Photograph was edited for publication purposes.; Original print is of inferior quality. Photograph caption dated December 8, 1948 reads, "Frank Tripucka of Notre Dame, who celebrated twenty-first birthday today, is shown here with the seven-man football team of Immaculate Conception Parochial School, which presented him with a cake and a placard at Good Samaritan Hospital. The boys are left to right: Phillip O'Connel, 13; James Dunn, 13; Bob Stegeman, 13; Tom Welsh, 13; Tim McIntyre, 13; Sergio Tinajero, 13, and Fred Nahra, 13. Tripucka was injured in the game with the S. C. Trojans last week end at the Coliseum."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) University of Notre Dame Good Samaritan Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Back--Wounds and injuries--California--Los Angeles Quarterbacks (Football)--United States Football injuries--California--Los Angeles Teenage boys--California--Los Angeles Football players--United States College football players--United States College students--Indiana--South Bend Football fans--California--Los Angeles School children--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Los Angeles Birthday cakes--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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