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Nile Kinnick

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After College:
  • Killed during World War II training flight in Venezuela at age 25
  • 1972: University of Iowa renamed football stadium "Kinnick Stadium"
  • Ranked as No. 9 greatest college football player by College Football News
  • 1951: Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
College Career:
  • 1939 Heisman Trophy winner
  • 1939 Maxwell Award winner
  • Nicknamed "The Cornbelt Comet"
  • Career Stats: 1,674 YDS, 18 INT
  • AP Top Male Athlete, 1939
Kinnick, Nile
School: Iowa
Sport: Football
Position: RB
Years Lettered: 1937, 1938, 1939
Hometown (H.S.): Adel, IA
Birth: 07.09.1918
Death: 06.02.1943


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