William Kirk Mohn was an American football

American football

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 player for the University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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. He was born in South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana

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In Knute Rockne

Knute Rockne

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's first year as the head football coach at Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

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 in 1918, Mohn was the quarterback

Quarterback

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 for a very thin squad that had been decimated due to the military enrollment for World War I

World War I

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. The team went 3-1-2 in a shortened season that was declared "unofficial" by the university. Among Mohn's career highlights were scoring the lone touchdown for the Irish in a 7-7 tie against Great Lakes Navy, and a 73-yard punt return for a touchdown in a 26-6 win at Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers football

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