where have you gone?
Michael Stonebreaker,
1986-90 Inside Linebacker
Stonebreaker was a two-time All-American, and he twice finished third in the voting for the Butkus Award
in 1988.
photo courtesy notre dame media relations
The best part of waking up for
Irish legend is being the boss
By Wes Morgan
T
hese are Michael Stonebreaker 's
glory days. Right now — today and
tomorrow. What he did as a two-time
consensus All-American inside linebacker at Notre Dame and his brief
stint at the professional level are only
footnotes, albeit proud ones, in his life.
That's why when he's introduced to
folks as the Michael Stonebreaker, despite their level of enthusiasm for football or the Fighting Irish, Stonebreaker
cringes on the inside.
"They're fond memories," he said
from his home in New Orleans. "I'm
comfortable with that part of my life;
I'm comfortable with the things we did
as a team and the success and camaraderie we had as players and coaches
