His novel, The Four Winners, promoted sportsmanship, honor, and the proper role of athletics in life.
His novel, The Four Winners, promoted sportsmanship, honor, and the proper role of athletics in life. Prior to assuming the post for which he is famous, he served as a chemistry teacher at Notre Dame. At the time of his death in an airplane crash in 1931, the Studebaker Company was planning to name a car after him and Hollywood was negotiating to make a movie of his life­a movie that would be made seven years later and include Ronald Reagan as George Gipp. FTP, who was this legendary football coach for the "Fighting Irish"?
His novel, The Four Winners, promoted sportsmanship, honor, and the proper role of athletics in life.
Knute Rockne