The Louisville Sports Commission announced Friday that college and Pro Football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung has died. Hornung, who has long struggled of dementia, was 84.
Hornung, a Louisville native, played football, basketball and baseball at Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget High School. He then went to college at Notre Dame where he played quarterback and halfback.
In his last two years with the Fighting Irish, he passed for 1,656 yards and 12 touchdowns while rushing for 892 yards and six touchdowns. Hornung won the Heisman Trophy in 1956 despite Notre Dame finishing that season with a record of 2-8.