Jack Elder remembers Frank Carideo, his teammate on Knute Rockne`s 1929 national championship team, as smart, brash and one heck of a punter.

Carideo, quarterback of the undefeated 1929 and 1930 national champions-Rockne`s last teams-died Tuesday. He was in his 80s.

Elder, a halfback remembered for his 98-yard runback of an interception to beat Army 7-0 in the final 1929 game, is the lone surviver of 11 starters on the 1929 team.

`I remember in one [team meeting![](http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png)](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-03-22/sports/9201260891_1_knute-rockne-jack-elder-remembers) before practice,Rock` took the play

71 out of our plans because he just didn`t think it was a good play,``

Elder recalled Thursday. In a scrimmage, Frank called the play from the line, and I called timeout to remind him what Rockne said. Frank just turned to me and yelled, `Who`s running this team? Me or Rockne?` That ended the conversation.

In those days, there were no huddles, and the quarterback called all the plays from the line of scrimmage. Rockne, who was suffering from phlebitis, also missed several games.

After Notre Dame`s 14-7 victory over Navy in the second game of the 1929 season, writer Grantland Rice extolled the talent of Carideo, who threw a TD pass to Elder while on his knees and scored the winner: His excellent judgment in calling plays in the absence of coach Rockne was a deciding factor in the Notre Dame victory.

Elder also recalls the uncanny accuracy of Carideo in placing punts within the 5-yard line. Bob Hartley, longtime sports information director at Mississipi State, where Carideo coached in the 1930s, said Carideo would often punt a football into a barrel from 45 yards away.

Cardieo was an All-American on Rocknes 1929 and 1930 teams and regarded Rocknes last game against USC in `30 as his greatest thrill. The Irish were a four-touchdown underdog and won 27-0.

Carideo, a member of the College Hall of Fame, was a former manager of Bankes Life Insurance Co., in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and had lived in Ocean Springs, Miss., where he died, for the last 17 years. Survivors include his wife, Vera.

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