Nov 5, 2025 - Nov 22, 2025
Featured here is the finest known Type 1 photo of college football’s legendary backfield known as “The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame.” The quartet of quarterback Harry Stuhldreher, left halfback Jim Crowley, right halfback Don Miller, and fullback Elmer Layden was brought together by Knute Rockne in 1922, when all four were sophomores. During the next three years, the Four Horsemen dominated college football and put Notre Dame on the map as the football capital of the world. From 1922 to '24, Notre Dame lost only two games and was undefeated during the 1924 season.
This stunning photo captures the Four Horsemen during a break in the action, their battered and mud-splattered bodies giving visual proof of the rough, take-no-prisoners style of play that typified Notre Dame football. The paper caption slug on the back notes that Notre Dame Coach Knute Rockne had offered to reunite the Horsemen for a benefit for the unemployed in 1930.
The 8x10 photo displays sharp contrast with a warm patina throughout. There are slight spider crease lower left and right-hand corners, but the photo comes overall in EX-MT shape. The reverse has the Associated Press credit stamp and the original paper caption slug affixed. Encapsulated as Type 1 by PSA/DNA.
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