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Notre Dame has 12 men's and 12 women's sports teams.<ref name="sports"/> The football program has won 13 bowl games (while losing 15) and 13 national championships.<ref>http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/notredame_database.htm</ref>
 
Notre Dame has 12 men's and 12 women's sports teams.<ref name="sports"/> The football program has won 13 bowl games (while losing 15) and 13 national championships.<ref>http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/notredame_database.htm</ref>
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George Gipp was the school’s legendary football player during 1916-20. He played semiprofessional baseball and smoked, drank, and gambled when not playing sports. He was also humble, generous to the needy, and a man of integrity. It was in 1928 that coach Knute Rockne used his final conversation with Gipp to inspire the Notre Dame team to beat the Army team and "win one for the Gipper." He was the subject of a a 1940 film, "Knute Rockne - All American," starring Pat O'Brien as Knute Rockne and Ronald Reagan as Gipp.
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George Gipp was the school’s legendary football player during 1916-20. He played semiprofessional baseball and smoked, drank, and gambled when not playing sports. He was also humble, generous to the needy, and a man of integrity. It was in 1928 that coach [[Knute Rockne]] used his final conversation with Gipp to inspire the Notre Dame team to beat the Army team and "win one for the Gipper." He was the subject of a a 1940 film, "Knute Rockne - All American," starring Pat O'Brien as Knute Rockne and [[Ronald Reagan]] as Gipp.
    
==Further reading==
 
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