Knute Rockne

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American football coach American football player college football coach human sports innovator

Knute Rockne was a legendary early 20th-century American college football coach who popularized the forward pass and built Notre Dame into a national powerhouse.

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Knute Rockne canonical 5
Knute Kenneth Rockne 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football coach ⓘ
American football player ⓘ
college football coach ⓘ
human ⓘ
sports innovator ⓘ
causeOfDeath airplane crash ⓘ
conferenceTitlesWon multiple ⓘ
countryOfBirth Norway ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-03-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1931-03-31 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Notre Dame ⓘ
employer University of Notre Dame ⓘ
endTimeOfHeadCoachingAtNotreDame 1930 ⓘ
familyName Rockne S. O’Bannon ⓘ
surface form: Rockne
famousFor inspirational locker-room speeches ⓘ
use of the forward pass as a primary offensive weapon ⓘ
fieldOfWork college football coaching ⓘ
fullName Knute Rockne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Knute Kenneth Rockne
givenName Knute ⓘ
hallOfFame College Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
headCoachOf Notre Dame Fighting Irish football ⓘ
surface form: Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
knownForQuote Win one for the Gipper ⓘ
legacy considered one of the greatest coaches in college football history ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accident ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Notre Dame Fighting Irish football ⓘ
surface form: Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
nationalChampionshipSeasons 1924 ⓘ
1929 ⓘ
1930 ⓘ
nationalChampionshipsWonAsCoach 3 ⓘ
notableAchievement built Notre Dame into a national football powerhouse ⓘ
notablePlayersCoached George Gipp ⓘ
The Four Horsemen ⓘ
notableWork popularization of the forward pass in American football ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation American football coach ⓘ
American football player ⓘ
overallCollegeCoachingRecord 105–12–5 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Voss, Norway ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bazaar, Kansas, United States ⓘ
positionPlayed end ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence South Bend, Indiana ⓘ
surface form: South Bend, Indiana, United States
sport American football ⓘ
spouse Bonnie Gwendoline Skiles ⓘ
startTimeOfHeadCoachingAtNotreDame 1918 ⓘ
winningPercentageAsCoach .881 ⓘ
yearInductedIntoCollegeFootballHallOfFame 1951 ⓘ

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football → notableCoach → Knute Rockne ⓘ
Notre Dame Stadium → associatedWithCoach → Knute Rockne ⓘ
Knute Rockne, All American → mainSubject → Knute Rockne ⓘ
Knute Rockne, All American → character → Knute Rockne ⓘ
Knute Rockne, All American → hasTitleCharacter → Knute Rockne ⓘ
Knute Rockne → fullName → Knute Rockne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knute Kenneth Rockne