Gipper (eBook)

George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football

Jack Cavanaugh (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
304 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62873-112-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Win one for The Gipper. Has there ever been a better-known and widely-used exhortative phrase in sports? Not likely. But who was the ';Gipper,' this mythical-like sports figure whose nickname has aroused, in turn, awe, wonderment, curiosity, and amusement since the second decade of the twentieth century, and why is his story important? Answering those questions is the formidable task taken on here by veteran sportswriter Jack Cavanaugh, whose Pulitzer Prize-nominated biography of boxing legend Gene Tunney was referred to as ';impressively researched and richly detailed' by Sports Illustrated. More than eight decades after his death, George Gipp is still regarded by football historians as Notre Dame's best all-around player. And it was Gipp and his legendary coach, Knute Rockne, who were largely responsible for putting the small Midwestern all-male school on the map. Like Cavanaugh's other critically acclaimed books, The Gipper is also a period piece, with a considerable focus on the era before, during, and immediately after WWI. It details the changes that the country underwent during that time, including the onset of Prohibition and the gangs that it spawned in the Midwest such as those active in the South Bend area and in nearby Chicago, headed by the notorious Al Capone.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.9.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Fahrrad
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Schlagworte: 1913 • 1918 • 1920 • 1931 • 1970 • all-around • all-male • America • Athleticism • booklist • books on booklists • books on coaches • books on dames • books on football teams • books on knutes • books on michigans • books on notres • books on pittsburghs • books on pools • books on quarterbacks • books on rocknes • books on sportswriters • books on teammates • books on teams • books on tunneys • books on varsities • books on vaults • books on western conferences books on college footballs • books on wolverines • books on yards • Chicago • Coaches • College Football • Dame • Drop-Out • endure • Enduring • Fighting Irish • fight irish • football’s • football team • Gambling • George Gipp • Gipper • high-stakes • hustling • knute • Michigan • Notre • organizes • Pandemic • Pittsburgh • Pool • Quarterback • Rally • rallying • regarded • rockne • semi-pro • south bend • sportswriter • teammates • Teams • tunney • varsity • Vault • Western Conference • wolverines • yards • yost
• ISBN-10: 1-62873-112-5 / 1628731125
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62873-112-5 / 9781628731125