Jack Chevigny
| Date of birth | August 14, 1906 |
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| Place of birth | Dyer, Indiana |
| Date of death | February 19, 1945 (aged 38) |
| Place of death | Iwo Jima, Japan |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| College | Notre Dame |
| High school | Hammond (IN) |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1929–1931 | Notre Dame (assistant) |
| 1932 | Chicago Cardinals |
| 1933 | St. Edwards |
| 1934–1936 | Texas |
| 1943 | Camp Lejeune football team |
| As player | |
| 1926–1928 | Notre Dame |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 U.S. Marine Corps
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| Years of service | 1943–1945 |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant
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| Unit | 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, V Amphibious Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima |
| Awards |
Purple Heart Medal Combat Action Ribbon Presidential Unit Citation American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 3⁄16" Bronze Star World War II Victory Medal |
John Edward "Jack" Chevigny (August 14, 1906 – February 19, 1945) was an American football player, coach, lawyer, and United States Marine Corps officer who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
One of the Great Depression era football stars, he was one of the best blocking backs for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame football team in the 1920s. Chevigny later served as the head coach of the NFL's Chicago Cardinals in 1932 and the head football coach at the University of Texas from 1934 to 1936.
On August 18, 1979, he was inducted posthumously into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the St. Edwards University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Chevigny was born in Dyer, Indiana, the son of Julius Chevigny, a physician originally from the province of Quebec, Canada who had served in the United States Army, stationed in New York, during World War I, and Rose Ann Chevigny.
He attended Catholic grade school in Dyer before moving to Hammond, Indiana where he attended Hammond High School and played football at, and graduated president of his class in 1924. He had two brothers and two sisters.
Part of the legend of Notre Dame football history was that Chevigny, who played three seasons as Right Halfback from 1926 to 1928, scored the winning touchdown against Army on November 10, 1928 (the 153rd birthday of the United States Marine Corps) in Yankee Stadium after Knute Rockne’s famous "Win one for the Gipper" halftime speech (in memory of Notre Dame football great, George Gipp) with Chevigny yelling, "That's one for the Gipper" as he crossed the goal line with the winning score.
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