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Jack Chevigny

American football player and coach, college athletics administrator (1906-1945)

PersonDied aged 38humanQ6111663

Also known as John Edward "Jack" Chevigny · John Edward Chevigny

Born: August 14, 1906
Died: February 19, 1945
Birthplace: Dyer
Place of death: Iwo Jima
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: military officer
, American football player
, American football coach
Education: University of Notre Dame
, Hammond Central High School

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John Edward Chevigny was an American football player, coach, lawyer, and United States Marine Corps officer who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. He is best known for scoring the famous "that's one for Gipper" touchdown for Notre Dame on November 10, 1928, versus Army at Yankee Stadium. One of the Great Depression-era football stars, he was one of the best blocking backs for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame football team in the 1920s. Chevigny later served as the head coach of the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League in 1932 and the head football coach at the University of Texas from 1934 to 1936.

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