A few weeks back, I blogged about the body of Geroge Gipp being exhumed. (George Gipp, aka the Gipper, was a famous Notre Dame football player.) This seemed strange since he has been dead for 87 years.

It seems that some woman claimed to be the granddaughter of George Gipp. Since George Gipp was never married, he would had to have had an illegitimate child. And, an illegitimate child would have tarnished George Gipps reputation. So, the family though it best to do DNA testing on George’s remains.

George’s body was exhumed, the right femur was removed and his remains were reburied. The DNA tests were performed and they came back negative. So much for that claim. Win one for the Gipper!

I wonder what they do with the rest of the femur? Sell it on Ebay?