Early Life and Playing Career
Leahy was born in O'Neill, Nebraska and graduated from Winner High School in Winner, South Dakota where he was a football standout. He attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played football as a tackle on Knute Rockne's last three teams (1928–1930), and graduated from the university in 1931.
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