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Knute Rockne burial gravestone at Highland Cemetery 2257 Portage Ave. South Bend, Indiana 46624. ... Thousands attend for Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne's funeral at Notre Dame’s Sacred ...
Thousands attend for Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne's funeral at Notre Dame’s Sacred Heart Church on April 4, 1931. Opinion: A Notre Dame football coaching legend (finally) returned to ...
Knute Kenneth Rockne (/(k ə) ˈ n uː t ˈ r ɒ k n i /; [3] [4] March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships.
Joseph Casasanta, a 1923 Notre Dame graduate, composed the song and it was first performed at coach Knute Rockne's funeral in 1931. The Rev. Charles O'Donnell, C.S.C., president of the university at the time of composition, wrote the song's lyrics in honor of the university's patroness, Mary, the Mother of Jesus.
After playing for the Fighting Irish from 1910-1913, Rockne was hired as head coach in 1918. He led Notre Dame to three national championships and a 105-12-5 record through 1930.
The Transcontinental and Western Air flight was a Fokker F.10 Trimotor en route from Kansas City to Los Angeles on March 31, 1931. [2] On the first leg of the flight to Wichita, the airplane crashed into an open field [note 2] a few miles southwest of Bazaar; all eight on board died, including famed football coach Knute Rockne, of the University of Notre Dame.
Knute Rockne: Norwegian-American Notre Dame football coach, 1918–1930; converted from Lutheranism ... His funeral was held in St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo [441] [442] Z
To learn more about Knute Rockne, visit the Knute Rockne Memorial Society page at rocknesociety.org. #NotreDame #USC