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Knute Kenneth Rockne (/kəˈnuːt/ kə-NOOT, though commonly pronounced / n u t / NOOT; March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships.
Knute Rockne was a Norwegian-born American gridiron football coach who built the University of Notre Dame in Indiana into a major power in college football and became the intercollegiate sport’s first true celebrity coach. In 1893 Rockne moved to Chicago with his family, and in 1910 he entered.
In March 1931, head coach Knute Rockne (‘14) boarded Transcontinental and Western Air Flight 599, headed to Los Angeles to participate in the production of The Spirit of Notre Dame. Tragically, the plane went down a few miles west of Bazaar, Kan., killing Rockne and the other seven on board.
Apr 30, 2024 · The grave of legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne was moved to Cedar Grove Cemetery at the University of Notre Dame on Monday. Rockne had been buried at Highland Cemetery in South...
Apr 4, 2019 · The death of the legendary Notre Dame coach led to the first national funeral broadcast, changed the way planes were built and how transportation disasters were investigated.
Mar 31, 2021 · It marks the exact spot where Rockne and seven other souls perished in a plane crash 90 years ago this week -- March 31, 1931. At the height of his power, influence and innovation, Rockne was...
Jun 27, 2018 · Knute Rockne (1888-1931), a genius in the sport of football, became an American folk hero and left his stamp of greatness on the entire sport. Knute Rockne was born on March 4, 1888, in Voss, Norway. In 1891 his father came to America to exhibit his carriage-building art at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and 18 months later he ...
