What happens
Lux Radio Theatre presents a dramatization of the life of Knute Rockne, the Notre Dame football coach. The story follows Rockne from his immigrant boyhood in Chicago through his student years at Notre Dame, where Father Nolan encourages him toward a scientific career. Rockne chooses coaching instead, and his marriage to Bonnie and his friendship with the player George Gipp shape his life. The program is broadcast on December 2, 1940, and stars Pat O'Brien in the title role, with Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp and Fay Ray.
Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, from the early 1900s through the 1920s
Characters: Knute Rockne, Bonnie Rockne, George Gipp, Father Callahan, Father Nolan, Gus, Lars Rockne
Listen for: Rockne's decision to give up chemistry for coaching, and George Gipp's illness and final words
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.