26 newspapers 1924-1931 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL headlines & photos KNUTE ROCKNE era

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26 newspapers 1924-1931 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL headlines & photos KNUTE ROCKNE era:
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26 newspapers 1924-1931 with NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL headlines & photos during the KNUTE ROCKNE era - inv # BV-5W-115

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SEE PHOTO-----24ORIGINALsports sections of a NEWSPAPER,the Des Moines Register (IA) dated between 1926 and 1931. These 24 issue contain banner headlines and / or photos and long reports on NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL during the KNUTE ROCKNE era. There are also 2 front pages from 1924 with banner headlines on NOTRE DAME football. This lot contains a total of 26 newspapers as decribed above.

The years of the sports sections of these newspapers are as follows:

1924: 2 (front pages only)

1926: 2

1927: 4

1928: 2

1929: 3

1930: 12

1931: 1 (death of Rockne)

If you collect early NOTRE DAME football memorabiliathen this lot is a ready-made collection for YOU.

Knute Kenneth Rockne (March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame identifies him as \"without question, American football\'s most-renowned coach\". Rockne helped to popularize the forward pass and made the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a major factor in college football.

Rockne took over from his predecessor Jesse Harper in the war-torn season of 1918, posting a 3–1–2 record, losing only to the Michigan Aggies. He made his coaching debut on September 28, 1918, against Case Tech in Cleveland earning a 26–6 victory. In the backfield was Leonard Bahan, George Gipp, and Curly Lambeau. With Gipp, Rockne had an ideal handler of the forward pass.

The 1919 team had Rockne handle the line and Gus Dorais handle the backfield. The team went undefeated and was a national champion.

Gipp died December 14, 1920, just two weeks after being elected Notre Dame\'s first All-American by Walter Camp. Gipp likely contracted strep throat and pneumonia while giving punting lessons after his final game, November 20 against Northwestern University. Since antibiotics were not available in the 1920s, treatment options for such infections were limited and they could be fatal even to young, healthy individuals. It was while on his hospital bed and speaking to Rockne that he is purported to have delivered the famous,\"win just one for the Gipper\" line.

John Mohardt led the 1921 Notre Dame team to a 10-1 record with 781 rushing yards, 995 passing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, and nine passing touchdowns.[22] Grantland Rice wrote that \"Mohardt could throw the ball to within a foot or two of any given space\" and noted that the 1921 Notre Dame team \"was the first team we know of to build its attack around a forward passing game, rather than use a forward passing game as a mere aid to the running game\". Mohardt had both Eddie Anderson and Roger Kiley at end to receive his passes.

The national champion 1924 team included the \"Four Horsemen\" backfield of Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden. The line was known as the \"Seven Mules\". The Irish capped an undefeated, 10–0 season with a victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

For all his success, Rockne also made what an Associated Press writer called \"one of the greatest coaching blunders in history\". Instead of coaching his 1926 team against Carnegie Tech, Rockne traveled to Chicago for the Army–Navy Game to \"write newspaper articles about it, as well as select an All-America football team\". Carnegie Tech used the coach\'s absence as motivation for a 19–0 win; the upset likely cost the Irish a chance for a national title.

On November 10, 1928, when the \"Fighting Irish\" team was tied with Army 0–0 at the end of the half, Rockne entered the locker room and told the team the words he heard on Gipp\'s deathbed in 1920: \"I\'ve got to go, Rock. It\'s all right. I\'m not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they\'ve got and win just one for the Gipper. I don\'t know where I\'ll be then, Rock. But I\'ll know about it, and I\'ll be happy.\" This inspired the team, which then outscored Army in the second half and won the game 12–6. The phrase \"Win one for the Gipper\" was later used as a political slogan by Ronald Reagan, who in 1940 portrayed Gipp in Knute Rockne, All America.

The 1929 and 1930 teams went undefeated for two straight years and were declared national champions both years as well. According to interviews, Rockne considered his 1929 team his strongest over-all. Rockne also said that he considered his 1930 team to have been his best offensively prior to the departure of Jumping Joe Savoldi. Rockne was struck with illness in 1929, and the de facto head coach was assistant Tom Lieb. Rockne\'s all-time All-America backfield was Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, George Gipp, and George Pfann.

