Citations:for the Gipper

English citations of for the Gipper

• 1978, Charley Rosen, Scandals of ‛51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball, Seven Stories Press (1999), →ISBN, chapter i, page 4:

  Superstars like George Mikan and “Jumping Joe” Fulks play in the NBA and are certainly worth seeing. But the pros play for money while the college kids play for Boola Boola and for the Gipper.

• 2003, Paul Newman and Aaron Edward Hotchner, In Pursuit of the Common Good: Twenty-five Years of Repairing the World, One Bottle of Salad Dressing at a Time, Broadway Books (2008), →ISBN, part iii: “The Common Good”, page 147:

  They were a dedicated, gung ho team, ready to rush out for the Gipper through snowbanks and howling wind and score the winning touchdown in the final minutes.