George Gipp - Definition and Overview

George "The Gipper" Gipp (February 18, 1895 – December 14, 1920) was a famous college football player who played for Notre Dame.

Gipp was born in Laurium, Michigan. George Gipp was voted into the National Football Hall of Fame on December 14th, 1951, at 3:27 AM, in memory of the time and date of Gipp's death. George Gipp Memorial Park was dedicated on August 3, 1935.

The phrase "Win one for the Gipper", attributed to Gipp by coach Knute Rockne, was used as a political slogan by Ronald Reagan, who in 1940 portrayed Gipp in Knute Rockne, All American and was often referred to as "The Gipper President".

Further reading

• "The Life and Times of George Gipp", George Gekas. And Books, 219pp., April 1988. ISBN 0897081641

External links and references

• Knute Rockne's "Win One for the Gipper" speech (http://lamb.archives.nd.edu/rockne/speech.html)
• George Gipp (http://www.cmgww.com/football/gipp/). CMG Worldwide.
• George Gipp, "The Gipper" (http://home.no.net/birgerro/gipp.htm), an unofficial homepage of Knute Rockne.
• 100 Greatest Players of All-Time, #4 George Gipp, Halfback Notre Dame, 1917–1920 (http://www.collegefootballnews.com/Top_100_Players/Top_100_Players_4_George_Gipp.htm) (College Football News article)
• CollegeSports.com article about George Gipp (http://und.collegesports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/allambios/nd-m-footbl-gipp.html)
• George Gipp — The Man, The Myth, The Legend (http://www.clk.k12.mi.us/chs/laurium/gipp/gipphist.htm).
• George Gipp (http://images.google.com/images?q=George+Gipp) images via Google.