BLOOMINGTON – Hoosiers have had many great leaders emerge from their midst or seen them move here to instill success. Abraham Lincoln is regarded as our greatest president, having saved the Union while forging emancipation. Johnny Wooden followed a path from Martinsville to Purdue, South Bend and Indiana State before winning 10 national titles at UCLA. Knute Rockne presided over a Notre Dame football team that, armed with potatoes and gumption, embarrassed the invading Ku Klux Klan while instilling the nickname “Fighting Irish.”
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