Knute Rockne was a famous football player and coach at Notre Dame. He is known as the gipper. It is unknown as he tall he was.
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I believe the Four Horsemen were coached by Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.
He got the nickname from playing the role of George Gipp, Notre Dame football player , in a movie, Knute Rockne -All American.
Knute Rockne has: Played himself in "The Spirit of Notre Dame" in 1931. Played himself in "Carry On" in 1931. Played himself in "Various Shifts" in 1931. Played himself in "Sports Immortals" in 1939. Played Coach Knute Rockne in "I Am an American" in 1944. Played Himself - Notre Dame Football Coach in "Football Fanfare" in 1946. Played himself in "Fifty Years Before Your Eyes" in 1950. Played himself in "The Golden Twenties" in 1950. Played Coach Knute Rockne in "Touchdown Town" in 1952. Played Himself - Football Coach in "Project XX" in 1954. Played Himself - Notre Dame Football Coach in "When Sports Were King" in 1954. Played himself in "The Legend of Rudolph Valentino" in 1961. Played himself in "Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend" in 1990. Played Himself (segment "Love and Money") in "Idols of the Game" in 1995. Played himself in "Sports on the Silver Screen" in 1997.
The cast of Football Fanfare - 1946 includes: Felix Blanchard as Himself - Army Football Player Tom Harmon as Himself - Michigan Football Player Ed Herlihy as Commentator Knute Rockne as Himself - Notre Dame Football Coach
In the modern era Lou Holtz is considered to be the most successful Fighting Irish coach. He coached for 11 years at Notre Dame and had a record of 100-30-2 which gives him a winning percentage of .765. Taking into account all Notrue Dame head coaches the best would have to be Knute Rockne. He coached for 13 years and had a record of 105-12-5 which gives him a winning percentage of .881.
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When Lou Holtz decided (Not the University) to quit coaching at Notre Dame (1996), his decision was based on refusing to compile more wins then Knute Rockne, who had 105 wins and Lou at that time had 100 wins, he felt if he stayed one more year he would surely pass up Rockne and he felt Rockne made Notre Dame Football what it is today and he refused to do that, that's Integrity!