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Iris And The Gipper: The Tragic Love Story of George Gipp and Iris Trippeer
Told in "bookend flashback" by former teammate Frank Coughlin in 1975, the story begins when George meets Iris at the beginning of his junior year in 1919. Their relationship lasted through the final months of Gipp's short life, an athlete dying young.
As a natural, George was the mainstay of the Notre Dame varsity, achieving back to back undefeated seasons for Coach Knute Rockne. George conflicted his relationship with Iris by getting expelled at the end his junior year. Rockne prevailed upon Father James Burns, president, to allow George to re-enter on probation much to the chagrin of Jack Trippeer, Iris' father, who considered Gipp "a con man and pool hall hustler." It has been written that ladies love outlaws.
Before the final 1920 game with Northwestern George contracted a staph infection that led to his untimely death, devastating Iris. He was buried in Calumet, Michigan with a contract from the Chicago Cubs and his Walter Camp All-American certificate. Before her death, in 1975, Iris Trippeer told an interviewer, "George Gipp was the only man I ever loved."
As a natural, George was the mainstay of the Notre Dame varsity, achieving back to back undefeated seasons for Coach Knute Rockne. George conflicted his relationship with Iris by getting expelled at the end his junior year. Rockne prevailed upon Father James Burns, president, to allow George to re-enter on probation much to the chagrin of Jack Trippeer, Iris' father, who considered Gipp "a con man and pool hall hustler." It has been written that ladies love outlaws.
Before the final 1920 game with Northwestern George contracted a staph infection that led to his untimely death, devastating Iris. He was buried in Calumet, Michigan with a contract from the Chicago Cubs and his Walter Camp All-American certificate. Before her death, in 1975, Iris Trippeer told an interviewer, "George Gipp was the only man I ever loved."
506 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2014
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September 4, 2019
Very intriguing. This novel really made The Gipper come to life. The end of Iris and George’s story in this novel is completely opposite of what I have previously read. I guess the truth is lost to history.
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