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Article: ROCKNE MEMORABILIA TREASURED LEGEND IS STILL ALIVE TO UNION TWP. MAN
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- February 6, 1988
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Michael Lopez displays possessions of coach Knute Rockne on a table and holds photographs of Rev. Vincent Paul Mooney, left, and Rev. Vincent Paul Brennan. Mooney, Lopez's great-great uncle, baptized Rockne. The possessions were given to Brennan by Rockne's widow. (Photo by Larry A. Bretts)
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Michael Lopez holds the treasures with respect, almost awe.
He lifts a rosary that belonged to fabled Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne and says, "You can still see the burn marks on the crucifix.
"Rockne was holding it in his hands when the plane crashed. I think he was saying his final prayers on the way down."
It will be ...