Noble Kizer
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Noble Earl "Nobe" Kizer Sr. was an American football and basketball player, football coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University from 1930 to
Kizer pictured in Debris 1931, Purdue yearbook
Knute Rockne
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Knute Kenneth Rockne was a Norwegian–American football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame. Leading Notre Dame for 13 seasons, Rockne accumulated over 100 wins and three national champion
Noble Kizer
…of 42–13–3. Kizer was also the athletic director from 1933 until his death in 1940. From 1922 to 1924, Kizer played right guard at Notre Dame under Knute Rockne. In 1925, he became an assistant coach at Purdue under James Phelan and inherited the head coaching position upon Phelan's departure for the University…
Knute Rockne on ship's deck
Rockne as a Chicago postal worker, 1906
Rockne scoring against Army, 1913
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