1964 Notre Dame vs. Navy - Huarte vs. Staubach

[Cr8zyr8ter]

i can't believe that my grandpa, john huarte, won the heisman. It was one of my greatest memories holding the heisman and man is it heavy. He loves telling me about how much he enjoyed palying football for ND and MD when we go fishing. And yes we are basque and it is also pronounced "whooartay"

[FRSFreeStatePlus]

Roger Staubach earned the nickname "Captain Comeback" at Navy

[ErikS1975FreeState]

This was a competitive rivalry at one point & recently has become competitive again

[foolycooly7]

i am related to huarte and i play highschool football

[belitnakoff]

@foolycooly7 Cool. He signed with the Jets alongside Joe Namath so he never really got a chance. You should ask Mr. Huarte if he ever regretted signing with the same team as Broadway Joe. We will never know how good John would have been had he signed with a team that would let him be the starter.

[majormannfred]

Both Huarte and Staubach appearing March 27, 2010 in Chantilly, VA for an autograph show plus many others.

[6silhouette5]

With all the mixing of the races, I seriously doubt that there are any pure human races in the world. The only way to actually know who is what is by DNA testing. Therefore, the answer is moot.

[6silhouette5]

When I was a kid, my Dad would take me to the Mater Dei football games. I remember John. He was great in high school . What bothers me is that no one ever mentioned that he is of Hispanic descent. True pronounciation of his surname is "Whooartay", not Hu-ert.

[CompVid101]

Not exactly. The name Huarte is Basque, and of course the Basques live in northern Spain - but they're not "Spanish" or "Hispanic," especially if you ask them. The Basques pre-date the Spanish on the Iberian peninsula by hundreds of years. The pronunciation of the name above is the Basque name as pronounced in Spanish. In the Basque language, it's closer to "hu-ert."

[TonyLyndellWilliams]

Believe it or not, John Huarte received the Heisman Trophy in New York City two weeks before he was issued his first letter sweater as a senior at Notre Dame.

[momike99]

wasnt Staubach injured much of thqt yr and not very effective in these big games?

[Ariamaluum]

Why didn't Navy have their last names on their jerseys like they did the year before?

[derekjames80]

who is nds coach here

[1400deadwood]

Ara Parseghian's first year as head coach was 1964.

[chrisuncleahmad]

Little did anyone know that this would start one of the longest win streaks of one opponent over another in history.

[mostliketa]

When I was a young kid in 1964 I wrote a letter to John Huarte at Notre Dame asking him for an autographed photo. He sent me the photo along with a nice letter. I had it for years but unfortunately lost it in a move somehow. It really made a big impression on me, and even now I still think about what a nice gesture it was.

[activerunner76]

John Huarte now works as the CEO for the Arizona Tile Co. I work for the former heisman winner, I'm sure you may be able to contact him through the company and may be able to help you with the photo. Though I have worked for the company for several years now, I have never met John Huarte, I have only met his two sons who are just as nice as their dad.

[jumboshrimppnb]

This awesome

[maamvalley]

John Huarte, #7, nicest guy in the world!!

[hoghog10]

wo woo