Knute Rockne

1888

Knute Kenneth Rockne ( ; March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history.

1912

He coached the "South Bend Jolly Fellows Club" when they lost 40–0 to the Toledo Maroons. ==Notre Dame coach== While many trace Knute Rockne's debut as a Notre Dame football coach to the war-torn 1918 season, or in 1914 when he became an assistant coach under Jesse Harper, his first position was actually for the Corby and Sorin Hall football teams as a student athlete in 1912 and 1913.

1913

Rockne excelled as a football end there, winning All-American honors in 1913.

Rockne worked as a lifeguard at Cedar Point in the summer of 1913. Rockne helped to transform the college game in a single contest.

On November 1, 1913, the Notre Dame squad stunned the highly regarded Army team 35–13 in a game played at West Point.

He coached the "South Bend Jolly Fellows Club" when they lost 40–0 to the Toledo Maroons. ==Notre Dame coach== While many trace Knute Rockne's debut as a Notre Dame football coach to the war-torn 1918 season, or in 1914 when he became an assistant coach under Jesse Harper, his first position was actually for the Corby and Sorin Hall football teams as a student athlete in 1912 and 1913.

In the summer of 1913, while he was a lifeguard on the beach at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, Rockne and his college teammate and roommate Gus Dorais worked on passing techniques.

These were employed in games by the 1913 Notre Dame squad and subsequent Harper- and Rockne-coached teams and included many features common in modern passing, including having the passer throw the ball overhand and having the receiver run under a football and catch the ball in stride.

1914

This game was not the "invention" of the forward pass, but it was the first major contest in which a team used the forward pass regularly throughout the game. ===Professional career=== At Notre Dame, Rockne was educated as a chemist and he graduated in 1914 with a degree in pharmacy.

In 1914, he was recruited by Peggy Parratt to play for the Akron Indians.

He coached the "South Bend Jolly Fellows Club" when they lost 40–0 to the Toledo Maroons. ==Notre Dame coach== While many trace Knute Rockne's debut as a Notre Dame football coach to the war-torn 1918 season, or in 1914 when he became an assistant coach under Jesse Harper, his first position was actually for the Corby and Sorin Hall football teams as a student athlete in 1912 and 1913.

Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Sandusky, Ohio, on July 14, 1914, with Father William F.

1915

Knute wound up in Massillon, Ohio, in 1915 along with former Notre Dame teammate Dorais to play with the professional Massillon Tigers.

Rockne and Dorais brought the forward pass to professional football from 1915 to 1917 when they led the Tigers to the championship in 1915.

1917

Rockne and Dorais brought the forward pass to professional football from 1915 to 1917 when they led the Tigers to the championship in 1915.

Pro Football in the Days of Rockne by Emil Klosinski maintains the worst loss ever suffered by Rockne was in 1917.

1918

He coached the "South Bend Jolly Fellows Club" when they lost 40–0 to the Toledo Maroons. ==Notre Dame coach== While many trace Knute Rockne's debut as a Notre Dame football coach to the war-torn 1918 season, or in 1914 when he became an assistant coach under Jesse Harper, his first position was actually for the Corby and Sorin Hall football teams as a student athlete in 1912 and 1913.

He eventually received an annual income of $75,000 from Notre Dame. ===1918–1930=== During the war-torn season of 1918, Rockne took over from his predecessor Jesse Harper and posted a 3–1–2 record, losing only to the Michigan Aggies.

He made his coaching debut on September 28, 1918, against Case Tech in Cleveland, earning a 26–6 victory.

1919

In Gipp, Rockne had an ideal handler of the forward pass. Rockne handled the line and Gus Dorais handled the backfield of the 1919 team.

1920

The team went undefeated and was a national champion, though the championship is not recognized by Notre Dame. Gipp died on December 14, 1920, just two weeks after being elected Notre Dame's first All-American by Walter Camp.

Since antibiotics were not available in the 1920s, treatment options for such infections were limited and they could be fatal even to the young and healthy.

Rockne entered the locker room and told the team the words he heard on Gipp's deathbed in 1920: "I've got to go, Rock.

1921

It was while on his hospital bed and speaking to Rockne that he is purported to have delivered the line "win just one for the Gipper". John Mohardt led the 1921 Notre Dame team to a 10-1 record with 781 rushing yards, 995 passing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, and nine passing touchdowns.

Grantland Rice wrote, "Mohardt could throw the ball to within a foot or two of any given space" and noted that the 1921 Notre Dame team "was the first team we know of to build its attack around a forward passing game, rather than use a forward passing game as a mere aid to the running game".

1924

Mohardt had both Eddie Anderson and Roger Kiley at end to receive his passes. The national champion 1924 team included the "Four Horsemen" backfield of Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden.

1925

Rockne converted from the Lutheran to the Roman Catholic faith on November 20, 1925.

(Devin-Adair, 1925). Sperber, Murray, Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football (1993) Stewart, Mark.

1926

Instead of coaching his 1926 team against Carnegie Tech, Rockne traveled to Chicago for the Army–Navy Game to "write newspaper articles about it, as well as select an All-America football team".

1928

Carnegie Tech used the coach's absence as motivation for a 19–0 win; the upset likely cost the Irish a chance for a national title. The 1928 team lost to national champion Georgia Tech.

the article by Fuzzy Woodruff was not called for." On November 10, 1928, the Fighting Irish were tied with Army 0–0 at the end of the half.

1929

The phrase "Win one for the Gipper" was later used as a political slogan by Ronald Reagan, who in 1940 portrayed Gipp in Knute Rockne, All American. Both the 1929 and the 1930 teams went undefeated and were national champions.

