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Knute Kenneth Rockne (/(k ə) ˈ n uː t ˈ r ɒ k n i /; [3] [4] March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships. Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. [5] His biography at the College Football ...

May 13, 2009 · President Barack Obama, this year’s principal speaker, will be the ninth U.S. president to be awarded an honorary degree by Notre Dame and the sixth to address the graduates at the University Commencement Ceremony. ... association with Notre Dame ever since his portrayal of Fighting Irish football legend George Gipp in the 1940 film “Knute ...

Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 American biographical film that tells the story of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame's legendary football coach. It stars Pat O'Brien as Rockne and Ronald Reagan as player George Gipp, as well as Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Owen Davis Jr., Nick Lukats, Kane Richmond, William Marshall and William Byrne. The film also includes cameos by football ...

Knute Rockne belonged to all types and all ages. To the world he was a football legend. He was a national hero in his own lifetime. To millions who never met Rockne but read every word about him, his image loomed larger than life. Football players called him their confessor. When they were in trouble, they went to Rockne.

Knute Rockne : Why, as a matter of fact, I suggested that very idea to Father Callahan, our president. He was downright interested until we came to the use of sticks, and then he threw up his hands. He was downright interested until we came …

Knute Rockne, All American (1940 Warner Brothers) starring Pat O'Brien, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp, and John Qualan is technically and artistically a splendid movie, far better than its reputation in many circles as mainly a nostalgia movie about one of college football's grand old men (Knute Rockne, long time football coach for Notre Dame ...

Yet the film biography, Knute Rockne All American (1940), has achieved a certain immortality because of a line spoken by a player who is on screen for only a fraction of the entire film. It helps that that actor went on to become the 40th President of the United States. As flippant, independent Notre Dame team player George Gipp, Ronald Reagan ...

Knute Rockne, All-American is a 1940 film sports drama film directed by Lloyd Bacon and an uncredited William K. Howard, starring Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Donald Crisp, and Ronald Reagan.The film is a Biopic of the legendary college football coach Knute Rockne (O'Brien), who built the Notre Dame Fighting Irish into a gridiron dynasty.. Rockne emigrates to America with his Norwegian family as a ...

Nov 12, 2000 · This is the story of Knute Rockne, the coach-maker. At the time of his death in March, 1931, more than 200 men who played for Rockne while he was an assistant (1914-1917) and head coach (1918-1930) at Notre Dame were in the coaching profession. Ninety of these men were coaching at the college level, with 38 of them head coaches.