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Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931

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Personal name headingRockne, Knute, 1888-1931
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Variant(s)Rockne, Knute Kenneth, 1888-1931
Birth date18880304
Death date19310331
Place of birthVoss, Norway
Field of activityFootball
AffiliationUniversity of Notre Dame
Profession or occupationCoach
Found inHis Coaching, 1925.
Steele, M. R. Knute Rockne, a bio-bibliography, c1983: CIP t.p. (Knute Rockne)
www.knuteocker.com/biography.htm viewed February 4, 2013 : (Born on March 4, 1888 in Voss , Norway , Knute Kenneth Rockne is highly regarded as college football's greatest head coach. To this day, no head coach in the history of the game has had the same success as Rockne. He grew up in Chicago, and later attended Notre Dame. He was named head coach of the football team in 1917. Rochne died March 31, 1931 in an airplane crash.