Notre Dame football star Gipp's body exhumed for DNA testing

[shain from kane]

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-gippersbody&prov=ap&type=lgns
By JOHN FLESHER, Associated Press Writer
October 10, 2007

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- The body of George Gipp, the Notre Dame football player who inspired the rallying cry "Win one for the Gipper," was exhumed recently for DNA testing in his Upper Peninsula hometown.

The test was sought by the Gipp family and met legal requirements, Houghton County Medical Examiner Dr. Dawn Nulf said Wednesday, although it angered some relatives who live in the area where Gipp was born and raised.

Nulf declined comment about why the request was made.

An ESPN crew filmed the exhumation for an upcoming story, but a spokesman said the network played no role in arranging it.

Gipp's remains were taken Oct. 4 from Lake View Cemetery near the village of Laurium, about 550 miles northwest of Detroit, where he was buried in 1920 after dying from pneumonia and a strep infection during his senior year at Notre Dame. They were returned to the grave the same day, Nulf said.
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Let's hope this doesn't start a trend, and someone tries to resurrect and re-animate The Gipper.

[Lautremont]

1. That's one more for the Gipper.

[wuushew]

2. At least they didn't exume Reagan by mistake

n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. The GOP candidates already looted his grave.

[Sequoia]

6. I never knew what Reagon meant by that remark until now.

In real life, George Gipp was the Gipper. Born in 1895, George was a varsity athlete at the University of Notre Dame from 1917 to 1920. While planning to pursue a career in baseball, he was convinced by legendary college coach Knute Rockne to play football as well. He led the Fighting Irish to a 27-2-3 record, playing both offense and defense. Several of his records still stand today. We learned most of this at The Official Web Site of George "the Gipper" Gipp.

So how did the saying come about? Well, there's the sad part of the story. It seems that Gipp caught a throat infection during one of his final football games at Notre Dame. He died a few weeks later at the age of 25. Just before his death, he told Coach Rockne, "Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys - tell them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."

http://ask.yahoo.com/19981103.html

[Sequoia]

4. Yesterday I picked up a book about Notre Dame at the library.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516v2MbCFGL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

Notre Dame faces its football rival Georgia Tech, and the campus is packed, but there's plenty of action off the field in McInerny's rollicking 11th collegiate mystery (after 2006's The Letter Killeth). Roger Knight, a professor of Catholic studies, and his PI brother, Philip, are ready for the onslaught of alums from both schools, but not for the events that call up the revival of Southern distaste for Notre Dame's position during the Civil War. Before the weekend is over, two students seeking revenge for the South have committed a prank that could lead to their expulsion, and their alibi makes them prime suspects when a woman is found murdered in a local motel. Naturally, Roger and Philip take the case. The wit and wisdom of the two brothers and vivid descriptions of the Notre Dame campus enhance a twisty plot that will delight McInerny's devoted fans.

Amazon.com

Now, normally I do go for these type of books but the cover looked interesting, then I find there's more books about these guys.

[KamaAina]

5. DNA testing, my foot

they're trying to reanimate him as their secret weapon as they prepare to get slaughtered by play No. 4 Boston College on Saturday. :evilgrin:

[theHandpuppet]

7. So why do they wnat DNA testing now??

The article would only say it's a "delicate matter".

[ret5hd]

8. i'd guess paternity testing of some kind...inheritances, etc

[MichaelHarris]

9. Ya know

I heard Scary Spice was carrying the Gipper's baby.

[shain from kane]

10. The work order was confused, and they showed up at the wrong grave. Would the Repukes agree

with the idea of cloning, if they could produce endless copies of The Gipper (The Boys from Brazil)? A brazillion copies, more or less.

[MichaelHarris]

12. I figured it out

O.J. convinced the court to test the Gip's DNA. Also, I wouldn't be at all surprised if the DNA matched the Halloway/Aruba missing white girl case.

[KansDem]

11. ESPN ought to interview The Gipper while they have access to him...

It could prove to be more informative and insightful than the interviews they usually have.