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Knute Rockne was the coach of the US Notre Dame team in the 1920s and George Gipp was his star player. The story goes that Gipp fell ill and when dying he asked Rockne to promise that, when things were going badly for the team, he should inspire them by asking them to ‘win one for The Gipper’.
Gipp died at age 25 of a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia, [3] three weeks after a victory over Northwestern in his senior season, [4] and was the subject of Rockne's "Win just one for the Gipper" speech. In the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, he was portrayed by Ronald Reagan.
Knute Rockne gave his "Win One for the Gipper" speech to the Notre Dame players at halftime of the 1928 Army game. Rockne was trying to salvage something from his worst season as a coach at Notre Dame. To inspire the players he told them the story of the tragic death of the greatest player ever at ND, George Gipp.
An afternoon's horseplay with a football, however, brings George to the attention of assistant football coach Knute Rockne, and Notre Dame football is transformed forever. Setting records and winning fan's hearts, George seems unstoppable but cruel fate intervenes.
This “Win One For The Gipper” plaque hangs in the Irish locker room at Notre Dame Stadium. Game action between Notre Dame and Army in 1928. The view from the top of the stands before a kickoff at Yankee Stadium.
At halftime during a scoreless game with Army in 1928, Rockne asked the team to “win one for the Gipper,” keeping a promise that he said he had made to Gipp on his deathbed. It is unlikely that Gipp ever made such a request, but the story reinforced the Gipp legend.
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“Win one for the Gipper” is an American football phrase that originated from Notre Dame’s legendary coach Knute Rockne’s motivational speech about former player George Gipp. The phrase has since become synonymous with rallying together as a team and giving everything you have in order to win.
