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Article: A coaching legend.(Knute Rockne)(Biography)
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- Highlights for Children
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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Notre Dame was in trouble. The Fighting Irish were playing Army--the best college football team in the nation. The first half had been scoreless, but the Notre Dame players didn't have much energy left. At least they thought they didn't.
Knute Rockne, the Notre Dame coach, looked around at the dirty faces in the locker room. Rockne was famous for his inspiring speeches, but now he needed to say something really special.
"You've all heard of George Gipp," he began. His raspy voice was very quiet. Eight years earlier, in 1920, George Gipp had died of a throat infection not long after leading Notre Dame to the national championship.
"I was at his ...