Nov 23, 2012 - Westin Bonaventure Hotel. 404 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071. 11 am â No Host Cocktail. 12 N
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
December, 1925
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Knut e Rock ne
Howard Jo nes
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish Friday, November 23, 2012 Westin Bonaventure Hotel 404 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
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Proceeds will be used to benefit both The Notre Dame Club and USC Scholarship Funds P.O. Box 491124 Los Angeles, CA 90049 Ph: 877.632.5287 Fax: 310.440.8749
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11 am – No Host Cocktail 12 Noon – Luncheon Begins $100/person • Table of Ten $1,000 • Advance Sales Only $2,500 Patron Tables (Priority Seating – limited tables available) No tickets will be sold on day of event.
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Nearly eighty-seven years ago, in December, 1925, USC Assistant Athletic Director Gwyn n Wilson and his wife traveled to Nebraska to meet the immortal Knute Rockne about a series between the Trojans and Notre Dame . USC’s legendary Howard “Head man” Jones wanted to play Notre Dame because he felt such a game would give the Trojans the national exposure they were seekin g. Rockne and Wilson met after the Notre Dame/Nebraska game, Rockne declin ing Mr. Wilson’s suggested series because Rockn e and the Irish were tired of travel ing and wanted to stay closer to home. Subsequent to the meeting with Rockn e, Mr. Wilson and his wife, Marion, traveled with the Notre Dame team on the train to Chicago. Durin g that trip, Mrs. Wilson talked to Bonnie Rockne about “how nice” Southern California was, how they “put fruit baskets in the hotel,” and what a pleasa nt trip it would be for all concerned. Mrs. Rockne then told her husba nd that Notre Dame ought to agree to the game. Rockne—at his wife’s suggestion— did agree and Wilson sent a telegram back to USC statin g: “The Game Is On!” Rockne and the Fighting Irish (then, also known as the “Ramblers” because of their extensive travel playin g games all over the country) first traveled to the West Coast to play on December 4, 1926, the Southern California Trojan s.
