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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM SEPT. 14, 2024 51 Four Horseman Don Miller did some coaching before going into law full-time and eventually a long career as a highly respected federal judge. Backup John Wallace also found his way to the bench, as a circuit judge in Calumet City, Ill., and Chicago. Guard Charlie Glueckert served as a prominent South Bend attorney and politician for decades. Center Joe Max- well coached at St. Louis University, where he also earned a law degree. He worked for Philco Ford Co. as an attor- ney and as labor relations director from 1946-69. Guard Vince Harrington served his home state of Iowa and the United States in a number of ways. After four years as a state senator, he was elected a U.S. Congressman in 1936 and served until resigning in September 1942, to give full time to his military duties with the Army Air Force. He was a com- mander on a troop carrier in the Euro- pean theatre and died of a heart attack in the officers' club at Rutlandshire, England, in November 1943. Backup halfback John Roach enlisted in the U.S. Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served in the Pacific theatre on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff. When U.S. troops liberated the Philippines, Roach was made the Mili- tary Provost Marshal of Manila. After the war, he served as the Adjutant Gen- eral of Wisconsin's Red Arrow National Guard Division and headed up the Wis- consin Veterans Administration. After graduating from Notre Dame with a fine arts degree, end Joe Rigali joined his family's business, the Daprato Statuary Company (today's Daprato Rigali Studios), an industry leader in church interior design and renovation. Halfback Bernie Coughlin came from a family of newspaper publishers in Waseca, Minn., and returned to that state after graduating from Notre Dame. Ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, he served for decades as a teacher, athletic ad- ministrator, and dean of students at the College (now University) of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Colleges. Companies. Communities. Country. All were enriched by the works of the 1924 Fighting Irish. ✦ For more informa on, please visit: www.RockneSociety.org Tuesday, Oct. 8 - 6:30 p.m. Brown County Library, Green Bay, Wis. "Jim Crowley: From Green Bay East to a Notre Dame Four Horseman" A presenta on of the 36th Annual Local History Series Friday, Oct. 11 - 1:30 - 3 p.m. Hammes Book Store, Notre Dame, Ind. Book Signing — Special Centennial Commemora ve Edi on Loyal Sons: The Story of The Four Horsemen and Notre Dame Football's 1924 Champions Please Join Us For These Special Events Friday, Oct. 11 - 7 p.m. Embassy Suites, South Bend, Ind. "100 Years of Irish quarterbacks, star ng with Harry Stuhldreher" Featuring appearances by notable Notre Dame quarterbacks Friday, Oct. 18 - 2 p.m. College Football Hall of Fame, Atlanta, Ga. "A Century Ago Today: Outlined against a blue-gray October sky..." The famous 1924 Notre Dame-Army game is commemorated Jim Lefebvre is an award-winning Notre Dame author and leads the Knute Rockne Memorial Society. He can be reached at: jim@ndfootballhistory.com Vince Harrington represented Iowa as a U.S. Congressman and served in the Army Air Force in World War II. PHOTO FROM THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM