The Gipper
George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football
Jack Cavanaugh
- 304 Pages
- August 1, 2012
- ISBN: 9781616086015
- Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing
- Trim Size: 6in x 9in x 6.1in
Description
More than eight decades after his death, George Gipp is still regarded by football historians as Notre Dame’s best all-around player. And it was Gipp and his legendary coach, Knute Rockne, who were largely responsible for putting Notre Dame, then a small Midwestern all-male Catholic school, on the map. But their names were to resonate well beyond that era as they each attained immortal status, both because of their football achievements and their distinctive, albeit vastly different, personalitiesGipp, the enigmatic and undisciplined loner, and Rockne, the charismatic, highly organized, and disciplined coach, famous for his stirring orations to his players and his ability to bring out the best in the insouciant Gipp.
Exhaustively researched and meticulously reported, The Gipper is the definitive examination of the enigmatic Gipp, his larger-thanlife coach, and a bygone golden era in sports and American culture.
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