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football
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He played George "The Gipper" Gipp in the movie Knute Rockne. He got the nickname from there.
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It was from the movie Knute Rockne. "Win one for the Gipper".
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He played the Gipper in the Knute Rockne story filmed in the 40's.
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A 1940 film titled "Knute Rockne, All American," featured Ronald Reagan in the role of George 'The Gipper' Gipp," a nickname which persisted for the rest of his life. George Gipp was a famous college football player who played at the University of Notre Dame, and the previously mentioned film is a biography of Knute Rockne, one of the most famous Notre Dame football coaches of all time.
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