Hall of Fame
Position: Halfback
Years: 1929-1931
Place of Birth: New Orleans, LA
Date of Birth: Mar 20, 1909
Place of Death: Danville, CA
Date of Death: Apr 19, 1991
Jersey Number: 18
Height: 5-11
Weight: 178
High School: Bay St. Louis, MS (St. Stanislaus HS)
Halfback Marchy Schwartz and quarterback Frank Carideo made Coach Knute Rockne's "last hurrah" at Notre Dame echo long and loud across the land. Schwartz was a sophomore when the Irish posted a 9-0-0 record in 1929, and a junior standout with the 10-0-0 team of 1930. They were years when Notre Dame dominated the nation's football. He logged a career 1,945 yards rushing for an average of 5.8 yards per carry. In 1930, Schwartz posted three straight 100- yard games - against Pitt, Indiana and Penn. In the 1931 game with Army, Schwartz punted 15 times for 501 yards, a school record which remained unbroken well into the second half of the 20th century. Schwartz played his senior season, 1931, under a new coach, Hunk Anderson, as Notre Dame posted a 6-2-1 record. He was head coach at Creighton 1935-1939 and Stanford 1942, 1946-50 (Stanford had no team 1943- 45). In 1962 a panel of sports writers and broadcasters picked an all-time Notre Dame team, and Schwartz was in the backfield along with George Gipp, Jim Crowley and Johnny Lujack. Schwartz was born March 20, 1909. He died in 1991.
