Jack Chevigny John Edward " Jack " Chevigny ( August 14 , 1906 – February 19 , 1945 ) 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 . Biography . Early life . Chevigny was born in Dyer , Indiana , the son of Julius Chevigny , a physician originally from Quebec , Canada who had served in the U . S . Army stationed in New York during World War I , and Rose Ann Chevigny . He attended Catholic grade school in Dyer before moving to Hammond , Indiana where he attended Hammond High School and played football at , and graduated president of his class in 1924 . He had two brothers and two sisters . University of Notre Dame . Part of the legend of Notre Dame football history was that Chevigny , who played three seasons as Right Halfbackfrom 1926 to 1928 , scored the winning touchdown against Army on November 10 , 1928 ( the 153rd birthday of the US Marine Corps ) in Yankee Stadium after Knute Rockne ’ s famous " Win one for the Gipper " halftime speech ( in memory of Norte Dame football great , George Gipp ) with Chevigny yelling , " That ' s one for the Gipper , " as he crossed the goal line with the winning score . Knute Rockne had related the details in an autobiography published in Collier ' s magazine in 1930 . Actually , Chevigny scored the tying touchdown during the 3rd quarter against undefeated Army ( then 6 - 0 ) , to even the score 6 – 6 , and Johnny O ' Brien , also inspired by Rockne ' s speech , ran for the 12 – 6 game winning touchdown . Football coach and attorney . Chevigny became an assistant football coach under Rockne after playing football for Norte Dame . He left Notre Dame after Rockne ' s death by an airplane crash in 1931 . He coached the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL to a 2 – 6 – 2 record in 1932 . He left that position to become head coach at St . Edwards University , a sister school of Notre Dame , in Austin , Texas . When the University of Texas began looking for a new coach in 1934 , Chevigny was chosen for that . He directed a 7 – 6 victory over his alma mater , Notre Dame , during the second game played in South Bend , Indiana . The Texas Longhorns finished the season at 7 – 2 – 1 . The 1935 team didn ' t play as well and Chevigny finished his coaching career at the University of Texas with a 13 – 14 – 2 record in three seasons and was the only state of Texas head coach to have an overall losing record . In 1937 , Chevigny resigned his Texas Longhorns coaching position and was appointed Deputy Attorney General of Texas . Following that , he worked in the oil industry in Texas . World War II . U . S . Army . Chevigny ( then 36 years - old ) was drafted into the U . S . Army in March 1943 . He completed basic training at Ft . Benjamin Harrison , Indiana . He was assigned afterwards to Fort Lawton in Seattle , Washington , a training and staging base . A Corporal in the U . S . Army , he received an Honorable Discharge on June 10 , 1943 in order to be released for service in the U . S . Marine Corps Reserve . U . S . Marine Corps . He was directly commissioned a First Lieutenant going on active duty in the Marine Corps Reserve on June 11 , 1943 in Seattle . The Marine Corps District Headquarters Induction and Recruitment Station in Seattle immediately used him in a public - relations enlistment poster photo wearing his summer officers service uniform . Afterwards , he was transferred to Officer Indoctrination and Physical Training schools at Camp Pendleton , California . In September 1943 , he was assigned to Camp Lejeune in New River , North Carolina as a physical training instructor , athletic officer , and assistant coach of the Camp Lejeune football team . He soon became head coach , renaming the team ( then 0 - 2 - 1 ) , the " Camp Lejeune Leathernecks " ( 6 - 2 - 1 ) . In late 1943 , he requested a combat assignment . Iwo Jima . In January 1944 , Chevigny reported for duty at Camp Pendleton , California . After brief duty as an instructor , he was assigned to Headquarters Company , Headquarters Battalion , Fifth Marine Division . He was sent with the 5th Division to Camp Tarawa , Hawaii to train for the assault of Iwo Jima ( Operation Detachment ) which would include two other Marine divisions of the V Amphibious Corps . He was reassigned for duty as a liaison officer of H & S Company , 27th Marine Regiment , 5th Marine Division . The 27th Marines landed on " Red Beach 1 " and " Red Beach 2 " on February 19 , 1945 ( D - day ) . Death . 1st Lt . Chevigny was one of the many hundreds of Marines and Navy corpsmen killed in action on the seven color named and numbered landing zones , each 550 - yards wide , that together stretched for two miles of beach on the southeast side of Iwo Jima . Japanese surrender . Another legend surrounding Chevigny is that , after the 1934 football victory , he had been presented a fountain pen with the inscription , " " To Jack Chevigny , a Notre Dame boy who beat Notre Dame " , " and that on September 2 , 1945 , this pen was discovered in the hands of one of the Japanese officer envoys at the surrender of Japan on the USS " Missouri " , and that the inscription was changed to read , " " To Jack Chevigny , a Notre Dame boy who gave his life for his country in the spirit of old Notre Dame " " . The legend , which surfaced in 1945 in conjunction with the anniversary of the November 10 , 1928 football game , has been a part of Notre Dame lore ever since . Burial place . 1st Lt . Chevigny was buried in the 5th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima and later was reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ( called the " Punchbowl " ; dedicated in 1949 ) in Honolulu , Hawaii . His tombstone is located in Section C , Site 508 .