Jack Chevigny
Halfback, American football player
1906 – 1945
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Who was Jack Chevigny?
John Edward "Jack" Chevigny was an American football player, coach, lawyer, soldier, and Marine Corps officer who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. One of the Great Depression era football stars, he was one of the best blocking backs for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame football team in the 1920s. Chevigny later served as the head coach of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals in 1932 and the head football coach at the University of Texas from 1934 to 1936. On August 18, 1979, he was inducted posthumously into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1906
Dyer - Profession
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Dyer
- Died
- Feb 19, 1945
Iwo Jima
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on July 23, 2013
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