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    Knute Rockne

    American football player and coach (1888–1931)

    Knute Kenneth Rockne (;[3][4] March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.

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    • Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships.

    Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history.[5] His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 1951, identifies him as "without question, American football's most-renowned coach".

    Rockne helped to popularize the forward pass and made the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a major factor in college football.

    In 1931, at the age of 43, Rockne died in a plane crash.

    Early life

    Knute Rockne was born Knut Larsen Rokne,[6] in Voss, Norway, to smith and wagonmaker Lars Knutson Rokne (1858–1912) and his wife, Martha Pedersdatter Gjermo (1859–1944).

    He immigrated to Chicago with his parents