Schwartz, "Marchy" (Marchmont H.)
Football
b. March 20, 1909, New Orleans, LA
d. April 19, 1991
Named after a thoroughbred horse, Schwartz was a two-time All-American as a triple-threat halfback at Notre Dame. After spending his freshman year at Loyola University of New Orleans, he transferred to Notre Dame in 1928 and wasn't eligible to play football that season.
The 5-foot-11, 178-pounder played frequently on the 9-0-0 team in 1929 and became a full-time starter under Knute Rockne in 1930, when he helped lead Notre Dame to a second straight perfect season. Schwartz had touchdown runs of 25, 28, 40, 54, and 60 yards in the course of the year.
Rockne died of a plane crash in the off-season and was replaced by "Hunk" Anderson in 1931. Notre Dame's undefeated streak went to 26 before a 16-14 loss to the University of Southern California. Schwartz had a brilliant game against Carnegie Tech, rushing for 188 yards on 23 attempt, including touchdown runs of 58 and 60 yards.
Schwartz served as an assistant coach at Notre Dame while studying for his law degree and then assisted Clark Shaughnessy at the University of Chicago. As head coach at Creighton University from 1935 through 1939, Schwartz had a 19-22-2 record.
He rejoined Shaughnessy as an assistant at Stanford in 1940 and succeeded him as head coach in 1942, when the school had a 6-4-0 record. Stanford dropped football for the duration of World War II, but Schwartz returned in 1946 and remained through through 1950. He had a 28-28-4 record in his six seasons at Stanford for an overall record of 47-50-6.