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Gipper Gridiron
The Washington Times ^ | Sept. 23, 2011 | Jennifer Harper

Posted on 09/23/2011 9:05:15 AM PDT by lakeprincess

Nearly 5,000 high school, college and NFL teams in all 50 states honor the 100th birthday of America’s 40th president this weekend by tossing a Reagan commemorative coin to start their games...And “The Gipper”? Reagan earned the nickname after he portrayed versatile Notre Dame legend George “The Gipper” Gipp in Warner Brothers’ 1940 film “Knute Rockne, All American.” Indeed, the handsome actor uttered those famous words, “Win one for the Gipper,” and repeated them with much ado at the 1988 Republican convention

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: football; obama; reagan; teaparty

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