Iowa's Nile Kinnick (1944)

A short documentary from 1944 about Nile Kinnick, All-American halfback for the University of Iowa's legendary 'Ironmen' football team of 1939 and winner of the Heisman, Maxwell and Walter Camp trophies that same year.

Kinnick died in 1943 during a training flight while serving as a U.S Navy aviator in World War II. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, and the University of Iowa renamed its football stadium "Kinnick Stadium" in his honor in 1972.

biography article on Nile Kinnick:
http://iowa.scout.com/2/247034.html

player bio at Hawkeyesports.com:
http://www.hawkeyesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/kinnick_nile00.html

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• university of iowa
• nile kinnick
• heisman trophy
• 1939
• Ironmen

[rcbrammer]

Nile Kinnick would have been a great President. Tragic death!!

[hawkeyerecon]

Thanks for posting this!

[dhen237]

How is there a dislike? This man was easily the greatest man to ever come out of the University of Iowa. I don't see any flaws with the man, such a shame to dislike this.

[adanhawki]

Ditto to what rcbrammer wrote. America lost a true leader and his death shows that war can take our best.

[BCboy65]

Hero = Ensign Nile Ninnick, Jr., US Navy; a true scholar/athlete, gentleman, and 1939 Heisman Trophy winner. Naval aviator, F4-F Wildcat fighter off the USS Lexington. Emergency landing in the Gulf of Paria (between Venezuela and Trinidad) on 3 June 1943 in approximately 100 feet of water. Neither pilot nor aircraft were recovered.

[kpk8]

Nile Clark Kinnick is the best im a relative of him I think he would have bin my great great great cousin he would have bin 92 if he lived. why did he have to die he would of expired me and my cousins even more. Hes my hero and plus I love the army and just got in to football I wach pit iowa and the steelers. He had a talent I just wish more people new about him. Now kinnick is spelled kinik. so from his 11 year old cousin'

kevin

[Rightwingman09]

Pretty unbelieveable that every coin toss of a big ten game has his face on the heads side of the coin.

[hkobb7]

Excellent, thank you for posting! I especially like the Heisman acceptance speech...so eloquent, it's really very pleasant to listen to.

[bmw1785]

Good work!

[dannyd1572]

Very neat! I just bought his rookie card.