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	The Official Site of Knute Rockne: Biography
		Rockne's accomplishments on the track ultimately motivated him to give football a second chance, and he was named to Walter Camp's All-America football squad as a third-string end.
		Rockne graduated magna cum laude with a 90.52 (on a scale of 100) grade point average and was offered a job at his alma matter as a graduate assistant in chemistry.
		Rockne was known as one of the most innovative and charismatic coaches of his era.
	www.knuterockne.com /biography.htm (0 words)

	Knute Rockne - MSN Encarta
		Knute Kenneth Rockne was born in Voss, Norway.
		Rockne's use of the pass to defeat a much bigger, stronger team unskilled in this method of play led to the popularization of this strategy and to an increase in the popularity of football.
		Rockne was one of the most successful coaches in the history of football.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576926/Knute_Rockne.html (245 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Knute (pronounced "kah-noot") ("noot" is the anglicized nickname) Kenneth Rockne (March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and is regarded by many as one of the greatest coaches in college football history.
		Rockne was buried in Highland Cemetery in South Bend, and a student gymnasium building on campus is named in his honor, as well as a street in South Bend, and a travel plaza on the Indiana Toll Road.
		Rockne was not the first coach to use the forward pass, but he helped popularize it, especially on the East Coast.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Knute_Rockne (807 words)

	ESPN Classic - Knute Rockne was Notre Dame's master motivator
		Rockne fended off accusations that his program was growing too professional, that he was illegally paying players, that the growing schedule was requiring too much travel.
		Rockne was born on March 4, 1888 in Voss, Norway.
		Early the next year, Rockne received a lucrative offer to help in the production of a Hollywood movie, "The Spirit of Notre Dame." Traveling to Los Angeles on March 31, he was killed when his plane crashed in a pasture near Bazaar, Kan. Knute Rockne was 43.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Rockne_Knute.html (1360 words)

	Knute Rockne - Definition, explanation
		Knute Kenneth Rockne (usually Knute Rockne) (March 4, 1888–March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach.
		Rockne was buried in Highland Cemetery in South Bend, and the student athletic building on campus is named in his honor.
		Rockne was the subject of the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/k/kn/knute_rockne.php (290 words)

	ESPN.com - Knute Rockne was Notre Dame's master motivator
		Rockne fended off accusations that his program was growing too professional, that he was illegally paying players, that the growing schedule was requiring too much travel.
		Rockne was born on March 4, 1888 in Voss, Norway.
		Rockne graduated with honors in 1914, receiving a bachelor's degree in chemistry and pharmacology.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1153555&type=story (1355 words)

	Knute Rockne
		Rockne graduated magna cum laude with a 90.52 (on a scale of 100) grade average.
		Rockne, who was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1951 - the first year of inductions - revolutionized the game of football with his wide-ranging ideas and innovations.
		Rockne was principle designer of Notre Dame Stadium; he opened a stock brokerage firm in South Bend during his last season; he was a dedicated family man to his wife Bonnie and their four children and for years raised much of the family´s food in his garden.
	www.gonorway.no /go/rockne.html (1045 words)

	Part 11 of 10 (Bonus Issue): Knute Rockne - Mr. Corvallis
		Rockne was literally at the height of his fame during his four-year stint in Corvallis.
		Rockne loved a crowd and he was both teacher and entertainer when he made any kind of public appearance.
		Rockne and Schissler first met in 1923 when Schissler's Lombard College eleven lost a hard-fought game to Notre Dame 14-0, the only loss the future OSU coach would suffer at the small Illinois school of 350 students.
	alumni.oregonstate.edu /eclips/history/footballhistory11.html (549 words)

	Knute Rockne St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		Knute K. Rockne was born in Voss,; Norway, on March 4, 1888.
		Rockne's team was undefeated that season, one of five such triumphant seasons that he enjoyed during his 13 years as Notre Dame's head coach.
		Knute Rockne was killed in a plane crash on March 31, 1931.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201029?lstpn=article_results&lstpc=search&lstpr=external&lstprs=other&lstwid=1&lstwn=search_results&lstwp=body_middle (808 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		Rockne almost immediately became a mainstay of the Irish track squad as a pole vaulter and a dash man and earned his letter, but he did not fare well in football.
		Knute Rockne instructed Stan Cofall to teach the shift to the Muessel team while Rockne gave attention to the Edges for the entire week because the Friar game had bearing on the state championship.
		Rockne, whose duties at Notre Dame precluded travelling with the team, suggested that the team leave South Bend for Rockford, Illinois, on Saturday instead of departing in the wee hours of Sunday morning so that the team would be well rested.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=rock-pro (4341 words)

