Campus Life The statue of former football coach Frank Leahy on Juniper Road has gained the company of an old friend. A statue of Edward "Moose" Krause '33, Notre Dame athlete, coach and long-time athletic director, has been installed by the flag poles in front of the Joyce Center. The statue faces the stadium across Juniper, nearly opposite the 2-year-old Leahy statue.The Krause sculpture has Moose seated on a bench and smoking his trademark cigar. His outstretched right arm rests on the back of the bench. "We thought that would be great for people who want pictures," explained George Kelly '53, assistant athletic director. It's discernible that Krause is wearing the football team's 1977 national championship ring. Krause was an All-American in basketball and football in the 1930s. He returned to coach football under Leahy and went on to coach basketball and serve as assistant athletic director. In 1949 he was chosen replace Leahy as athletic director, a position he would hold until 1981. After a half-century of promoting Notre Dame athletics, he died in 1992 at age 79. After the Leahy statue was unveiled in 1997, Krause's son, Father Edward Krause, CSC, '63 of Gannon university in Erie, Pennsylvania, suggested that a statue be dedicated to his father. Kelly says raising money for the statue was easy due to Moose's immense popularity.The statue was placed in front of the Joyce Center because of Krause's ties to the basketball program, according to Kelly. The statue was sculpted by Jerry McKenna '62 of Boerne, Texas, who also created the Leahy statue. It was dedicated on September 17, 1999.
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