A half-hour film titled 'The Old Gold Rush of 1957: Iowa Hawkeyes in the Tournament of Roses".
Originally produced for the Athletic Department by the Motion Picture Production in the Bureau of Audio-Visual Instruction, State university of Iowa.
Features Forest 'Evy' Evashevski and the 1957 Iowa Hawkeyes.
Greta coverage of the trip but minimal game footage. I love color shots from the black and white days.
44032 1 month ago
the QB of Iowa (Ken Ploen) came up to Winnipeg in 1958 and became one of the all-time great players in the CFL's long history. (Frank Rigney came along too ... another great!) This is great footage and I intend to tell Ken about it when I meet him this Saturday at his book signing. A book has been written about him that has just been released. Quiet Hero (The Ken Ploen Story)
SlimJimfrWpg 6 months ago
@reedsposer22 RE: #5, who are those guys at 12:14 then? Iowa was actually one of the few integrated teams in the nation at the time. Iowa welcomed and played the first African American athlete to play in the Big Ten in the 1920s.....and played its first AA athlete in 1896. Frank Holbrook. Look up Duke Slater, he was the Jackie Robinson of College Football. Iowa has always been very progressive.
butterflyer01 8 months ago
It's a blast seeing Alex Karras in the Disneyland footage. My grandfather was one of Alex's HS teachers (Science). Mongo like Disneyland. :)
sportsoracle 1 year ago
It's amazing how quickly American culture changed from 1950 to 1970.
skipplet 1 year ago
my teachers dad is bob jeter!!!!!!!!!
ksiss1234 1 year ago
very cool!!!
hawkeyerecon 1 year ago
@darkcrimson23 yeah i think so
janitorsdisease 2 years ago
Wasn't Bob Jeter in there? Correct me if I'm wrong...
darkcrimson23 2 years ago
Come on now reedsposer22, There are a few black players on both team on the Oregon State Uniforms arent as bad as the current Oregon Uniforms.
Ramashack 2 years ago