He later invested in real estate and other business ventures, becoming a popular figure in the Miller Light Beer commercial and broadcast college ledge and pro football. He made the remarks in an interview with the Detroit radio station in March 2004 when he said Notre Dame needed to simplify its educational standards “to get a black athlete”. A Notre Dame spokesman called the remarks “insulting.” Although Hornang regretted the remark, he stopped broadcasting his alma mater games for Westwood One Radio, saying “Notre Dame doesn’t want me there.”
His wife, Angela (Cerville) Hornang, also sued Riddle in 2016, citing the loss of Hornang’s mate due to his disability. His first marriage to Patricia Roder ended in divorce. He had neither children nor siblings.
In his autobiography, The Golden Boy (2004, with William F. Reid), Hornang gives an alternate account of his footballing exploits with his humorous victories and his drinking stories.
He said his Playboy reputation had attracted the attention of syndicate gossip chemist Verter Winshel, who wrote in an item in early 1964: He has long held the one-time Hollywood star away from his Old Kentucky home. “
Horning told a reporter who inquired about the thing that he had never talked to Mrs. Loy and that Winchel would have confused him with an aspiring actress named Myrna Ross, with whom he had a date.
Hornang expressed a few regrets about his nightlife.
“I am sure that during my playing days I was not considered a good role model for the youth of the country,” he wrote in his memoirs. “But times have changed. If I had played today, I would have been like an altar boy. I have never beaten a woman, carried a gun or a knife, shot someone or been arrested for disturbing the peace. I have never experimented with drugs in season.
He goes on to say, “What I did was, in fact, search for happiness wherever I could find it. Drinks, femininity, partying, traveling, gambling – everything was intertwined. And, of course, football made it all possible. “
