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Chevigny, Right Half; F. Collins, Full Back; J. Meimic, Left Half; And F. Carideo, Quarterback, Men Who Comprise the Backfield of the Notre Dame team, and who are priming themselves for the game tomorrow with West Point.“ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc4bedcf4e1fc08df1bb768/1556397877642/wm-Knute%2BRockne%2B1+-sharpened.jpg Home The dapper Notre Dame legend was also the face of Studebaker automobiles. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc367814e17b676dbfb1f3b/1563571127855/wm-Rockne%2BWreckage%2B9.jpg Home The airplane wreckage https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc3677a104c7b611014a28d/1591562412599/wm-Rockne%2BNavy%2Bmemorial%2B14+copy.jpg Home Navy buglers atop the stadium roof in Baltimore blowing taps in memory of the fallen Notre Dame coach while Middies in the stands spell out the name “Knute Rockne” during the Notre Dame-Navy game on Nov. 14, 1931… CREDIT: ACME Photo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc367779140b79c7eed504e/1558557784398/wm-Rockne%2Bcoaching%2B4.jpg Home - Learning from "The Master" Knute Rockne draw up plays on the chalkboard with assistant coach Hartley “Hunk” Anderson. Anderson was named Notre Dame head coach after Rockne died… CREDIT: International Chicago https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc3676be79c70d7174acf1c/1558557784386/wm-Rockne%2Bclose%2Bup%2Bface%2B2.jpg Home Rockne the coach in a practice session sweatshirt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc3676be2c483cec11d260d/1558557784387/wm-Rockne+goal+post+%2B3.jpg Home Rockne wearing baseball pants during football practice at Cartier Field. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc367654e17b676dbfb1de6/1563571127228/wm-img009%2BFOUR%2BHORSEMEN%2B6.jpg Home - One of the four horseman reported as Notre Dame coach The Four Horsemen: (from left) Don Miller, Harry Stuhldreher, James Crowley, Elmer Layden…CREDIT: Associated Press Photo. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc367659b747a5c58e7fc51/1563571128426/wm-IMG%2B18%2BTRUTH%2BABOUT%2BROCKNES%2BSTRANGE%2BDEATH%2B15.jpg Home The cover of “UNCENSORED! Truth About Rockne’s Strange Death!” published in May 1931, the first published document to raise questions about the cause of the Rockne plane crash. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc36761652dea94bbbb6137/1563571128152/wm-IMG%2B15%2BBASHFUL%2BFRANKIE%2BFOSTER%2B12+copy.jpg Home Frankie Foster, the Capone crew member who purchased the weapon used in the murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle, hides his face behind a newspaper in the back seat of a car from photographers in Santa Fe, N.M., while being transported by police from Los Angeles to Chicago…. CREDIT: International Chicago https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc3675e3bd6450001bfa454/1563571128273/wm-IMG%2B14%2BPRINCIPALS%2BIN%2BLINGLE%2BMURDER%2BTRIAL%2B13.jpg Home Al Capone hitman Leo Brothers, (far right), surrounded by prosecutors and attorneys on his defense team on March 16, 1931, the opening day of the Jake Lingle murder trial in Chicago. A jury convicted Brothers of murdering the Chicago Tribune reporter in a downtown Chicago subway station… CREDIT: ACME Photo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc3675dec212d77dd72a50e/1563571127922/wm-IMG%2B13%2BSoldier%2BField%2Bflag%2B10.jpg Home The flag flies at half-mast in Soldier Field, Chicago, on April 1, 1931, the day after Knute Rockne lost his life in a plane crash… CREDIT: International Chicago https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc3675aeef1a16f9d684a64/1591562412937/wm-IMG%2B12%2BVISIT%2BROCKNE%2BMEMORIAL%2B16.jpg Home The Knute Rockne Memorial statue. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc3675a419202a5244b2db0/1563571127608/wm-IMG%2B11%2Bplayer%2Band%2Bwife%2B8.jpg Home Former Notre Dame start fullback Joe Savoldi with his wife, Daisy, at their home in Santa Monica, California. After graduating from Notre Dame, Savoldi went on to become a professional wrestler… CREDIT: ACME Photo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc36758b208fc19d71f1b30/1563571127322/wm-IMG%2B10%2B-%2BKnute%2BRockne%2Bwife%2B7+copy.jpg Home Knute and Bonnie Rockne in a happy moment https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc36754eb39316321603a91/1563571127996/wm-Capone%2Bphoto%2B11+copy.jpg Home Al Capone is all smiles after being arraigned in Chicago Municipal Court on a charge of being a “Common Vagrant.” This photo was shot while Capone was under a federal sentence of six months for contempt of court while awaiting trial on income tax charges. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cbb6c416e9a7f4585bf8b59/5cc367549b747a5c58e7fbd9/1558557784444/wm-3%2Bfootbal%2Bplayers%2B5.jpg Home - 1920 ND backfield The 1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish backfield: (from left) George Gipp, Chet Wynne, Johnnie Mohardt. https://www.knuterockne.com/photos daily 0.75 2019-04-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc4bf5aeb393176e6693fd5/1556397926987/wm-Knute%2BRockne%2B1+-sharpened.jpg Photos The dapper Notre Dame legend was also the face of Studebaker automobiles. