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George Gipp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Knute Rockne, All American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, perhaps the most famous of all of the football coaches at Notre Dame, one of the most successful footba...
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Win one for the Gipper - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... 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'.
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He died a few weeks later at the age of 25. Just before his death, he told Coach Rockne, "Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys - tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper.
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It was halftime of the 1928 Army vs. Notre Dame Game that legendary head coach Knute Rockne gave his "win one for the Gipper" speech to his beleaguered players. Notre Dame was having one of its worst season's on record and Rockne was trying to salvage what he could of the season.
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Twitter Trackbacks for Win One for the Gipper - Reason Magazine [reason.com] on Tops links to this page. Here’s an excerpt: ... A playoff proves who would win a tournament seeded a particular way played at a particular time. That is fine, it is one way to arrive at a champion, but to argue that it is somehow more correct...
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"Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys - tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock.
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Win One for the Gipper (Ayatollah Khameini); June 19, 2006; Ivan Eland; ... Although on the surface, things have been going well lately for President Bush on Iraq—the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, ... The president and vice president of Iraq have requested one, and 80 percent of Iraqis want U.S. troops to go home.
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It's a good time to remember Reagan's optimism, his pragmatism, and his values. And it would be enormously gratifying to win this one for the Gipper.
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