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Author Maggio, Frank P.

Title Notre Dame and the game that changed football : how Jesse Harper made the forward pass a weapon and Knute Rockne a legend / Frank P. Maggio.

Publication Info. New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  796.3326 MAGGIO    Check Shelf
Edition First Carroll and Graf edition.
Description 278 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-265) and index.
Contents A university is born on the frontier -- A history of the early game, 1869-1905 -- Injuries and death lead to a crisis, 1906-1913 -- Jesse Harper before Notre Dame -- Jesse Harper's first year at Notre Dame, 1913 -- The game that changed football : Notre Dame vs. Army, November 1, 1913 -- The final games of 1913 -- 1914 : mighty Yale is on the schedule -- 1915 : the University of Nebraska makes its Notre Dame debut -- 1916 : undefeated and never scored upon until Army turns the tables -- 1917 : Harper's final season -- Jesse Harper and Knute Rockne, 1918 to 1931 -- Jesse Harper returns to Notre Dame : 1931-1933 -- Reflections.
Subject Harper, Jesse C., 1883-1961.
Rockne, Knute, 1888-1931.
Football coaches -- United States -- Biography.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) -- History.
University of Notre Dame -- Football -- History.
ISBN 9780786720149
078672014X
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