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03177aam a2200349Ia 4500 001 17CB1836E02611E98EBD524297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190926010610 008 960111s1995 nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 035 $a (OCoLC)34017897 040 $a IND $b eng $c IND $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d ADU $d BDX $d OCLCO $d IOL $d YCP $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a n-us-in 050 4 $a GV958.N6 $b S64 1995 082 04 $a 796.332/63/0977289 $2 20 100 1 $a Sperber, Murray. 245 10 $a Shake down the thunder : $b the creation of Notre Dame football / $c Murray Sperber. 250 $a 1st Owl book ed. 260 $a New York : $b Henry Holt and Co., $c 1995. 300 $a xxii, 634 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-617) and index. 505 0 $a 1. "What though the odds be great or small": 1789-1918. L'Universite de Notre Dame du Lac and the nineteenth century -- The origins of Notre Dame's athletic culture -- Catholic versus American higher education -- The origin of the "Notre Dame victory march" -- Notre Dame sports: 1900-1912 -- Jesse Harper: 1913 and the first Army game; 1914 and the finances of college football; 1915-1917 and the job of athletic director -- Jesse Harper's assistant: Knute Rockne. 2. Shaking down the thunder: 1918-1931. Catholic versus American higher education in the 1920s -- The growth of the athetic culture -- The origin of the "Fighting Irish" nickname -- Rockne at ground zero: 1918-1919 -- Rockne's rocket, first version: 1920 -- George Gipp's five seasons at Notre Dame -- The rocket crashes, Rockne's miraculous escape: 1921 -- Building a better rocket: 1922 -- On the launch pad: 1923 -- Notre Dame versus Klandiana: 1924 -- Blast off: 1924. 505 0 $a The four horsemen, Grantland Rice versus reality -- Rockne threatens to jump ship: 1925 -- Anti-aircraft fire from the Big Ten: 1926 -- Knute K. Rockne Inc. -- Anti-aircraft fire from the college sports reformers: 1927 -- Al Smith and "win one for the Gipper": 1928 -- Rockne attacks the college sports reformers: 1929 -- Rockne's last and greatest rocket: 1930 -- The death of reform and Rockne. 3. "Rally sons of Notre Dame": 1932-1941. In the Depression: 1931-1941 -- After Rockne in 1931 -- The demand for perfection: 1932 -- The removal of a vice president and the first firing of a Note Dame head coach: 1933 -- O'Hara and Layden assume power: 1934-1936 -- ... in power: 1937-1939 -- Beginning and filming Knute Rockne, all American: 1939-1940 -- The end of the Rockne era: 1940 -- The end of the creation of Notre Dame football: 1941. 610 20 $a University of Notre Dame $x History. $x History. 610 20 $a Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) $x History. 610 27 $a Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00658207 610 27 $a University of Notre Dame. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00530446 650 7 $a Football. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00931362 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926071240.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=17CB1836E02611E98EBD524297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IOLInitiate Another SILO Locator Search