Presented is a 1928 original, Type I news service vintage photo of Knute Rockne, the legendary football coach of Notre Dame. Born in Norway, Rockne played on the Notre Dame football team as an end from 1910-13. He played pro football, mostly as an end, for numerous teams, including the Akron Indians and the Massillon Tigers. Rockne was the head football coach at Notre Dame from 1918-30, compiling a 105-12-5 regular season record, plus a 1-0 record in a bowl game. He coached three consensus National Champion teams, and he had five undefeated and untied teams. Rockne was the coach of the famous George Gipp, a terrific Notre Dame halfback who died in November of 1920 not long after his final game for Notre Dame. At the halftime of a 1928 Notre Dame game against Army that that was a scoreless tie, Rockne gave his famous speech in which Rockne quoted Gipp as saying, on his deathbed, "Rock, when the team's up against it... tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper." Notre Dame won that 1928 Army game by a 12-6 score, and the Notre Dame legend grew, especially after the debut of the 1940 movie called Knute Rockne, All-American, starring Pat O'Brien as Rockne and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan as Gipp. Rockne also coached the iconic Four Horseman backfield at Notre Dame in 1924. The great Notre Dame coach died in a plane crash in 1931. He is in the College Football Hall of Fame. The 3.6x6" black and white photo has an Underwood & Underwood photographer's stamp on verso. Also, on back is a stamped "NOV 7 1928," and, written in pencil by an unknown hand, "Knute Rockne (football coach)." One can argue that adding "(football coach)" after Rockne's name was most likely an unnecessary parenthetical addition. The striking photo depicts a dapper Rockne during the time of the four Horseman. The photo has been encapsulated and PSA Certified as Type I AUTHENTIC.