Knute Rockne All American

Overview:

May it be noted that Knute Rockne got the idea for The Forward Pass while watching some of the on stage dancers and started diagramming their moves on his cocktail napkin with the customary XXX's like on as chalk board.. That is what made that Evening trip out that night So integral to the story line of the plot.

Released: 1940-10-05

Duration: 01:38:00

Genre: Drama

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Writer: Robert Buckner

Cast: Donald Crisp, Michael Harvey, Steve Pendleton, ...

Director: Lloyd Bacon

Writer: Robert Buckner

Genre: Drama

Description

Lars Rockne and his family, including his four year old son Knute, emigrate to Chicago in 1892 from their native Norway. By his mid-twenties Knute saves enough to attend obscure Notre Dame University, where he excels in football and chemistry. He and a teammate develop the forward pass as an offensive weapon while working as life guards on summer break and use it to upset heavily favored Army in a historic game. After graduation Rockne becomes a teacher while coaching part-time but ultimately abandons academics to devote all his energies to football. During his tenure as head coach at the school, he develops such outstanding players as George Gipp, who dies prematurely from a strep infection, and the Four Horseman while introducing many innovative tactics including the backfield shift. Rockne, known for his staccato motivational speeches, devotes his life to maintaining the integrity of the sport he loves and promoting it as an integral component in the development of the American character.