	Knute Rockne St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
		In fact, Rockne probably did not invent these tactics (and never claimed that he had), but his teams were the first to integrate these new moves into their regular game plan.
		Rockne's team was undefeated that season, one of five such triumphant seasons that he enjoyed during his 13 years as Notre Dame's head coach.
		Knute Rockne was killed in a plane crash on March 31, 1931.
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	Knute Rockne Linkpage
		Warner Brothers produced a movie in 1940 titled, "Knute Rockne — All American," depicting the careeer of the legendary Notre Dame football coach.
		Rockne was a 100% American and a 100% Norwegian.
		Most of the information relates directly to Rockne — such as his intruction to football of the "shift" and the "forward pass" and his connection with the Studebaker company.
	www.mnc.net /norway/Knute.htm (0 words)

	Rockne: Crossing the Last Chalk Line Artifacts
		Rockne’s last words to his wife, Bonnie, “Leaving right now,” are shown on this original telegram sent by Rockne at 9:56 a.m., just before he boarded the plane.
		Knute Rockne who was a passenger on our westbound plane...” This original telegram carried the news that would shock the country.
		Rockne led his teams to three national championships and a cumulative record of 105-12-5, an.881 winning percentage that is the highest in college football history.
	www.centerforhistory.org /Rockne_artifacts.html (525 words)

	Knute Rockne Biography and Summary
		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.
		Knute (pronounced "noot") Kenneth Rockne(March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and is regarded by many as the most famous college football coach in history.
	www.bookrags.com /Knute_Rockne (191 words)

	illinoisreview: Illinois Hall of Fame: Knute Rockne
		Knute worked from an early age when he was not in school to help with family expenses.
		Knute was a lot older than most of his classmates and he had a difficult time when he first tried out as a scrub with the varsity football team.
		Knute graduated from Notre Dame in 1914 magna cum laude with a 90.52 (on a scale of 100) grade average.
	illinoisreview.typepad.com /illinoisreview/2006/09/illinois_hall_o_13.html (1623 words)

	ESPN - Notre Dame coaching great remembered on 75th anniversary of death
		SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Knute Rockne was one of the most prominent figures in America -- let alone the famous coach at Notre Dame -- when his plane crashed in a Kansas pasture 75 years ago Friday.
		Rockne's death at age 43 at the height of his career -- having led the Fighting Irish to consecutive undefeated seasons his final two seasons -- shocked football fans nationwide and made front-page news across the country.
		Rockne hired game officials who were friendly to the Irish, promoted himself and the school to sportswriters, and permitted any radio network to broadcast Irish games for free, allowing them to become better known, Sperber said.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2390336 (1030 words)

	AllRefer.com - Knute Kenneth Rockne (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Knute Kenneth Rockne[nOOt, rok´nE] Pronunciation Key, 1888–1931, American football coach, b.
		Rockne became (1914) a Notre Dame chemistry instructor and served (1918–31) as head football coach.
		Rockne not only made Notre Dame the country's leading football center but also revolutionized football theory.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rockne-K.html (255 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		Rockne, twelve miles southwest of Bastrop in southwestern Bastrop County, has its origins in the Meuth community, established by Andrew Meuth in 1846 between the sites of String Prairie and present Rockne.
		Rockne received its present name after Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne's death in 1931, when the schoolchildren of the community voted to rename their town in his honor.
		By 1976, when the Rockne church was renovated, the population of the community had grown to 400; it remained 400 in 1990.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/RR/hlr34.html (400 words)

