Eric C. Hansen is an

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with the ''

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''. The

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beat writer and an assistant sports

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for the newspaper, Hansen has also written two books on Notre Dame football. ''Stadium Stories: Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Colorful Tales of the Blue and Gold'' (2004) won a first-place prize for

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books from the Indiana chapter of the

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. The book recounted many tales of Notre Dame's football history. In 2005 Hansen published ''Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Where Have You Gone?'', a collection of stories and interviews about former Notre Dame football players. Hansen has won a number of national writing awards from the

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, and was a member of the FWAA committee that chose the 2006 college All-American team. A

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native and a graduate of

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, Hansen has covered

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since 1983. He was managing editor of the ''Irish Sports Report'', a publication about Notre Dame sports, for seven years. He currently resides in

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with his two sons.

References

*''Stadium Stories: Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Colorful Tales of the Blue and Gold'' (Globe Pequot 2004) *''Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Where Have You Gone?'' (Sports Publishing 2005)

External links

Biographical note and interview with Eric Hansen
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928092538/http://old.irishsports.com/stories/subscription/2004/09/26/isr_football.20040926-isr-TRIB-SS2-Award_for_ISR_s_Hans.fff.sto News story on FWAA award to Eric Hansen]
Press release on selection of 2006 FWAA All-American team
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