Cadets.
  • Coached Loras to a 17-9-2 record in four seasons before returning to Notre Dame as Knute Rockne's assistant head coach. Dorias success did not stop on the gridiron, as he coached the Loras Cagers to a 29-17 in fours years.
  • Dorais later went on to coach the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, where he posted a 20-31-2 record in five seasons
  • Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
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