Rockne of Notre Dame : the making of a football legend / Ray Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Ray, 1920-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Football coaches--United States--Biography.

Football coaches.

Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team).

Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931.

Rockne, Knute.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the life and career of Notre Dame's legendary football coach and examines his contributions to the sport as an innovator and renowned motivator.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 In the Land of Fjords; 2 Boyhood Heroes; 3 Notre Dame; 4 Knute Suits Up; 5 On the Wings of the Forward Pass; 6 A Man Must Coach; 7 The Legend of George Gipp; 8 An Athlete Dying Young; 9 The Ku Klux Klan on the March; 10 Life After Gipp; 11 The Ride of the Four Horsemen; 12 Charges and Countercharges; 13 On a Blue-Gray October Afternoon; 14 The Smell of Roses; 15 After the Four Horsemen; 16 The Coach Plays Hooky; 17 Ten Years at the Helm; 18 Twelfth Man; 19 On the Rebound; 20 The Last Season; 21 A Final Flight; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-028302-5

1-280-52884-2

0-19-535564-4

1-4294-0431-0

OCLC:

476011763