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RSS FeedsHawkins, star at Notre Dame, worked for Dodgers, dies at 80
(WorldNews Mexico)

 
 

17 august 2017 16:36:06

 
Hawkins, star at Notre Dame, worked for Dodgers, dies at 80
(WorldNews Mexico)
 


Hawkins became close with Notre Dame president Theodore Hesburgh, who served from 1952-87. Hesburgh was supportive when Hawkins was dating a white woman from nearby Saint Mary’s College and they were turned away from a South Bend restaurant that wouldn’t allow the interracial couple to dine, Kevin Hawkins said. “That act led Father Hesburgh to ban Notre Dame (students) from eating there until my father got a public apology,” Kevin Hawkins said by phone from his home in South Bend. “Notre Dame walked the talk when you talk about civil rights. That meant the world to him.” Kevin Hawkins said his father’s basketball teammate and future NFL Hall of...


 
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