	USATODAY.com - Rockne remains presence after death (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rockne's death at age 43 at the height of his cabeer — having led the Fighting Irish to consecutive undefeated seasons his final two seasons — shocked football fans nationwide and made front-page news across the country.
		Rockne hired game officials who were friendly to the Irish, promoted himself and the school to sportswriters, and permitted any radio network to broadcast Irish games for free, allowing them to become better known, Sperber said.
		Kish said Rockne also was the first entrepreneurial head coach, establishing coaching camps, endorsing athletic equipment, and leading a celebrity contingent to the 1928 Olympic Games yn Amsterdam.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/college/mensbasketball/2006-03-30-ndame-rockne-anniversary_x.htm?csp=34 (972 words)

	Rockne Gipp Speech (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rockne was trying to salvage something from his worst season as a coach at Notre Dame.
		The phrase "Win one for the Gipper" was infused into the lexicon of American society and later became a rallying cry for the political campaigns of the actor who played Gipp in the movie, Ronald Reagan.
		In the midst of this tense silence, Rockne quietly says "Alright," to the men beside him, and his chair is wheeled slowly out of the dressing room.
	archives.nd.edu /rockne/speech.html (600 words)

	Columbia Knute?
		Behind the headlines and the canonization of Rockne in the press, there was another story, one of the coach's annoyance with his yearly Notre Dame salary (about $10,000) and his constant struggles with school administration over his alleged overemphasis of the gridiron game.
		After several heated days of accusations and indecision, Rockne, caught with his stubby fingers in the Columbia cookie jar, tried to explain that having failed to get his release from his Notre Dame contract, he was not in a position to move to Morningside Heights.
		At the height of his career, Rockne was on his way to California, presumably to discuss a cinematic treatment of his life, when his airplane went down over Bazaar, Kansas, in March 1931.
	www.college.columbia.edu /cct/sep99/18a.html (1259 words)

	Videodetective.com - KNUTE ROCKNE, ALL AMERICAN TRAILER PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As an adult, Rockne works his way through Indiana''s Notre Dame university, under the watchful and benevolent eye of Father Callahan (Donald Crisp) A brilliant student, Rockne is urged by Father Nieuwland (Albert Basserman) to become a chemist, or at the very least remain a chemistry teacher.
		Among the players nurtured by Rockne are the immortal Four Horsemen-Miller (William Marshall), Stuhlreder (Harry Lukats), Laydon (Kane Richmond) and Crowley (William Byrne), and of course the tragic George Gipp, superbly enacted by Ronald Reagan.
		The screenplay of Knute Rockne-All American tends to be all highlights and little story, with several of the more dramatic passages telegraphed well in advance (just before her husband''s death, Bonnie Rockne comments forebodingly It''s gotten cold all of a sudden).
	videodetective.com /home.asp?PublishedID=260930 (427 words)

	Knute Rockne
		Knute Kenneth Rockne born March 4, 1888, was a winner as a football player and a coach.
		Rockne came to visit Gipp only hours before he was to pass on.
		After pre-game warmups, Rockne pulled the team together in the locker room and waited until the room was completely silent and began delivering what would be one of the most famous motivational speeches ever given in the history of football.
	www.msu.edu /~buschden/rockne.htm (478 words)

	Rockne honored on 75th anniversary of death - Notre Dame Central - MSNBC.com
		Knute Rockne was one of the most prominent figures in America, let alone the famous coach at Notre Dame, when his plane crashed in a Kansas pasture 75 years ago Friday March 31, 2006.
		SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Knute Rockne was one of the most prominent figures in America — let alone the famous coach at Notre Dame — when his plane crashed in a Kansas pasture 75 years ago Friday.
		Rockne’s death at age 43 at the height of his career — having led the Fighting Irish to consecutive undefeated seasons his final two seasons — shocked football fans nationwide and made front-page news across the country.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12082080/from/RSS (598 words)

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		Though Rockne takes center-stage in the history, Sperber devotes ample space to the founding of the school by French priests and the growth of the university during the times of rampant anti-Catholicisim.
		In 2006, Sperber presented several lectures on the Rockne legend and ND football, proving the book is still reaching fans and those interested in the college's rich tradition on the gridiron that has made it "America's Team," to love or hate.
		Sperber unearthed Knute Rockne's personal and athletic department correspondence in the basement of Hesburgh Library and relied heavily upon it to create this insightful account of the times and tenure of Knute Rockne.
	www.kingsnake.com /books/bookdetail.php?ASIN=0253215684 (760 words)

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