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Notre Dame Football: Father Ted Hesburgh Names His “Starting Five”

Father Theodore Hesburgh was a Holy Cross priest, a leader in civil rights, a friend of the pope and a president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987.

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Were he alive today, “Fr. Ted” would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Thursday. He is also the subject of a new book by former Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball coach Digger Phelps: “Father Ted Hesburgh: He Coached Me.”

Phelps joined WSBT’s Weekday Sportsbeat on Tuesday and recounted a conversation with Hesburgh that he reproduced in his book.