KNUTE ROCKNE DIES IN AIRPLANE CRASH!

knute-rockne-dies-photo.jpgLEGENDARY NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL COACH KILLED WHEN PLANE DOVE INTO A KANSAS FARM

The New York Times
April 1, 1931

The startling single column headline reads: “KNUTE ROCKNE DIES WITH SEVEN OTHERS IN MAIL PLANE DIVE.”Front page report includes details of the crash as noted by witnesses at the accident site in Kansas.  The Times Sports Section contains a full page on the innovative and inspiring football coach with a superb photograph and headlines as: “ROCKNE A PIONEER ON FOOTBALL FIELD,” and “FOOTBALL LEADERS OF COUNTRY PAY TRIBUTE TO KNUTE ROCKNE.” Besides story after story, there is a complete printing of his Notre Dame coaching career with wins and losses for every year.

This is the complete Times newspaper in near mint condition printed on enduring acid-free rag paper back in 1931. Only about 90 such issues were printed in order to ensure the Times issues would not deteriorate like the regular edition. A must for any fine sports collection and certainly for Notre Dame alumni and fans of all ages.

$350

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Posted by mmitchell | Filed Under All Historic Newspapers, Sports History