Frank "Nordy" Hoffman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrank "Nordy" Hoffman
American football player
Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1904
Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States
Date of Death: 05-Apr-1996
Profession: trade unionist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Frank "Nordy" Hoffman
- Frank "Nordy" Hoffman (December 19, 1909 — April 5, 1996) was an American college football player at the University of Notre Dame where his record as All-American guard during the 1930 and 1931 seasons was commemorated, in 1978, with election to the College Football Hall of Fame.
- From 1975 to 1981, he served as the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate.His full name was Frank Nordhoff Hoffmann and everyone called him "Nordy".
- Born in Seattle, he attended St.
- Martin High School but didn't play football there.
- He enrolled at the University of Notre Dame and met football coach, Knute Rockne.
- The coach noted his size, 6-2 and 224 pounds, and asked Nordy to try out for football.
- As a sophomore, he was a fourth-string tackle on the 1929 squad that included some legendary Notre Dame names...Frank Carideo, Marty Brill, Frank Leahy, Marchy Schwartz, Tommy Yarr and Jack Cannon.
- He moved up to the varsity as a second-string tackle in 1930 and first-string guard in 1931.
- The Associated Press and Liberty named him to their All-America teams.
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football publicist, Joe Petritz, described Nordy as "the spark plug of the line, inspirational, fast, aggressive and consistent".
- He was a shot putter on the track team, and the student paper referred to him as a blue-eyed, blond-haired athlete who played piano and sang.
- He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1978, and he called the ceremonies of the National Football Foundation, "the most beautiful thing that has happened to me".
- One of his prizes at his Hall of Fame induction was a book filled with letters of congratulation from presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and all 100 U.S.
- Senators.
- Nordy served as sergeant-at-arms of the U.S.
- Senate, retiring in 1984.Hoffman died in Potomac, Maryland at the age of 91.
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