Knute Rockne

On March 4th, 1888, Knute Rockne was born in Voss, Norway. Little did we know he would go on to be an amazing athlete, and even better coach. Rockne was one of the most successful coaches in the history of Norte Dame Football. He coached the Fighting Irish football team in the 1920’s, which is known as their “Golden Era”. During his time coaching, Rockne won three national championships – transforming this diamond in the rough team to the most popular team in the United States. Knute’s family moved to the United States from Norway when he was only five years old. Once they had settled in Chicago, Knute took to playing football in the Sandlots. Along with football, Knute was a track and field star. Unfortunately, he couldn’t afford to go to…

‘Win One for the Gipper’ Knute Rockne On March 4th, 1888, Knute Rockne was born in Voss, Norway. Little did we know he would go on to be an amazing athlete, and even better coach. Rockne was one of the most successful coaches in the history of Norte Dame Football. He coached the Fighting Irish football team in the 1920’s, which is known as their “Golden Era”. During his time coaching, Rockne won three national championships – transforming this diamond in the rough team to the most popular team…

Knute Rockne Changes College Football and Makes Notre Dame Famous On a cold spring day in 1888, the legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was born to a humble, Norwegian wagon builder (Oriard). The family immigrated to America five years later in search of greater economic opportunities (Carter). In high school, Knute briefly played football and ran track before dropping out (Carter). He worked as a postal clerk for a few years before finally taking an entrance exam for Notre Dame and…

football. In this essay I will discuss interesting football occurrences that happened in the Roaring Twenties. These topics include Notre Dame, The Galloping Ghost and the Four Horsemen, and finally “Wrong Way” Riegels. The University of Notre Dame was an amazing football team. In 1920 they ended the season winning 9 out of 9 games. George Gipps was to thank for this. According to this book “Gip was one of the greatest all-around players in college-football history”(John Walters). He scored a…

1 Paul "Bear" Bryant He is the most recognizable coach in college football history. He graced the sidelines with his houndstooth hat for 25 years with Alabama and had fourteen SEC Championships and six national championships. He took over the Tide in 1958 and proceeded to reach 24 consecutive bowl games. 2 Knute Rockne He coached from 1918 to 1930 and amazingly won five national championships. Rockne is credited with creating the forward pass and also introduced the T-formation in the…

people today don’t know of him as a wonderful movie star that he was, they know him as the fortieth president. After Reagan graduated he started a job at the WOC in Davenport, Iowa as a radio sportscaster. Then he found himself working for the NBC radio outlet in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1937 he was in California covering the spring training of the Chicago Cubs and also to meet agents that could take his career to the next step. That trip was well worth it because he was given an opportunity to…

He broadcasted everything from the Chicago Cubs games to Big Ten Football. He got paid ten dollars for every game and traveling expenses. In 1937 he was covering the Chicago Cubs spring training game where he would meet a Hollywood agent. Recently a Hollywood actor had died in a car crash and Warners Brothers was looking for a replacement, Ronald Reagan fit the part. Warner Brothers made him take a screen test; he passed. He signed a seven year contract, paying two-hundred dollars a week with…

Ronald Reagan did many great things in his life, he was a football star and a actor in his high school. He also was a sports announcer for his first job, later becoming an announcer for WHO radio station in Des Moines, Illinois. He later Became a Hollywood star as he got the leading role in a movie called "Knute Rockne all american". He also Became the governor of California for two years. Then finally he became The president of the United States of America for two terms, helping people of this…

Notre Dame football coach, Knute Rockne, says this quote that is true in today's sports world. He states in his quote, practicing sportsmanship is more important than just teaching it. When I was younger, playing T-ball, teaching sportsmanship is what everyone did. The coaches, the parents, the umpires, and even the other players, it was always about having fun and being fair. Most of the time not keeping score was the norm. However, as athletes grow older this mentality quickly changed. Today,…

Even though it was ill advised, Reagan used his radio career to start his acting career in 1937. This seven-year contract would be the start of his filmography. Reagan was an overall average actor throughout his film career but had a couple memorable films. He mainly was the lead in B-list movies while he portrayed the supporting roles in A-list movies. Throughout Reagan’s acting career, he mainly played the “clean-cut boy-next-door type” roles (Degregorio 640). His first movie debut was in…