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I'm An American -- Robert Zuppke

Recorded Sound | Digitized | RG Number: RG-91.0070

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    On August 31, 1941 Robert Zuppke spoke with Fred J. Zlafelt, of the Chicago Immigration and Naturalization Service, about how sportsmanship can strengthen democracy. The famed coach reveals his formula for developing a winning team is putting American principles into practice and installing desire to be first. He describes loyalty as a quality that make a winner. Zuppke reveals life, like sports, is a struggle for respect. He says his best athletes go on to represent the University and are the most active alumni. The coach shares his family's immigration story. He confesses to not knowing he was foreign-born because of his parents undivided loyalty to America. Coach Zuppke shares how he started his career. He says he like to train players who are there voluntarily because regimentation drains and dwarfs the imagination. Zuppke believes collegiate athletics are important because athletes develop respect for others’ skill and bravery. He suggests teaching the laws of sports emphatically to the youth as a way to foster cooperation in their adulthood. Robert Zuppke concludes the segment by stating “a team, or nation, divided cannot win.” He describes unity, cooperation and undivided loyalty by all people is needed in order to make American the greatest country on Earth.

    Robert Zuppke (b. Robert Carl Zuppke) was born on July 2, 1879 in Berlin, Germany. He emigrated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his family in 1881. Zuppke graduated from the University of Wisconsin and began coaching high school football. In 1913 he became the head football coach at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Zuppke went on to lead his team to 131 wins and 81 losses during 29 seasons. Robert Zuppke is credited with inspiring his former player, George Halas, to form the National Football League; after he revealed college players quit football just as they were beginning to learn how to really play.
    Date
    Broadcast:  1941 August 31
    Format
    WAV

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    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Radio broadcasts.

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    This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
    Copyright
    NBC Universal
    Conditions on Use
    Contact NBC Universal at www.nbcuniarchives.com for permission to duplicate and use this film or sound recording.

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    Recorded Sound Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased digital copies of these sound recordings from the Library of Congress in March 2018.
    Recorded Sound Notes
    More information about Robert Zuppke:
    https://illinoisalumni.org/2016/11/07/mr-razzle-dazzle-coach-bob-zuppke/
    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Zuppke
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Zuppke

    More information about I’M AN AMERICAN:
    https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/our-history/historians-mailbox/im-american
    https://www.npr.org/2017/10/16/557338355/im-an-american-radio-show-promoted-inclusion-before-world-war-ii
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    Library of Congress - Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division (MBRS)
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    Source Archive Number: RWB 6672
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:27:12
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    Also in "I'm An American" NBC radio broadcasts

    I’M AN AMERICAN premiered in 1940 on the eve of WWII. The NBC radio broadcast was spearheaded by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. Department of Labor to foster a “deeper consciousness of the privileges and responsibilities of citizenship and more tolerance for fellow american of all birthplaces”. The weekly program featured distinguished foreign-born citizens discussing their naturalization process, the meaning of “democracy” and reminding all Americans of the value/privilege of U.S. citizenship. Sound recordings of I’M AN AMERICAN are available from the NBC Radio Collection in the Library of Congress.

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