families of Charlie Bachman, norman barry, and edward krause

2021 Legacy Award

Charlie Bachman

Like Knute Rockne himself, Charlie Bachman was a product of the Chicago public schools, graduating from Englewood High School on the South Side. And like Rock, his first love was track and field; he became a champion discus thrower. With Rockne as head track coach and assistant football coach in 1914, the two became close friends.

In football, the pair became kindred spirits, continually dissecting the action and trying to design “the perfect play.” In the ensuing years, they became the closest of football confidantes, forever passing coaching techniques and diagrammed plays to each other.

While Rockne stayed at Notre Dame, Bachman made a steady rise in the coaching ranks, with stops as head coach at Northwestern, Kansas State, and Florida. Rockne would time his family’s Miami vacations with stops at Gainesville to brainstorm. 

After Rockne’s death in 1931, Bachman would go on to lead Michigan State for 13 seasons through 1946, setting up the Spartans’ entry into the Big Ten in 1950. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1978.

Norman Barry

In addition to Rockne, another Chicagoan who headed to Notre Dame in 1910 was Norman Barry—as a sixth-grader in Notre Dame’s elementary school. Barry’s father had emigrated from County Cork and worked as a broker in the Chicago Stockyards. Norm stayed at Notre Dame through college graduation, becoming a varsity football player. 

He was a teammate of George Gipp from 1918-20, rising to starting right halfback alongside Gipp in 1920. Barry was a versatile weapon, as a rusher and passer, and caught the final pass thrown by Gipp in 1920, when the Irish went 9-0-0 and gained national recognition.

Barry left Notre Dame with a law degree in 1921, and went on to a successful career as a prominent Chicago attorney, judge and Illinois state legislator. He won numerous honors for his civic involvement and leadership. And, early in his career, he also coached some football, leading DeLaSalle Institute to the Chicago Catholic League title while simultaneously guiding the Chicago Cardinals to the championship of the fledgling NFL.

Edward “Moose” Krause

As coach at DeLaSalle, Barry was responsible for helping a young Lithuanian first-generation American—Edward Kriaučiūnas—take up football, receive a more pronounceable name, and acquire a nickname. The Moose Krause legend was born. And most importantly, Barry put Krause within the sphere of Rockne. Moose entered Notre Dame in 1930 and played freshman football in Rockne’s final year.

Krause played three varsity seasons under Rockne’s successor, Hunk Anderson, starting at left tackle in 1932 and 1933, earning All-American honors. He found even more success on the basketball court, where he was a three-time consensus All-American. 

Krause began his coaching career at St. Mary’s of Minnesota in 1934, and by 1942 he was back at Notre Dame as football assistant and head basketball coach. Krause served in the U.S. Marines during World War II, including a 14-month stretch as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific. He returned to ND, became assistant athletic director in 1948. A year later, he started a 32-year run as athletic director.

He became the face and spirit of Notre Dame athletics, guiding it through coaching changes, facility upgrades, coeducation, and modernization in general. He is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and College Basketball Hall of Fame.