On the recordMarch 31, 1931
He so contributed to a cleanness and high purpose and sportsmanship in athletics that his passing is a national loss.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHerbert Hoover: “He so contributed to a cleanness and high purpose and sportsmanship in athletics that his passing is a national loss.”
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Message of Sympathy on the Death of Knute Rockne.
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