According to interviews, Rockne considered his 1929 team his strongest overall.

Rockne was struck with illness in 1929, and the de facto head coach was assistant Tom Lieb.

1930

The phrase "Win one for the Gipper" was later used as a political slogan by Ronald Reagan, who in 1940 portrayed Gipp in Knute Rockne, All American. Both the 1929 and the 1930 teams went undefeated and were national champions.

Rockne also said he considered his 1930 team to have been his best offensively before the departure of Jumping Joe Savoldi.

1931

Knute Kenneth Rockne ( ; March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history.

Vincent Mooney, C.S.C., baptized Rockne in the Log Chapel on Notre Dame's campus. ==Plane crash and public reaction== Rockne died in the crash of a Transcontinental & Western Air airliner in Kansas on March 31, 1931, while en route to participate in the production of the film The Spirit of Notre Dame (released October 13, 1931).

The memorial is surrounded by a wire fence with wooden posts and was maintained for many years by James Heathman, who, at the age of 13 in 1931, was one of the first people to arrive at the site of the crash. Rockne's unexpected death startled the nation and triggered a national outpouring of grief, comparable to the deaths of presidents.

In 1931, the children of Sacred Heart School were given the opportunity to name their town.

A life-size bust of Rockne was unveiled on March 4, 2006. The Studebaker automobile company of South Bend marketed the Rockne automobile from 1931 to 1933.

Knute Rockne, Man Builder'' (Grosset & Dunlap, 1931) ==External links== Knute Rockne letters to Eugene Roberts, MSS 7691 at L.

1933

A life-size bust of Rockne was unveiled on March 4, 2006. The Studebaker automobile company of South Bend marketed the Rockne automobile from 1931 to 1933.

1936

Benedict's College (1932 to 1936), Loyola University of New Orleans (1937 to 1939), and St.

1937

Ambrose University (1940, 1947-1950). === Memorials === Notre Dame memorializes him in the Knute Rockne Memorial Building, an athletics facility built in 1937, as well as the main football stadium. His name appears on streets in South Bend and in Stevensville, Michigan, (where Rockne had a summer home), and a travel plaza on the Indiana Toll Road. The Rockne Memorial near Bazaar, Kansas at the site of the airliner crash memorializes Rockne and the seven others who died with him.

1939

Benedict's College (1932 to 1936), Loyola University of New Orleans (1937 to 1939), and St.

1940

The phrase "Win one for the Gipper" was later used as a political slogan by Ronald Reagan, who in 1940 portrayed Gipp in Knute Rockne, All American. Both the 1929 and the 1930 teams went undefeated and were national champions.

1943

Navy named a ship in the Liberty ship class after Knute Rockne in 1943.

1947

Ambrose University (1940, 1947-1950). === Memorials === Notre Dame memorializes him in the Knute Rockne Memorial Building, an athletics facility built in 1937, as well as the main football stadium. His name appears on streets in South Bend and in Stevensville, Michigan, (where Rockne had a summer home), and a travel plaza on the Indiana Toll Road. The Rockne Memorial near Bazaar, Kansas at the site of the airliner crash memorializes Rockne and the seven others who died with him.

1972

The SS Knute Rockne was scrapped in 1972. A statue of Rockne, as well as Ara Parseghian, both by the sculptor Armando Hinojosa of Laredo, Texas, are located on the Notre Dame campus. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2014. ==Head coaching record== ==See also== List of teachers portrayed in films ==References== ==Further reading== Brondfield, Jerry.

1988

On March 10, 1988, Rockne opened its post office for one day during which a Knute Rockne 22-cent commemorative stamp was issued.

President Ronald Reagan, who played George Gipp in the movie Knute Rockne, All American, gave an address at the Athletic & Convocation Center at the University of Notre Dame on March 9, 1988, and officially unveiled the Rockne stamp. In 1988, Rockne was inducted posthumously into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame held during Norsk Høstfest. A biographical musical of Rockne's life premiered at the Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana on April 3, 2008.

2006

A life-size bust of Rockne was unveiled on March 4, 2006. The Studebaker automobile company of South Bend marketed the Rockne automobile from 1931 to 1933.

2008

President Ronald Reagan, who played George Gipp in the movie Knute Rockne, All American, gave an address at the Athletic & Convocation Center at the University of Notre Dame on March 9, 1988, and officially unveiled the Rockne stamp. In 1988, Rockne was inducted posthumously into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame held during Norsk Høstfest. A biographical musical of Rockne's life premiered at the Theatre at the Center in Munster, Indiana on April 3, 2008.

2009

Rockne: The Coach, the Man, the Legend (1976, reissued 2009) Carter, Bob, Sports Century Biography:"Knute Rockne was Notre Dame's master motivator,", Special to ESPN.com Cavanaugh, Jack.

2011

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Norwood House Press, 2011) Stuhldreher, Harry.

2012

Memorializing Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame: Collegiate Gothic Architecture and Institutional Identity", Winterthur Portfolio (Spring 2012), 46#1 pp 1–24.

2013

Notre Dame Football (The Rosen Publishing Group, 2013). Lindquist, Sherry C.

2014

The SS Knute Rockne was scrapped in 1972. A statue of Rockne, as well as Ara Parseghian, both by the sculptor Armando Hinojosa of Laredo, Texas, are located on the Notre Dame campus. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2014. ==Head coaching record== ==See also== List of teachers portrayed in films ==References== ==Further reading== Brondfield, Jerry.




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