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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...president of Notre Dame University, say: "This is not death but immortality." The Rockne children (Knute Jr., William, John and Mary Jean) were there and many an oldtime Notre Dame footballer. Pallbearers were members of Rockne's last team: Tom Conley, Tom Yarr, Frank Carideo, Marchmont Schwartz, Marty Brill, Larry Mullins. Outside the church waited mourning thousands, who followed the cortege to Highland Cemetery, wept and prayed as the body was lowered into a grave under the Old Council Oak. where Explorer Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle, smoked the pipe of peace with the Indians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 13, 1931 | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

...backfield; a dozen able ball-carriers enable Rockne to work to perfection his system of starting against any opponent whatever combination he thinks is just good enough to win and make the game exciting. Philadelphia has never before seen such football as Notre Dame exhibited against Penn. Marty Brill, a Philadelphia boy, made three impressive touchdowns for which, according to report, his father gave $1,000 a touchdown. Quarterback Carideo, indisputable All-American choice, sent Schwartz or Savoldi through plays which came off with astonishing precision, shifting around end, feinting, tearing through the line. Notre Dame 60, Pennsylvania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Mid-Season | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

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