Win One for the Gipper
Feb 21, 2021
George Gipp was born on February 18, 1895 and died on December 14, 1920 in South Bend, Indiana.
Gipp was an American football player, and the one whom Knute Rockne referred to when he said "win one for the Gipper."
According to Rockne, while Gipp was on his deathbed with pneumonia, he said:
"I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."
In 1928, Rockne used this quote in a halftime speech to inspire Notre Dame to upset undefeated Army 12-6.
