December 14, 1920: George “The Gipper” Gipp, legendary Notre Dame football player, dies of strep throat and pneumonia in St. Joseph Hospital (then in South Bend, now located in Mishawaka). He is 25 years old.
George Gipp is buried in his native Michigan, but an often-told legend around the Notre Dame campus is that Gipp's ghost haunts the old theater building, Washington Hall. According to the legend, when Gipp missed curfew and got locked out of his dorm building, he would sleep outside Washington Hall.
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| George Gipp "Gipper" Illustration Tribute by BHB Lange after the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football player's death on December 14, 1920. Scholastic, vol. LIV, no 12, January 15, 1921, pg 209: BHB Lange drawing tribute to football player George Gipp after his death December 14, 1920. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1928. |
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