Win one for the Gipper game...

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November 10, 1928

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, November 10, 1928

* Army vs. Notre Dame college fottball (pre-game news)
* Coach Knute Rockne
* 'Win one for the Gipper' fame

This 38 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 12: "Army-Notre Dame Game Here Heads Today's Football Card" with subheads that include: "80,000 TO SEE ARMY OPPOSE NOTRE DAME" "East and West Will Come Into Conflict as Strong Teams Clash Today at Stadium" "Crowley Favors Army" and more with lineups. (see)

This was the game that had Notre Dame as big underdogs and was famous for Knute Rockne's famous 'Win one for the Gipper' speech at halftime. Notre Dame would pull off the upset in the second half.

Other news of the day throughout. Usual browning with little margin wear, otherwise in good condition.

wikipedia notes: It was on his hospital bed that he is purported to have delivered the famous,"win just one for the Gipper" line. He apparently said this line to Knute Rockne, the football coach of Notre Dame. The full quotation from which the line is derived is:

“ 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. ”

Rockne used the story of Gipp, along with this deathbed line that he attributed to Gipp, to rally his team to an underdog victory over the undefeated Army team of 1928 at Yankee Stadium.

The phrase "Win one for the Gipper" was later 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". His most famous use of the phrase was at the 1988 Republican National Convention when he told Vice President George H. W. Bush, "George, go out there and win one for the Gipper." The term was also used by President George W. Bush at the 2004 Republican Convention when he honored the recently deceased President Reagan by stating, "this time we can truly win one for the Gipper."

Category: The 20th Century