1931 newspaper KNUTE ROCKNE DEATH & a new Notre Dame football coach is named

Description: 1931 newspaper KNUTE ROCKNE DEATH & a new Notre Dame football coach is named 1931 newspaper A new Notre Dame football coach, HEARLEY ANDERSON is named to replace KNUTE ROCKNE who died just 12 days earier in an airplane crash - inv # 6G-325 Please visit our EBAY STORE for THOUSANDS MORE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS for SALE or at auction SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Philadelphia Public Ledger (PA) dated April 11, 1931. This original newspaper contains a front page heading and long report of HEARTLEY (Hunk) ANDERSON being named as the new head football coach for NOTRE DAME football in the immediate aftermath of the DEATH of legendary coach KNUTE ROCKNE in an airplane crash on March 31, 1931. A head coach at Saint Louis for two years, he returned to Notre Dame as an assistant under Knute Rockne in 1930 and the Irish won all ten games. The following spring, Rockne was killed in a plane crash, and Anderson was promoted to head coach ten days later. Heartley William "Hunk" Anderson (September 22, 1898 – April 24, 1978) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Saint Louis University (1928–1929), University of Notre Dame (1931–1933), and North Carolina State University (1934–1936), compiling a career college football record of 34–34–4. From 1942 to 1945, Anderson was the head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), tallying a mark of 24–12 and winning the 1943 NFL Championship. From 1918 to 1921, Anderson played as a guard for the Notre Dame football team, under new head coach Knute Rockne. From 1922 to 1926, he played professionally for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Bears. Anderson played in 39 career games while starting in 32 of them. In 1939, he was an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions under Gus Henderson. Born in Calumet, Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula, Anderson attended Calumet High School. He was 5 ft 11 in and weighed 170 lb. Anderson was named to the National Football League 1920s All-Decade Team, and is only one of two players on the list not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974. A head coach at Saint Louis for two years, he returned to Notre Dame as an assistant under Rockne in 1930 and the Irish won all ten games. The following spring, Rockne was killed in a plane crash, and Anderson was promoted to head coach ten days later. Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. 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