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Last updated: November 28, 2012 4:45 p.m.

Parseghian recognized for contribution

Associated Press

Former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian will be recognized for his contribution to the sport by the National College Football Awards Association.

Parseghian coached the Irish from 1964 to 1974, leading them to national championships in 1966 and 1973. The Irish hadn’t had a winning season in the five years before he arrived and he posted a 95-17-4 record in 11 seasons.

He later became a TV analyst and helped establish the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation to work on a treatment for Niemann-Pick Type C, a rare and deadly disease that primarily strikes children. He lost three grandchildren to the disease. The foundation has raised more than $40 million for research.

The 89-year-old former coach will be given the award on Dec. 6 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

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The Journal Gazette's Assistant Sports Editor Tony Krausz covers The University of Notre Dame. Krausz, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a native of St. Louis, has been assistant sports editor since October 2005. Prior to joining the JG, he worked at two papers in Mississippi covering high school and college athletics.
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