| LC control no. | n 94036664 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Parseghian, Ara, 1923-2017 |
| Other standard no. | 43528685 |
| Biography/History note | Ara Parseghian (1923-2017) was an American football coach who guided the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973. He is noted for bringing Notre Dame's football program from years of futility back into a national contender in 1964 and is widely regarded alongside Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy as a part of the "Holy Trinity" of Notre Dame head coaches. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Parseghian> |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1923-05-21 |
| Death date | 2017-08-02 |
| Place of birth | Akron (Ohio) |
| Place of death | Granger (Ind.) |
| Field of activity | Football--Coaching |
| Affiliation | Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) University of Notre Dame |
| Profession or occupation | Football coaches Football players |
| Found in | Notre Dame's era of Ara, 1994: CIP foreword (Ara Parseghian) LC database, 04-14-94 (hdg.: Parseghian, Ara, 1923-) Wikimedia data, found via Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_Parseghian, February 17, 2016 (sex or gender: male; VIAF identifier: 43528685; place of birth: Akron; country of citizenship: United States of America; country of citizenship: Armenia; instance of: human; date of birth: +1923-05-21T00:00:00Z; conflict: World War II; occupation: gridiron football player; Commons category: Ara Parseghian; NNDB people ID: 847/000044715; P2163: 338230; labels: Ara Parseghian; ru: Ара Парсегян; descriptions: amerikanischer American-Football-Spieler und -Trainer; American football player and coach; Amerikaans Gridiron Footballspeler; aliases: Parseghian; Ara Raoul Parseghian) <http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q623595> New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 3, 2017 (in obituary published Aug. 2: Ara Parseghian; b. Ara Raoul Parseghian, May 21, 1923, Akron, Ohio; d. early Wednesday morning [Aug. 2, 2017], Granger, Ind., aged 94; Presbyterian of Armenian descent who might have seemed an unlikely savior of Notre Dame football but became just that, coaching the Fighting Irish out of the wilderness and back to greatness in the 1960s and '70s) |
| Associated language | eng |
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