Irish assistant Knute Rockne became head coach in 1918. Under Rockne, the Irish would post a record of 105 wins, 12 losses, and five ties.[32] The 105 wins account for 12.3% of all wins in Notre Dame football history. During his 13 years, the Irish won three national championships, had five undefeated seasons, won the Rose Bowl in 1925, and produced players such as George Gipp and the \"Four Horsemen\". Knute Rockne has the highest winning percentage (.881) in NCAA Division I/FBS football history. Rockne\'s offenses employed the Notre Dame Box and his defenses ran a 7–2–2 scheme.

Rockne took over in the war-torn season of 1918 and posted a 3–1–2 record;[37] he lost only to the Michigan Agricultural Aggies. He made his coaching debut on September 28, 1918, against Case Tech in Cleveland, Ohio and earned a 26–6 victory. Leonard Bahan, George Gipp, and Curly Lambeau were in the backfield. With Gipp, Rockne had an ideal handler of the forward pass. The 1919 team had Rockne handle the line and Gus Dorais handle the backfield.[44] The team went undefeated and won the national championship.

John Mohardt led the 1921 Notre Dame team to a 10–1 record with 781 rushing yards, 995 passing yards, 12 rushing touchdowns, and nine passing touchdowns. Grantland Rice wrote that \"Mohardt could throw the ball to within a foot or two of any given space\" and noted that the 1921 Notre Dame team \"was the first team we know of to build its attack around a forward passing game, rather than use a forward passing game as a mere aid to the running game.\" Mohardt had both Eddie Anderson and Roger Kiley at end to receive his passes.

The 1926 team beat Army and was led by Christie Flanagan. For all his success, Rockne also made what an Associated Press writer called \"one of the greatest coaching blunders in history.\" Instead of coaching his team against Carnegie Tech, Rockne traveled to Chicago for the Army–Navy Game to \"write newspaper articles about it, as well as select an All-America football team.\" Carnegie Tech used the coach\'s absence as motivation for a 19–0 win; the upset likely cost the Irish a chance for a national title.

The 1928 team lost to national champion Georgia Tech. \"I sat at Grant Field and saw a magnificent Notre Dame team suddenly recoil before the furious pounding of one man–Peter Pund,\" said Rockne. \"Nobody could stop him. I counted 20 scoring plays that this man ruined.\" Among the events that occurred during Rockne\'s tenure none may be more famous than the Rockne\'s Win one for the Gipper speech. Army came into the 1928 matchup undefeated and was the clear favorite. Notre Dame, on the other hand, was having their worst season under Rockne\'s leadership and entered the game with a 4–2 record. At the end of the half Army was leading and looked to be in command of the game. Rockne entered the locker room and gave his account of Gipp\'s final words: \"I\'ve got to go, Rock. It\'s all right. I\'m not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are going wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go in there with all they\'ve got and win just one for the Gipper. I don\'t know where I\'ll be then, Rock. But I\'ll know about it, and I\'ll be happy.\" The speech inspired the team and they went on to upset Army and win the game 12–6.

The 1929 and 1930 teams both went undefeated, winning national championships, and the 1930 team was led by the likes of Frank Carideo, Joe Savoldi, Marchy Schwartz and Marty Brill. It featured the first and only example of all four members of a backfield being named to an All-American team during the same season. The 1929 team played all of its games on the road while the new Notre Dame Stadium was being built. In 1930, \"Jumping Joe\" Savoldi scored the first Notre Dame touchdown in the new stadium on a 98-yard kickoff return. Savoldi is also known as \"the first hero in the lore of Notre Dame\'s Stadium\" based on scoring three touchdowns in the official stadium dedication game against Navy the following week. Rockne coached his last game on December 14, 1930, when he led a group of Notre Dame all-stars against the New York Giants in New York City. The game raised funds for the Mayor\'s Relief Committee for the unemployed and needy of the city. 50,000 fans turned out to see the reunited \"Four Horsemen\" along with players from Rockne\'s other championship teams take the field against the pros.

On March 31, 1931, Rockne died at age 43 in the crash of a Transcontinental & Western Air airliner in Kansas; he was on his way to help in the production of the film The Spirit of Notre Dame. The crash site is located in a remote expanse of Kansas known as the Flint Hills and now features a Rockne Memorial.[86] As Notre Dame\'s head coach from 1918 to 1930, Rockne posted what has remained for decades the all-time highest winning percentage (.881) for a football coach in the NCAA\'s Flagship FBS division. During his 13-year tenure as head coach of the Fighting Irish, Rockne collected 105 victories, 12 losses, 5 ties and 3 national championships. Rockne also coached Notre Dame to 5 undefeated and untied seasons.

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