American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame (1888-1931) who helmed Notre Dame for 13 seasons and accumulated over 100 wins and three national championships. Regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history, Rockne helped to popularize the forward pass and made the Notre Dame Fighting Irish a major factor in college football. He died at the age of 43 in a plane crash. Rare signed book: Coaching by Knute K. Rockne. First edition. NY: The Devin-Adair Company, 1925. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 206 pages. Signed neatly on the title page in fountain pen, "Sincerely, Knute Rockne." In fine condition, with light sunning to the spine.
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