A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 31, 1931, Notre Dame college football coach Knute Rockne, 43, was killed in the crash of a TWA plane near Bazaar ...

Notre Dame’s football program is one of tradition, legend and lore, and much of its legacy is thanks to coach Knute Rockne.

Editor's Note: March 31 marks the 94th anniversary of the tragic plane crash the took the life of the legendary Knute Rockne, here is a look at Rockne's lasting impact, not… Editor's Note: March 31 ...

That tradition began on April 4, 1931, almost without anyone realizing it, when CBS Radio broadcast the funeral of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, who died four days earlier in the crash of a ...

I feel like I’m a very passionate Notre Dame fan and know a lot more than just the current day stories. It was as much the history and mystic of the football program that drew me in as a fan in the ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — They sat inside a northern Indiana safe deposit box for more than two decades — two prized possessions that legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne carried with him ...