Everything about Knute Rockne All American totally explained
Knute Rockne, All American is a
1940 biographical film which tells the story of
Knute Rockne, perhaps the most famous of all of the
football coaches at
Notre Dame, one of the most successful football programs in history. It stars
Pat O'Brien,
Ronald Reagan,
Gale Page,
Donald Crisp,
Albert Bassermann,
Owen Davis, Jr.,
Nick Lukats,
Kane Richmond,
William Marshall and
William Byrne. The role of "
George 'The Gipper' Gipp" by Ronald Reagan gave him the nickname of "The Gipper" for the rest of his life.
The movie was written by
Robert Buckner and directed by
Lloyd Bacon. In 1997, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States
Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their
National Film Registry.
Trivia note: In the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast (12-2-1940) of the movie,
Fay Wray portrayed Mrs. Rockne.
"Win one for the Gipper"
This quote is ranked #89 on a poll of
AFI 100 Years...100 Quotes. The phrase "Win one for the Gipper" was later used as a political slogan by
Ronald Reagan, who was often referred to as "The Gipper". A famous use of it was at the 1988
Republican National Convention when Reagan told his Vice President
George H. W. Bush, "George, go out there and win one for the Gipper." It was also used in the
2004 Republican National Convention by President
George W. Bush in his acceptance speech when he stated "we can now truly win one for the Gipper," shortly after
Reagan's death.
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