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Knute Rockne

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Knute Rockne

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Auction Date:2010 Aug 11 @ 22:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Postal examination application and exam filled out and taken by the then 19-year old Rockne. Included are the notorized two-page 8.5 x 14 Civil Service examination application, dated January 28, 1907, filled out and signed twice by Rockne, who answers over 30 questions regarding his personal history and background, including his age, birthplace, residence, current occupation “clerk,” current salary “$520,” and his health record. Signed at the conclusion, “Knute Rockne,” adding his mailing address underneath.

The second page of the application bears two personal vouchers, filled out by acquaintances of Rockne attesting to his information and character, with questions including “Is the applicant a person of sober and industrious habits?,” and “Is the applicant a person of good moral character and of good repute?” This page is signed on the docket by Rockne, who has also added several other lines of information.

Also included is Rockne’s seven page Post Office Service—Clerk-Carrier Examination, given on February 7, 1907, completely filled out in Rockne’s hand, with the third page of the exam not present. First page bears printed instructions, with Rockne’s individual section scores listed at the bottom, as well as his total average percentage, as “83.90.”

Sheet One is a spelling exam, with Rockne being given 20 words to spell, and scoring a 95.

Sheet Two is arithmetic, with Rockne solving five math equations including addition, multiplication, and division, with Rockne scoring an 89.

Sheet Four is a test in penmanship and copying from plain copy, with Rockne writing a 17 line paragraph at the bottom of the page, scoring a 73 in penmanship and an 90 in his copying.

Sheet Five is a geography test, with Rockne answering questions on state capitals, prominent cities, and bordering states, with Rockne attaining a score of 94.

Sheet Six has Rockne noting differences in addresses provided and those printed on the exam, with Rockne underlining the differences and scoring a 96.

The final sheet is a list of personal questions, all answered by Rockne, including his current salary and place of employment, whether he would be willing to take a position in other states and territories, his previous schooling, and his asking salary of $600.

Docketing of application bears several official stamps and initials, indicating the test was given, completed, the exam’s approval, and Rockne’s notification of his standing.

Old tape repairs to central horizontal folds, scattered toning, pencil notations and marks to pages, paper loss to application, punch hole to each top corner, and moderate handling wear, otherwise very good condition.

Before he became college football’s ‘most-renowned coach,’ Rockne—at his father’s urging—applied for this job as a postal clerk. The results of this offered examination were good enough to earn him his $600 asking price beginning in March 1907. By age 22, with his pay now at $1,000, he had saved enough money to leave Chicago and head to South Bend, Indiana, and a date with sports immortality.
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