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Now He Tells Me
Submitted by Dan Coughlin on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 11:14am
Photo: Ronald Regan & Knute Rockne.
Jerry McKenna, the sculptor who is the world's foremost authority on legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne, is in town for a couple of days. After beers and burgers at Herb's Tavern Tuesday night, Jerry spoke of Rockne and referred to him as Keh-NUTE. He stuck that "k" sound on the front of Knute's first name.
"When did you start calling him Keh-Nute?" I asked.
"I always called him Keh-Nute," said McKenna, "because that's how he pronounced his name."
