Knute rockne biography facts for kids

The flygplan crash that killed Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne on March 31, , has been dubbed the most famous air mishap in Kansas history.

We recently joined Notre Dame faithful and other interested parties in a Chase County pasture near the tiny berg of Bazaar to observe the crash’s 85th anniversary.

As the story goes, Rockne was a passenger on TWA flygning that morning aboard a Fokker FA when he and sju other passengers encountered fog and freezing drizzle while crossing the Flint Hills. Following radio contact with an airport in the vicinity, the pilot was contemplating a returning to the Kansas City Airport where the flygning had departed. When an air traffic control tower in Wichita reported clear skies in that city, the pilot decided to forge ahead.

The ice on the right wing literally ripped it from the plane and soon the aircraft was on the ground in the pasture where the crew and passengers were thrown from the craft and killed i

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Knute Rockne Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Childhood And Early Life

Football player Knute Rockne was born in Voss, Norway on the 4 March . His family immigrated to the United States in and settled in Chicago. He was the son of Lars Knutson Rockne and Martha Persdatter Gjerme.

Education

Rockne enrolled for a science grad the University of Notre Dame in where he joined the football team as a fullback. He also had an interest in athletics and participated in track and field as well as pole vaulting. He subsequently became an All-American and captain of the team in

Rise To Fame

Following his graduation, Knute Rockne stayed on at Notre Dam where he was a graduate assistant in the chemistry department. At the same time, he was working as an assistant football coach and in , became the athletic director.

Career

During his tenure, Notre Dame were national champions in , and Overall the teams won , lost 12 and tied 5 for the period  Rockne was an ins

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Behind the Name: A well-known honoree

Rockne Drive, which runs southwest from Edison Road to McKinley Avenue, is one of the more familiar local names given to a street in South Bend. That could be because it honors one of the greatest coaches — if not the greatest and most widely known — in the University of Notre Dame’s football history.

Knute Rockne was born in Voss, Norway, on March 4, , to Martha Pedersdatter Gjermo and Lars Knutson Rockne, a smith and wagonmaker. He immigrated with his parents to the United States when he was 5 years old.

Growing up in Logan Square, a Chicago neighborhood northwest of The Loop, Rockne learned to play football with the other youth in his neighborhood. After graduating from high school, he worked as a mail dispatcher for the Chicago post office.

In Rockne enrolled at Notre Dame, where he had a varied and exemplary career. Not only was he a star football player, but he also wrote for the student newspaper, competed in the finals of the Notre D