Knute Rockne
Knute Rockne was the best football coach of his time. He coached Notre Dame's Fighting Irish. His life was cut short by an airplane crash on March 31, 1931, in Chase County, Kansas. His coaching years were portrayed and dedicated to his brilliant career as Notre Dame's head Football Coach. He is the man mostly responsible for making football what it is today. Knute Rockne has been recognized as an ideal football coach. He had everything necessary to be a great coach. On March 4, 1888, Knute Rockne, was born. He born and grew up in Voss, Norway. Then in 1893 he and his family immigrated to the United States of America, and then was raised in the city of Chicago. "They settled down in Logan Square District in the suburbs of Chicago with their three children.("Rockne, Knute") Little Knute at the age of five, had a childhood not much different from kids other than his age. All the activities of childhood; football, baseball, occasional fights, young Knute knew it all. A teacher once said: 'Knute did to have his own way.'" Knute had just about two years of school in Voss before coming to America. He then attended Breanto Grammar School in Chicago, Illinois. He would learn quickly ana had a great memory. ' He
"It was then his plugging and speed that earned him such recognition. His father blamed football for his dropping grades. Then their were frequent phone calls coming from school. Knute's father one day forbid him from football. Even though his father banned him from football he played anyway in the afternoons. Unluckily, Lars had been called to the school and told that Knute either had to start reading or quick school permanently. The following conversation between Knute and his father ended in an agreement that a higher education was out of the question and Knute would rather find himself a job."("Unofficial Hompage") "There is an old Chinese proverb that says: 'You can't speak to much about a a great man by saying to little.' For as long as football is played Knute Rockne will be remembered. He was the soul, the heart, the brain of modern football. As the coach of Notre Dame he inspired and molded boys into football armies so mighty they became myth. It was Knute Rockne who made Fighting Irish the team of the people, an the Notre Dame victory march a national sports anthem. No one in the history of American sports left a more stirring legacy of memories among those who him than Knute Rockne."
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