Rockne

American  

[rok-nee] / ˈrɒk ni /

noun

1. Knute (Kenneth) 1888–1931, U.S. football coach, born in Norway.

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Example Sentences

Is the owner an absentee plutocrat who texts “Sounds good” from Davos or a wannabe Rockne who played six or seven downs at Choate?

From The Wall Street Journal

Was it Knute Rockne who said: “Quit one for the Gipper?”

From Los Angeles Times

When he retired after the 1953 season, Leahy had the second-best record in the history of college football, trailing only Knute Rockne, his forebear at Notre Dame.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the field he caught the eye of Rockne, who, in Mr. Maisel’s account, “saw something special in Leahy the young man as much as in Leahy the player.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Rockne told a friend that the often-injured player who seldom started will someday “be recognized as the greatest football coach of all time.”

From The Wall Street Journal