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  • Hornung: Notre Dame should lower academic standards to 'get the black athlete'

    03/31/2004 10:01:08 AM PST · by KJacob · 76 replies · 604+ views
    AP | 3/31/04 | Unknown
    Football great Paul Hornung said in a radio interview that his alma mater, Notre Dame, needs to lower its academic standards to ''get the black athlete.'' ''As far as Notre Dame is concerned, we're going to have to ease it up a little bit,'' Hornung told Detroit's WXYT-AM in an interview before the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame banquet Tuesday. WXYT's sister station, WWJ-AM in Detroit, played a portion of the interview for The Associated Press on Wednesday. Hornung, who is white, won the 1956 Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame. He went on to star for the NFL's Green Bay...