Knute Rockne
American football head coach
1888 – 1931
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Who was Knute Rockne?
Knute Kenneth Rockne was an American football player and coach, both at the University of Notre Dame. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame calls him "without question, American football's most-renowned coach." A Norwegian American, he was educated as a chemist at the University of Notre Dame. He popularized the forward pass and made Notre Dame a major factor in collegiate football.
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- Born
- Mar 4, 1888
Voss - Also known as
- Knute Kenneth Rockne
- Parents
- Spouses
- Bonnie Gwendoline Skiles
(1914/07/15 - 1931/03/31)
- Bonnie Gwendoline Skiles
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Norwegians
- Norwegian American
- Scandinavian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
Pharmacy
( - 1914)
- University of Notre Dame
- Employment
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Sandusky
- Voss
- Died
- Mar 31, 1931
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on July 23, 2013
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