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One for the Gipper | 
 enlarge | Author: Patrick Chellan
Publisher: Arrowhead Classics Limited
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2358751
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 1886571015
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781886571013
ASIN: 1886571015
Publication Date: January 1996
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Condition: factory sealed trade paperback.
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Book Description
He was a loveable rougue - a gambler, billiards champion, cardsharp, dance contest winner, college student - and perhaps the finest all-around athlete the world has ever known. He was a maverick, a loner, his own man, almost reclusive - yet he was loved and admired by millions while he was alive and mourned nationwide after he died at the young age of 25. He helped make the small midwestern college he attended the most famous university in the land. He was truly a "winner" - yet he sould never win the heart of the only woman he ever really loved. He was the legendary George Gipp of Notre Dame, whose deathbed request to his coach, Knute Rockne, to "Win one for the Gipper" has long been a part of the American lixicon. But exactly who was this man? Why has his memory endured for more than three-quarters of a century? Author Patrick Chelland explores the legend and separates the myth from the truth and, as is often the case, truth is stranger than fiction. Chel! land talked to Gipp's contemporaries - his family, friends, teammates, sportswriters - and has written by far the most comprehensive biography ever undertaken on the elusive Gipper. One For The Gipper is a piece of Americana that is a definite must-read.
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One For The Gipper March 9, 2000
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
George Gipp is credited for being the "single biggest reason" Notre Dame football grew to its fame. After reading this true accounting of the Gipp's life by Patrick Chelland, I believe it. Knute Rockne coached at Notre Dame, but George Gipp became the icon. Why hasn't this become a movie?
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