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George Gipp was a great football player for the University of Notre Dame with the legendary coach Knute Rockne. After winning many games together, Gipp fell ill. On his death bed, he told Rockne...
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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’.
Dec 14, 2020 · Rockne said the dying Gipp told him that someday, when Notre Dame was down and desperate for a victory, the coach should ask the team to “go in there with all they’ve got and win just one for the Gipper.” The speech rallied the Irish to a 12-6 victory over Army.
Although historians believe that it is doubtful that Rockne's version of Gipp's last words was true, Notre Dame did win the game against Army. More importantly, the story became solidified into popular culture after its recreation in the 1940 movie, Knute Rockne - All American.
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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.
