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- Birth nameKnute Kenneth Rockne
- Nickname
- Rock
- Knute Rockne is 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. His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame identifies him as "without question, American football's most-renowned coach". Rockne helped to popularize the forward pass and made the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a major factor in college football.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseMrs. Knute Rockne(July 15, 1914 - March 31, 1931) (his death, 4 children)
- Always insisted that his given name was properly pronounced with the "k" sound, i.e., "kuh-nute," rather than with a silent "k," as it usually is, i.e., "nute."
- Delivered his now-famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech at halftime during the 1928 Notre Dame-Army game.
- Pictured on a 22¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, issued 9 March 1988.
- His cousin Judge Russell Rockne Leggett presided over the murder case of schoolmistress Jean Harris, who was convicted of killing the "Scarsdale Diet" author, Dr. Herman Tarnower.
- Was captain of the 1913 Notre Dame team that popularized the forward pass in their 35-13 upset win over Army.
- Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices.
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