Details About Knute Rockne: Death, Facts, Family, Children, Died



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Knute Kenneth Rockne was born on March 4, 1888, in Voss, Norway. His parents, Martha and Ole Rockne, were both Norwegian immigrants. Knute had two older sisters, Inga and Gertrude, and a younger brother, Oscar. The family immigrated to the United States when Knute was five years old and settled in Chicago.

Knute attended public schools in Chicago and graduated from high school in 1906. He enrolled at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, on a football scholarship. Rockne played halfback for the Notre Dame football team from 1908 to 1913. He was a member of the team that won the national championship in 1909.

After graduation, Rockne began his coaching career at Notre Dame. He quickly developed a reputation as one of the most innovative and successful coaches in college football history. His teams won three national championships (1919, 1920, and 1924) and had a record of 105 wins, 12 losses, and 5 ties.

Rockne was also responsible for popularizing the forward pass in football. He is credited with inventing the ” Notre Dame Box,” a formation that featured four backs in a square formation that was designed to open up the field for the quarterback to throw the ball.

Rockne died in a plane crash on March 31, 1931, while en route to California. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

Rockne’s net worth at the time of his death was estimated to be $200,000 (equivalent to $3.4 million in 2018).

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia