Photo Gallery: 


80th Anniversary Rockne Memorial Tribute

Saturday, April 2, 2011, Bazaar, Kansas

Rockne Tribute crowd

Attendees gather prior to the start of the Rockne Memorial Tribute

Pat Reis speaking

Pat Reis, ND '85, one of the organizers of the Tribute, speaking.

Nils Rockne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nils Rockne, grandson of Coach Rockne, represented the family at the event, and expressed his gratitude and admiration of Easter Heathman, who died in 2008 after nearly eight decades of tending to the site of the crash that claimed the great coach and seven others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family members

 

 

 

 

 

 

Family members from the Rockne, Heathman, Happer and Fry families were given a special moment to remember their loved ones at the site of the Memorial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ND Flowers

 

A flower arrangement from the Notre Dame Athletic Department is put into place by

Ann Nigro O'Hare, niece of Coach Rockne's close friend, Dr. D.M. Nigr

bagpiper

 

 

 

 

 

 

The haunting sounds of a bagpiper

echoed over the vast Flint Hills of

Kansas before and during the Tribute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flyover

Attendees focus on the 1920s biplane as it approaches the monument on its flyover.

Flyover plane

Pilot Doug Wilson pays his respects.

Heathman presentation

In honor of the late Easter Heathman, Mary Rattenbury from ND's Rockne Heritage Fund (left) presents a plaque to Easter's children Sue Ann Brown and Tom Heathman.  It is a replica of a sculpture by Jerry McKenna that sits inside Notre Dame Stadium.

horizon

The setting of tallgrass pasture land hasn't changed in the past 80 years.

Nils Rockne

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nils Rockne at the Memorial. Individual wooden crosses commemorate each of the eight victims of the crash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irish Echoes
Sign up TODAY to receive your FREE weekly e-newsletter, IrishEchoes, from the staff of Forever Irish.

Ramblings
One observer's
thoughts on ND,
sports...and life

 

Ara's Wisdom
Insights from a living legend

 

2011 Irish
Schedule & Results
Sept. 3 S. FLORIDA L, 20-23
Sept. 10 @Michigan L, 31-35
Sept. 17 MICH. ST. W, 31-13
Sept. 24 @Pittsburgh W, 15-12
Oct. 1 @Purdue W, 38-10
Oct. 8 AIR FORCE W, 59-33
Oct. 15 -- --
Oct. 22 USC L, 17-31
Oct. 29 NAVY W, 56-14
Nov. 5 @Wake Forest W, 24-17
Nov. 12 Maryland (FedEx) W, 45-21
Nov. 19 BOSTON C. W, 16-14
Nov. 26 @Stanford L, 14-28
Dec. 29 Florida St. (Champs Sports Bowl) L, 14-18

 

(All times Eastern)


2010 Irish
Schedule & Results

Sept. 4 Purdue W, 23-12
Sept. 11 Michigan L, 24-28
Sept. 18 @MSU L, 31-34
Sept. 25 Stanford L, 14-37
Oct. 2 @BC W, 31-13
Oct. 9 Pittsburgh W, 23-17
Oct. 16 W.Mich. W, 44-20
Oct. 23 Navy
(M'lands)		 L, 17-35
Oct. 30 Tulsa L, 27-28
Nov. 13 Utah W, 28-3
Nov. 20 Army (NYC) W, 27-3
Nov. 27 at USC W, 20-16
Dec. 31 Miami (Sun Bowl) W, 33-17

(All times Eastern)


Schedule of Events
The contents of this div will be replaced by the inline datePicker.