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Despite questions surrounding
Farragher's status as coach, he was evidently a major participant in one of Notre Dame football's early "golden ages". As Sperber's text notes: "After the mediocre 1905 season–5–4 including bad losses to the in-state rivals–the
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in the early 1900s. He is often identified in official university histories as the team's head coach for the 1902–1903 season. This claim remains controversial among sports historians, some of whom assign this honor to
Farragher's teammate, All-American
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announced: 'The time has come when Notre Dame should take her rank in the old football world. The rank she had when Fortin and
Farragher and Farley were playing here; the rank she had when Salmon, the invincible, tore through the opposition'".
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observed that
Farragher "made possible many gains for our backs by his ready way of opening up a hole in the line". The yearbook added: "Farragher was one of the mainstays of the team both on offensive and defensive work. In his position as
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James
Farragher spent his last years in South Bend. He died in Youngstown, Ohio, on February 22, 1949, at the age of 75, after a three-month illness.
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Farragher, despite his disability, proved a standout on Notre Dame's football team and was widely praised for his versatility. In 1901, the
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he has but few equals in the West. Jim rarely failed to gain when given the ball, and was a hard man to down when once started".
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Shake Down the
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border. He was raised in the working-class district of
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450:Notre Dame Scholastic
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230:Notre Dame Scholastic
193:Church. One brother,
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127:Head coaching record
36:Biographical details
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705:(1959–1962)
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679:Hugh Devore
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248:Controversy
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307:Notre Dame
294:Conference
224:Notre Dame
187:Brier Hill
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84:Notre Dame
47:1873-09-10
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751:Bob Davie
743:Lou Holtz
567:Pat O'Dea
297:Standing
113:1902–1903
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769:# (2004)
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291:Overall
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206:Nebraska
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