American Experience
Season 5 Episode 9 - Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
When he died in 1931 in a plane crash on his way to Hollywood to sign a film contract, the President called it a "national loss." The funeral was broadcast live on CBS Radio to Europe, South America and Asia. As Notre Dame's football coach, Knute Rockne galvanized attention to his "Fighting Irish" and was a pivotal figure in the sudden rise of sports to a position of enormous power in American life.
Episodes in Season 5
1
The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61
55 min
2
The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80
55 min
3
The Donner Party
55 min
4
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
55 min
5
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
55 min
6
Last Stand at Little Big Horn
55 min
7
If You Knew Sousa
55 min
8
Simple Justice
55 min
9
Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish
55 min
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55 min
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12
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55 min
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