George Gipp
Halfback, American football player
1895 – 1920
Who was George Gipp?
George "The Gipper" Gipp was a college football player who played for the University of Notre Dame. Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first All-American and is Notre Dame's second consensus All-American, after Gus Dorais. Gipp played multiple positions, most notably halfback, quarterback, and punter. He is still considered today to be one of the most versatile athletes to play the game of football and is the subject of Knute Rockne's famous "Win just one for the Gipper" speech. Gipp died at the age of 25 of a streptococcal throat infection, days after leading Notre Dame to a win over Northwestern in his senior season.
Famous Quotes:
- Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
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- Born
- Feb 18, 1895
Laurium - Also known as
- The Gipper
- Parents
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Upper Peninsula of Michigan
- Laurium
- Died
- Dec 14, 1920
South Bend - Resting place
- Lakeview Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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