Joe Cusack

American football player and US Army officer (1868–1930)

Joe Cusack

Born| (1868-01-13)January 13, 1868

New York City, U.S.

Died| September 4, 1930(1930-09-04) (aged 62)

San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

Joseph E. Cusack (January 13, 1868 – September 4, 1930) was an American football player and an officer in the United States Army.

Cusack was born into a military family of Irish immigrants in New York City, but as an infant was moved to Fort Stockton, Texas and later to Fort Niobrara, Nebraska. In 1885, he enrolled at the University of Notre Dame and participated in their military cadet training program, achieving the rank of captain in Colonel William Hoynes' Light Guard, Company A.

Cusack played as a halfback in the first-ever football game to be played at the university—an 8–0 loss to Michigan on November 23, 1887. The following spring, Cusack moved to the quarterback position and played two additional games against Michigan on consecutive days in April. The first was a 26–6 loss at South Bend's Green Stocking Ball Park in front of 400 spectators; the second was a 10–4 loss at Notre Dame.

After becoming a member of the first graduating class out of Sorin Hall in 1889, Cusack enlisted in the Army and eventually achieved the rank of colonel. He died in San Antonio, Texas and is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

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* Arthur J. Hope. "Chapter XVII". Notre Dame -- One Hundred Years. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
* Rev. W.A. Maloney - Scrapbook c1890. "Index MLS002". Notre Dame Archives. Retrieved January 30, 2008.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish starting quarterbacks

* George Cartier (1887)
* Joe Cusack (1888)
* Ed Coady (1888–1889)
* Pat Coady (1892)
* Charles Zeitler (1893)
* Nicholas Dinkel (1894)
* William Walsh (1895)
* Frank Hering (1896)
* Fred Waters (1897)
* Charles Fleming (1898)
* Angus McDonald (1899)
* Clarence Diebold (1900)
* Henry McGlew (1901–1902)
* Nate Silver (1903–1905)
* Dick Coad (1904)
* Bob Bracken (1906)
* Billy Ryan (1907)
* Don Hamilton (1908–1909)
* Gus Dorais (1910–1913)
* Alfred Bergman (1914)
* James Phelan (1915–1917)
* Tex Allison (1917)
* Bill Mohn (1918)
* Leonard Bahan (1919)
* Joe Brandy (1920)
* Chet Grant (1921)
* Frank Thomas (1922)
* Harry Stuhldreher (1922–1924)
* Red Edwards (1924–1926)
* Albert Cullen (1925)
* Chuck Riley (1926–1927)
* Jim Brady (1927–1928)
* Frank Carideo (1928–1930)
* Chuck Jaskwhich (1931–1932)
* Bud Bonar (1933–1934)
* Wally Fromhart (1934–1935)
* Andy Puplis (1936–1937)
* Steve Sitko (1938–1939)
* Bob Hargrave (1940)
* Harry Wright (1941)
* Angelo Bertelli (1941–1943)
* Johnny Lujack (1943, 1946–1947)
* Frank Dancewicz (1944–1945)
* Frank Tripucka (1948)
* Bob Williams (1949–1950)
* John Mazur (1950–1951)
* Ralph Guglielmi (1951–1954)
* Tom Carey (1952, 1954)
* Paul Hornung (1955–1956)
* Robert Williams (1956–1958)
* George Izo (1958–1959)
* Don White (1959)
* George Haffner (1960)
* Daryle Lamonica (1960–1962)
* Frank Budka (1961, 1963)
* Denis Szot (1962–1963)
* John Huarte (1963–1964)
* Sandy Bonvechio (1963)
* William Zloch (1965)
* Tom Schoen (1965)
* Terry Hanratty (1966–1968)
* Coley O'Brien (1966)
* Joe Theismann (1968–1970)
* Pat Steenberge (1971)
* Bill Etter (1971)
* Cliff Brown (1971)
* Tom Clements (1972–1974)
* Rick Slager (1975–1976)
* Joe Montana (1975, 1977–1978)
* Rusty Lisch (1976–1977, 1979)
* Tim Koegel (1979, 1981)
* Mike Courey (1979–1980)
* Blair Kiel (1980–1983)
* Ken Karcher (1982)
* Jim O'Hara (1982)
* Steve Beuerlein (1983–1986)
* Scott Grooms (1984)
* Terry Andrysiak (1985–1987)
* Tony Rice (1987–1989)
* Kent Graham (1987)
* Rick Mirer (1990–1992)
* Paul Failla (1991, 1993)
* Kevin McDougal (1993)
* Ron Powlus (1994–1997)
* Tom Krug (1995)
* Jarious Jackson (1998–1999)
* Eric Chappell (1998)
* Arnaz Battle (2000)
* Gary Godsey (2000)
* Matt LoVecchio (2000–2001)
* Carlyle Holiday (2001–2003)
* Pat Dillingham (2002)
* Brady Quinn (2003–2006)
* Demetrius Jones (2007)
* Jimmy Clausen (2007–2009)
* Evan Sharpley (2007)
* Dayne Crist (2010–2011)
* Tommy Rees (2010–2013)
* Everett Golson (2012, 2014)
* Malik Zaire (2014–2015)
* DeShone Kizer (2015–2016)
* Brandon Wimbush (2017–2018)
* Ian Book (2017–2020)
* Jack Coan (2021)
* Tyler Buchner (2022)
* Drew Pyne (2022)
* Sam Hartman (2023)
* Steve Angeli (2023)
* Riley Leonard (2024)

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