The use of Notre Dame’s gold-and-black color scheme throughout the display, complete with team flags, lent an historical feel to the graphics. Five, eight-foot-tall panels leveraged archival photos and memorabilia, which we extensively researched and secured. Everything worked together to tell the story of the coach’s life, from his early days as a player at Notre Dame to his years of worldwide fame to the final, ill-fated plane trip. The exhibit included the original propeller from the downed plane. A glass wall etched with diagrams of Rockne’s famous plays complemented a life-size, freestanding image. Guests could listen to his “Win for the Gipper” speech, made even more famous by the 1940 movie, “Knute Rockne, All American.”
