Knute Rockne
Knute Kenneth Rockne (; March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships. Rockne is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. His biography at the College Football Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 1951, identifies him as "without question, American football's most-renowned coach". Rockne helped to popularize the forward pass and made the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a major factor in college football. In 1931, at the age of 43, Rockne died in a plane crash. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Voss (municipality in Vestland, Norway), Died 1931 (Bazaar (human settlement in Kansas, United States of America) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-70713 | 10-in. | 9/11/1931 | Knute Rockne talks to his team | Knute Rockne | Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer | speaker | |
| Brunswick | XC7596 | 12-in. | 3/31/1931 | Studebaker Champions : Sales talk no. 1 | Knute Rockne | Radio transcription disc | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Rockne, Knute," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103573.
Rockne, Knute. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103573.
"Rockne, Knute." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82045063
Wikidata: Knute Rockne - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1770885
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/8726052
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/89866 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/89866
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