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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451199603321

Autore

Robinson Ray <1920 Dec. 4->

Titolo

Rockne of Notre Dame [[electronic resource] ] : the making of a football legend / / Ray Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-028302-5

1-280-52884-2

0-19-535564-4

1-4294-0431-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

796.332/092 B

796.332092

796.332092B

Soggetti

Football coaches - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.