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e28a/1556310671291/wm-Rockne%2BWreckage%2B9.jpg Photos The airplane wreckage https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e288/1556310671401/wm-Rockne%2BNavy%2Bmemorial%2B14+copy.jpg Photos Navy buglers atop the stadium roof in Baltimore blowing taps in memory of the fallen Notre Dame coach while Middies in the stands spell out the name “Knute Rockne” during the Notre Dame-Navy game on Nov. 14, 1931… CREDIT: ACME Photo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e284/1556310935162/wm-Rockne%2Bcoaching%2B4.jpg Photos - 4) Learning from "The Master" Knute Rockne draw up plays on the chalkboard with assistant coach Hartley “Hunk” Anderson. Anderson was named Notre Dame head coach after Rockne died… CREDIT: International Chicago https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e282/1556310133105/wm-Rockne%2Bclose%2Bup%2Bface%2B2.jpg Photos Rockne the coach in a practice session sweatshirt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e286/1556310148314/wm-Rockne+goal+post+%2B3.jpg Photos Rockne wearing baseball pants during football practice at Cartier Field. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e26f/1556310965375/wm-img009%2BFOUR%2BHORSEMEN%2B6.jpg Photos - 6) One of the four horseman reported as Notre Dame coach The Four Horsemen: (from left) Don Miller, Harry Stuhldreher, James Crowley, Elmer Layden…CREDIT: Associated Press Photo. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e273/1556310671414/wm-IMG%2B18%2BTRUTH%2BABOUT%2BROCKNES%2BSTRANGE%2BDEATH%2B15.jpg Photos The cover of “UNCENSORED! Truth About Rockne’s Strange Death!” published in May 1931, the first published document to raise questions about the cause of the Rockne plane crash. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e26d/1556310671280/wm-IMG%2B15%2BBASHFUL%2BFRANKIE%2BFOSTER%2B12+copy.jpg Photos Frankie Foster, the Capone crew member who purchased the weapon used in the murder of Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle, hides his face behind a newspaper in the back seat of a car from photographers in Santa Fe, N.M., while being transported by police from Los Angeles to Chicago…. CREDIT: International Chicago https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e269/1556310671407/wm-IMG%2B14%2BPRINCIPALS%2BIN%2BLINGLE%2BMURDER%2BTRIAL%2B13.jpg Photos Al Capone hitman Leo Brothers, (far right), surrounded by prosecutors and attorneys on his defense team on March 16, 1931, the opening day of the Jake Lingle murder trial in Chicago. A jury convicted Brothers of murdering the Chicago Tribune reporter in a downtown Chicago subway station… CREDIT: ACME Photo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e26b/1556310671270/wm-IMG%2B13%2BSoldier%2BField%2Bflag%2B10.jpg Photos The flag flies at half-mast in Soldier Field, Chicago, on April 1, 1931, the day after Knute Rockne lost his life in a plane crash… CREDIT: International Chicago https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e267/1556310671412/wm-IMG%2B12%2BVISIT%2BROCKNE%2BMEMORIAL%2B16.jpg Photos The Knute Rockne Memorial statue. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e265/1556310671288/wm-IMG%2B11%2Bplayer%2Band%2Bwife%2B8.jpg Photos Former Notre Dame start fullback Joe Savoldi with his wife, Daisy, at their home in Santa Monica, California. After graduating from Notre Dame, Savoldi went on to become a professional wrestler… CREDIT: ACME Photo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e261/1556310981120/wm-IMG%2B10%2B-%2BKnute%2BRockne%2Bwife%2B7+copy.jpg Photos Knute and Bonnie Rockne in a happy moment. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e263/1556310671277/wm-Capone%2Bphoto%2B11+copy.jpg Photos Al Capone is all smiles after being arraigned in Chicago Municipal Court on a charge of being a “Common Vagrant.” This photo was shot while Capone was under a federal sentence of six months for contempt of court while awaiting trial on income tax charges. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25e/5cc36aac104c7ba65791e25f/1556310944864/wm-3%2Bfootbal%2Bplayers%2B5.jpg Photos - 5) 1920 ND backfield The 1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish backfield: (from left) George Gipp, Chet Wynne, Johnnie Mohardt. https://www.knuterockne.com/excerpts daily 0.75 2020-06-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cb8f6a7a56827cca60fa3e0/t/5edd517f4191b966b72def97/1591562630205/img008.jpg Excerpts - PEDAGOGY Excerpt from the Chapter __________________ "Coaching is more than teaching, in that coaching must not only teach, but in addition must persuade and convince as well. In coaching we are concerned not only that an individual should know what to do, but that he should have, in addition to the knowledge, the ability, the inclination, and the determination to do it. This involves a good many factors which are not essential in ordinary teaching, but which are very real part of coaching." — KNUTE ROCKNE __________________ For some inexplicable reason, physical educators seem to have the idea that they have a monopoly on all the big words in athletics, so that when a football coach mentions “pedagogy,” the average physical educator responds by chuckling. The football coach will allow the physical educator a monopoly on such words as “kinesiology,” “somatic,” and “anthropometry,” as those don’t impress too many folks anyway. An experienced coach knows that motor coordination is developed through drills and exercises of the right kind, and that distance discernment of the eye and muscle of the arm can be developed and improved upon by practice. As for producing large, bulging muscles, that is absolutely devoid of any particular meaning. But when you come to pedagogy – that is a football coach’s real dish. The average professor goes into a classroom, gives his lecture, and leaves. His attitude is distinctly one of “take it or leave it.” He may flunk half the class and everyone is awestricken. The coach, however, has to be a super-teacher. He must see to it that the class learns what he has to teach. If he flunks half his class, he flunks with them. It is not what a coach knows, it is what he can teach his boys, what he can make them do.