Knute Rockne, All American

Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 film starring Pat O'Brien as Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne. Third-billed actor Ronald Reagan portrayed football player George Gipp, nicknamed "The Gipper," whose terminal illness inspires the team to win.

References

• In a 2017 Vanity Fair YouTube video, Big Bird recites part of the famous "Win one for the Gipper" speech, although he wonders what a Gipper is.