Birth name: Knute Kenneth Rockne
Occupation: College football coach
Birth date: March 4, 1888
Birth place: Voss, Norway
Death date: March 31, 1931
Death place: Bazaar, Kan.
Burial location: Highland Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
Hair color: Brown
Spouse: Bonnie Skiles
Children: Bill and Knute, Jr.
Athletic position: Head coach
Athletic teams: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Did you know?
- In 1988, the U.S. Postal Service honored Rockne by unveiling a postage stamp that featured his name and image.
- Rockne graduated from Notre Dame in 1914.
- He was a chemist, assistant track coach and assistant football coach before becoming head football coach of Notre Dame.
- Rockne was a player on the 1913 Notre Dame team, the first ever Notre Dame team to beat Army.
- Before attending Notre Dame, Rockne planned on attending the University of Illinois.
- Twenty years after his death, Rockne was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1951.
- The gray sweatshirt that Rockne frequently wore to practice is on display at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.
- In 1927, Rockne was featured on the cover of Time Magazine.
- Rockne, Texas, is the only town in the United States that is named specifically for Knute Rockne.
