The Notre Dame soccer household has skilled a number of tragic deaths not too long ago, together with former All-American Tony Hunter.
Hunter, who performed working again, large receiver and tight finish for the Combating Irish from 1979-82, handed away on June 11. He was 64.
Notre Dame honored his reminiscence on X/Twitter Thursday afternoon.
“We mourn the lack of Tony Hunter. We ship our condolences to his household and buddies,” this system wrote.
A local of Cincinnati, Ohio, Hunter performed his highschool ball at Archbishop Moeller, the place his coach was Gerry Faust, who ultimately held the identical place at Notre Dame.
In his four-year profession, Hunter caught 120 passes for 1,897 yards and 5 touchdowns whereas including 120 yards and a landing on 32 carries. He was a Newspaper Enterprise Affiliation first-team All-American as a senior in 1982.
The Buffalo Payments made Hunter the No. 13 total choose within the first spherical of the 1983 NFL Draft. He spent two seasons in Buffalo, then performed two years with the Los Angeles Rams earlier than struggling a career-ending knee harm in 1986.
Hunter caught 134 passes for 1,501 yards and 9 touchdowns in 47 common season video games on the NFL stage, the place he performed tight finish.
Sadly, he’s the third Notre Dame soccer fixture to go away this month, becoming a member of former working again Ed Gulyas and “No. 1 fan” Keith Penrod.
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