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The first loss of that 1978 Navy Midshipman team was at Notre Dame, which reminds me again of that recent photo I noted of Lou Holtz
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070725-N-4166B-005 PACIFIC OCEAN (25 July, 2007) - Legendary NCAA Football Coach Lou Holtz poses for a photo with Storekeeper 3rd Class Eric Davidson after signing a football for Davidson’s father. Holtz, also a best-selling author and motivational speaker, visited Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to tour the ship and meet Sailors. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordon Beesley (RELEASED)
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Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame
May 17th, 1981
Having come from the world of sports, I'd been trying to write a story about Knute Rockne. I must confess that I had someone in mind to play the Gipper. On one of my sports broadcasts before going to Hollywood, I had told the story of his career and tragic death. I didn't have very many words on paper when I learned that the studio that employed me was already preparing a story treatment for that film. And that brings me to the theme of my remarks.
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Remarks at the Dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan
September 18th, 1981
I have some other unique memories; one in particular is more recent, but serves to highlight our mutual interest in sports and politics. In 1976 we were engaged in another kind of game. He won that one, too. But you observed one day that we had something in common. He said that we both played football, and he said that he had played for Michigan, and I played for Warner Brothers. [Laughter] Well, let me add that playing the Gipper did get more attention than my 3 years in the line for Eureka College, which maybe proved something us linemen have always felt, and that is that it's pretty easy for the backs to get the glory. I was a guard—right guard, that is. [Laughter]
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George "The Gipper" Gipp (February 18, 1895 – December 14, 1920) was a famous college football player who played for the University of Notre Dame.
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