Raymond James "Ray" "Iron Eich" Eichenlaub (July 15, 1892 – November 9, 1949) was an American college football player who was a fullback for the

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the intercollegiate football team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, north of the city of South Bend, Indiana. The team plays its home games at the campus' Notre Dame ...

team of the

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. He received All-American honors for three consecutive seasons from 1912 to 1914. He played for the

Columbus Tigers The Columbus Panhandles were a professional American football team based in Columbus, Ohio. The club was founded in 1901 by workers at the Panhandle shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad. They were a part of the Ohio League from 1904 before foldin ...

of the

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in 1925. Eichenlaub was inducted into the

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in 1972.

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