George Gipp
George Gipp was born in Michigan, United States on February 18th, 1895 and is the Football Player. At the age of 25, George Gipp biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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George Gipp (February 18,1895 – December 14, 1920), a college footballer at Université Notre Dame under head coach Knute Rockne, was named "The Gipper."
Gipp was selected as Notre Dame's first Walter Camp All-American, and he played many positions, including halfback, quarterback, and punter. Gipp died of a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia three weeks after a victory over Northwestern in his senior season, and was the subject of Rockne's "Win or die" address.
He was depicted by Ronald Reagan in the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American.
College career
On the upper Peninsula of Launce, Michigan, Gipp entered Notre Dame with the intention to play baseball for the Fighting Irish. Despite being new to organized football, he was recruited by Rockne for the football team while on campus.
Gipp starred as an Irish rushing and passing during his three seasons (1918, 1919, and 1920). Jerome Heavens broke it in 1978 with a career record of 2,341 rushing yards. Gipp was also a superb passer of the forward pass, throwing for 1,789 yards.
In four seasons of play, he scored 21 touchdowns, averaged 38 yards per punt, and had five interceptions, as well as 14 yards per punt return and 22 yards per kick return. Gipp is also the all-time rushing champion for a season (8.1), career average yards per play of total offense (9.37), and career average yards per game of total offense (128.4).