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1922–1998 · South Bend by birth and formation
Steve Joseph Nemeth was born December 10, 1922, in South Bend — "a true son of Notre Dame," in the Canadian league record's phrase, born in the city itself — and at Riley High School he was named the All-State quarterback in both 1940 and 1941. At Notre Dame in 1943 and 1944 he played halfback and quarterback on the 1943 national championship team; the Irish went 17–3 in his tenure, and his option passing was his signature. As a rookie in 1945 he was a member of the NFL champion Cleveland Rams, playing behind Bob Waterfield and Jack Jacobs, and he threw one pass that season. The AAFC years followed — the Chicago Rockets in 1946 and the Baltimore Colts in 1947, twenty-six appearances with six starts across the two seasons — then quarterback and kicking specialist for Montreal in 1948, and a last try with Detroit in 1949, cut on August 4. He came home: an assistant coach of Notre Dame's freshman team in South Bend. The Indiana Football Hall of Fame inducted him on August 15, 1987, and he died March 27, 1998.
Sources
- CFLapedia, player record of Steve Nemeth — the South Bend birth, the Riley All-State years, the Notre Dame tenure, the professional sequence and the Hall of Fame date.
- Pro Football Reference — the 1945–47 seasons across the Rams, Rockets and Colts.