sentences:  Years passed and a generation of first-hand observers died.They were replaced by generations influenced by the popular 1940 film "Knute Rockne, All American" in which Notre Dame's Knute Rockne was portrayed as the originator of the forward pass.Another factor that may have contributed to Cochems' story fading from the public's memory was the decision of St. Louis University to discontinue intercollegiate football in 1949.