Shake down the thunder : the creation of Notre Dame football /
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| Author / Creator: | Sperber, Murray A. |
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| Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002. |
| Description: | xxii, 634 p. : ill ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4748301 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to the Indiana Edition
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. "What Though the Odds Be Great or Small": 1789-1918
- 1. L'Universite de Notre Dame du Lac and the Nineteenth Century
- 2. The Origins of Notre Dame's Athletic Culture
- 3. Catholic versus American Higher Education
- 4. The Origin of "The Notre Dame Victory March"
- 5. Notre Dame Sports: 1900-1912
- 6. Jesse Harper: 1913 and the First Army Game
- 7. Jesse Harper: 1914 and the Finances of College Football
- 8. Jesse Harper: 1915-1917 and the Job of Athletic Director
- 9. Jesse Harper's Assistant: Knute Rockne
- II. Shaking Down the Thunder: 1918-1931
- 10. Catholic versus American Higher Education in the 1920s
- 11. The Growth of the Athletic Culture
- 12. The Origin of the Fighting Irish Nickname
- 13. Rockne at Ground Zero: 1918-191914. Rockne's Rocket-First Version: 1920
- 15. George Gipp's Five Seasons at Notre Dame
- 16. The Rocker Crashes-Rockne's Miraculous Escape: 1921
- 17. Building a Better Rocket: 1922
- 18. On the Launch Pad: 1923
- 19. Notre Dame versus Klandiana: 1924
- 20. Blast-off: 1924
- 21. The Four Horsemen-Grantland Rice versus Reality
- 22. Rockne Threatens to Jump Ship: 1925
- 23. Anti-aircraft Fire from the Big Ten: 1926
- 24. Knute K. Rockne Inc.
- 25. Anti-aircraft Fire from College Sports Reformers: 1927
- 26. Al Smith and "Win One for the Gipper": 1928
- 27. Rockne Attacks the College Sports Reformers: 1929
- 28. Rockne's Last and Greatest Rocket: 1930
- 29. The Death of Reform and Rockne: 1931
- III. "Rally Sons of Notre Dame": 1932-1941
- 30. In the Depression: 1931-1941
- 31. After Rockne
- 32. The Demand for Perfection: 1932
- 33. The Removal of a Vice President and the First Firing of a Notre Dame Head Coach: 1933
- 34. O'Hara and Layden Assume Power: 1934-1936
- 35. O'Hara and Layden in Power: 1937-1939
- 36. Beginning Knute Rockne-All American: 1939
- 37. Filming Knute Rockne-All American: 1940
- 38. The End of the Rockne Era: 1940
- 39. The End of the Creation of Notre Dame Football: 1941
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
