Knute Rockne

Football Coach

Birthday March 4, 1888

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Voss, Norway

DEATH DATE Mar 31, 1931 (43)

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About

Coached the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team to dominance from 1918 to 1930.

Before fame

He worked as a mail dispatcher for almost four years.

Trivia

Originally trained as a Chemist at Notre Dame, he eventually became a sports coach there.

Family life

He married Bonnie Skiles in 1914.

Associated with

He was a football player and coach and President Herbert Hoover called his death a national loss.