Rockne of Notre Dame The Making of a Football Legend

Name: Rockne of Notre Dame The Making of a Football Legend
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ISBN: 9780195157925

ISBN-10: 0195157923

ISBN-13: 9780195157925

Edition: 2002

Authors: Ray Robinson

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In a mere twelve years, Rockne's "Fighting Irish" won 105 games, including five astonishing undefeated seasons. But Rockne was more than the sum of his victories--he was an icon who, more than anyone, made football an American obsession. The book gives us colorful descriptions of such Rockne teams as the undefeated 1924 eleven led by the illustrious Four Horsemen, and the 1930 squad, Rockne's last and greatest. A renowned motivator whose "Win one for the Gipper" is the most famous locker-room speech ever, Rockne was also football's most brilliant innovator, a pioneer of the forward pass, a master of the psychological ploy, and an early advocate of conditioning. In this balanced account,…

Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/21/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.91" wide x 5.31" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



In the Land of Fjords



Boyhood Heroes



Notre Dame



Knute Suits Up



On the Wings of the Forward Pass



A Man Must Coach



The Legend of George Gipp



An Athlete Dying Young



The Ku Klux Klan on the March



Life After Gipp



The Ride of the Four Horsemen



Charges and Countercharges



On a Blue-Gray October Afternoon



The Smell of Roses



After the Four Horsemen



The Coach Plays Hooky



Ten Years at the Helm



Twelfth Man



On the Rebound



The Last Season



A Final Flight


Index