Donald Holleder was born in 1934 in Rochester. He was a football star for Aquinas Institute and then again for West Point, where he made All-American. He was instrumental in Army's winning season of 1955 and especially their defeat of Navy in the last game of the season. As a result, Holleder was featured on the cover of the November 28, 1955 issue of Sports Illustrated.
Holleder served in Vietnam where, as a Major, he was killed in action on October 17, 1967. He died protecting his fellow soldiers from an ambush. He was 33 years old, a husband and father of four.
Holleder is buried in the ![[WWW]](https://rocwiki.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Aquinas renamed their football stadium to Holleder Stadium in his honor and he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
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