Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931
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Fuller Name
- Knute Kenneth
Variants
- Rockne, Knute Kenneth, 1888-1931
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1888-03-04
Death Date
- 1931-03-31
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Notre Dame
Birth Place
- Voss, Norway
Field of Activity
Football
Occupation
Coach
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Earlier Established Forms
- Rockne, Knute Kenneth, 1888-1931
Sources
- found: His Coaching, 1925.
- found: Steele, M. R. Knute Rockne, a bio-bibliography, c1983:CIP t.p. (Knute Rockne)
- found: www.knuteocker.com/biography.htm viewed February 4, 2013 :(Born on March 4, 1888 in Voss , Norway , Knute Kenneth Rockne is highly regarded as college football's greatest head coach. To this day, no head coach in the history of the game has had the same success as Rockne. He grew up in Chicago, and later attended Notre Dame. He was named head coach of the football team in 1917. Rochne died March 31, 1931 in an airplane crash.
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Change Notes
- 1982-04-29: new
- 2013-02-07: revised
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