RSS
Sport


Home Page > Sport > Fighting Irish connections to Super Bowl XLVI - Giants’ Justin Tucks and Patriot’s Sergio Brown

Fighting Irish connections to Super Bowl XLVI - Giants’ Justin Tucks and Patriot’s Sergio Brown

One Notre Dame alum will be taking home a championship ring

By
KERRY O'SHEA,
IrishCentral Intern
Published Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 8:51 AM
Updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 9:58 AM

print this article Print
email this articleE-mail
comment on article Make a comment
See more: Super Bowl  

Notre Dame alum en route to the Super Bowl Justin Tucks
Notre Dame alum en route to the Super Bowl Justin Tucks
Photo by Google Images


The upcoming Super Bowl XLVI may be the highly anticipated showdown of two of the greatest football players today - the Patriots’ Tom Brady and the Giants’ Eli Manning - but it will also be a showdown for two former Irish players from Notre Dame.

ESPN’s Matt Fortuna is drawing attention to the fact that a Notre Dame alum will be walking away from Super Bowl XLVI with a championship ring.

Justin Tucks of the New York Giants and Sergio Brown of the New England Patriots will be going head to head in Indianapolis this weekend.
____________
Read More:
Tom Coughlin and Tom Brady will have their Irish up for Super Bowl --Two warriors of the NFL face off in the big game

Is Patriots' Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s marriage a “career move” or “publicity stunt”

Super Bowl Giants Vs Patriots sets Irish hearts racing
____________

Tuck was drafted out of Notre Dame in 2005 while Brown was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2010.

Fortuna also sheds light on other Irish ties to Super Bowl XLVI. Notre Dame’s “director of personnel Tim McDonnell, meanwhile, is the nephew of Giants co-owner John Mara. Mark Bavaro, drafted out of Notre Dame in 1985, served as one of the Giants' honorary captains Sunday [1/22].”

With Irish on both sides, Super Bowl XLVI is sure to be a fantastic match-up. Who are you rooting for?

​
See more: Super Bowl , NFL , Notre Dame , Fighting Irish
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail


Comment

Be the first to make a comment.





Connect to IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or Sign-Up directly

Already Registered? Sign-In!

Welcome to IrishCentral!
Please provide the following information in order to create your account

Username:
E-Mail Address:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy


Already Registered? Sign-In!
Forgot my password

Welcome to IrishCentral!
All we need is the following information and you will be part of the #1 Irish community in the US

E-Mail Address:
First select a unique username:
Username:
Now choose a password:
Password:
Confirm Password:
I agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Thank you!

Just one more step and you will be part of the largest Irish community in America! Tell us a little more about you to start enjoying all the features of IrishCentral.

Additional Information:

First Name:
Last Name:
Date of Birth:
Zip:
Gender: Male  Female 
Country:
Degree of Irishness:
Household Income:
Level of Education:

Subscribe to our newsletters:

The Best of IrishCentral - Daily Newsletter
Special Offers from our sponsors

or
Skip

You can edit your information at any time, just go to "my account" when you're logged in.

Log into IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

E-Mail:
Password:
 Remember me Forgot my password
Not a member? Register Now!
submit to reddit
print this article Print
email this articleE-mail