Knute Rockne
Born March 4, 1888
Voss, Norway
Died March 31, 1931
Bazaar, Kansas
College football player and coach
Knute Rockne. Library of Congress.
"[A football star must have] brains, ...
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Rockne, Knute (1888-1931)
The legend of Knute Rockne goes beyond football. Every school with an active athletic program has its share of sports legends—stories about great athletes and coaches ...
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Knute Rockne (1888-1931), a genius in the sport of football, became an American folk hero and left his stamp of greatness on the entire sport.Knute Rockne was born on March 4, 1888, in Voss, Norway. I...
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The body of George Gipp, the Notre Dame football player who inspired the rallying cry "Win one for the Gipper," was exhumed recently for DNA testing in his Upper Peninsula hometown.The test was sou...
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A paternity test shows college football hero George Gipp wasn't the father of a girlfriend's child born shortly after his death, a family member said Saturday, but bitterness persisted over the exh...
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Lou Gehrig was a college baseball star long before he became "The Iron Horse."His impressive power-hitting displays as "Columbia Lou" more than 80 years ago earned him election to the first veteran...
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Notre Dame hit new depths Saturday, becoming the first team in the school's 119-season history to lose its first four games.Brian Hoyer threw four touchdown passes and Javon Ringer rushed for 144 y...
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Notre Dame fought its way out of one of the worst slumps in school history.Jimmy Clausen scored on a sneak and Maurice Crum returned a fumble 34 yards for another touchdown during a 50-second span ...
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The Toronto Blue Jays brought a five-game losing streak to Boston. Now it's the Red Sox who are struggling. Vernon Wells went 4-for-5, scoring four runs and driving in three, and Roy Halladay struc...
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Eddie Robinson was so good at what he did he effectively put himself out of business. After all those wins and after all those white coaches and athletic directors had siphoned off the black talent...
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Rockne, Knute
Rockne, Knute (1888-1931)
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame football star Gipp's body exhumed for DNA testing
