page_title: Knute Rockne
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Knute Rockne / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church (Sandusky, Ohio) - view from the loft
context_page_description: Knute Kenneth Rockne was a Norwegian-American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.
  Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame identifies him as "without question, American football's most-renowned coach". Rockne helped to popularize the forward pass and made the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a major factor in college football.
context_section_description: Rockne met Bonnie Gwendoline Skiles (1891–1956) of Kenton, Ohio, an avid gardener, while the two were employed at Cedar Point. Bonnie was the daughter of George Skiles and Huldah Dry. The two married at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Sandusky, Ohio, on July 14, 1914, with Father William F. Murphy officiating and Gus Dorais as best man. They had four children: Knute Lars Jr., William Dorias, Mary Jeane and John Vincent. Rockne converted from the Lutheran to the Roman Catholic faith on November 20, 1925. The Rev. Vincent Mooney, C.S.C., baptized Rockne in the Log Chapel on Notre Dame's campus.
caption: Interior of Saints Peter and Paul Church (Sandusky, Ohio)
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