(December 29, 2005) - John Druze, the last surviving member and captain of Fordham University's famed ??Seven Blocks of Granite,?? passed away on December 27, 2005 in Scottsdale, Arizona of natural causes. He was 91. Druze, a 1938 graduate of Fordham, served as a team captain as a senior, leading the 1937 squad to a 7-0-1 record, Fordham??s last undefeated season, and a number three national ranking. The end, who was adept at catching passes, also handled the placekicking chores for the 1937 Rams, connecting on 11 consecutive conversions before missing his third attempt against Purdue that year. In 1936 and 1937, Druze teamed with Al Babartsky, Vince Lombardi, Alex Wojciechowicz, Nat Pierce, Ed Franco and Leo Paquin to form the second version of Fordham??s famed ??Seven Blocks of Granite?? under legendary head coach Jim Crowley. The line coach of those teams was Frank Leahy, who would go on to fame at Notre Dame. A three-year starter, the Rams compiled an impressive 18-2-5 record over Druze??s career, with three of the ties being scoreless ties with Pittsburgh, including the 1937 contest when the Rams faced the then number one-ranked Panthers. After graduation he played briefly with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early National Football League and then started his coaching career, joining Leahy??s staff at Boston College in 1939. In 1941, Druze moved on to Notre Dame when Leahy took over the Fighting Irish football program. Druze??s coaching career was put on hold during World War II as he left Notre Dame to defend the country, serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy and seeing combat action in the Pacific Theatre of operations. Following the war, Druze returned to Notre Dame where he remained until the mid 1950??s when he assumed the position of head coach at Marquette University. He stayed at Marquette until that school dropped football as a varsity sport following the 1960 season, and then entered the business world as a salesman for the Denver-Chicago Trucking Company; a position he held until his retirement at age sixty-two. A native of Irvington, New Jersey where he was a three-sport standout at Irvington High School, Druze was inducted into the Fordham University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974. Druze is survived by his wife of 63 years, Rose; two daughters, Dottie and Jody (Faker); six grandchildren; John, Shannon, Erin, and Ryan Campbell; and Travis and Nicole Faker; and two great-grandchildren; Austin Campbell and Brady Campbell-Kulla.