Eugene Young was born in Dover, Ohio on June 21, 1903, to an Italian mother and an English father. His father died when Eugene was six years old.
He worked eight hours a day at a steel mill, and was still able to put himself through high school, graduating in two years. He was also able to still play school sports, being a member of the football, basketball, and baseball teams.
In the fall of 1923 he entered into the University of Notre Dame, and broke his leg during tryouts for the football team, but went on to join the track team, breaking the school's 1- and 2- mile records.[1]
In the fall of 1927, on the advice of Knute Rockne, he accepted the athletic director and head coaching job at St. Catherine's High SchoolinRacine, Wisconsin, and taught algebra and physical education.[4] As football coach with a 22-5-3 career record, he led his team to an undefeated season in 1929.[5][6] As basketball coach with a 60-17 career record, he led the team to three consecutive invitations to the National Catholic Interscholastic Basketball Tournament.
In the fall of 1930, Rockne hired Young to be Notre Dame's first head athletic trainer. He held that position for 21 years, quitting in 1945 to spend time on his pecan farm in Covington, Louisiana. There, he started a boys' camp for religious order.[7][8] Later that year he was hired as head trainer of the Detroit Lions, and in 1946 he was hired by the Chicago Rockets.[9] In 1947, he was hired by the University of San Francisco as their athletic trainer.[10] In 1951, his book "With Rockne at Notre Dame" was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.[11]
^Young, Eugene J. "With Rockne at Notre Dame" G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1951
^"Obituary". The Journal Times. January 16, 1987. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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