Senior linebacker and team captain Jim Carroll (60) and his teammates embarked on a memorable journey
during the 1964 football season.
PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS
1964:
Notre Dame's
eterNal Flame
Its spirit still resonates
on its golden anniversary
BY LOU SOMOGYI
"Don't let it be forgotten,
That once there was a spot
For one brief shining moment,
That was known as Camelot."
— From Camelot
M
erriam-Webster defines
Camelot as "a time, place
or atmosphere of idyllic
happiness."
In the early 1960s, the presidency of
John F. Kennedy was often romanticized
as such a time because his youthful fer-
