Knute Rockne (1888-1931) ... a 1940 film best known for featuring future President Ronald Reagan as Fighting Irish half-back George Gipp. date made before before 1932 ID Number 1982.0568.185 accession ...

Several years after Rockne’s death, a young Ronald Reagan played George Gipp in the 1940s movie “Knute Rockne, All American. Pat O’Brien stared as Rockne in the biographical film. Many ...

March 30, 2001 -- Move aside Hamilton. Scoot over Lincoln, Washington, Roosevelt and Jefferson. Make way for the Gipper. An influential and very aggressive conservative group wants former ...

That line became more famous when an actor-turned-politician named Ronald Reagan recited it the 1940 movie, "Knute Rockne, All American," then used it as a campaign slogan that helped propel him ...