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...

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[rcbrammer]

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

[hawkeyerecon]

Thanks for posting this!

[TheTerminalExpress]

Probably instead of Nixon

[ItchMyFoot]

My dad played for Iowa, and knew Nile. Like Nile, my dad was Navy pilot. He said Nile was the best player he ever saw, and deeply regretted his loss in the war.

[MadirdTiger91]

I don't care if your an Iowa OR Iowa State fan, you better have some damn respect for this man who died for our country

[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.

[C Taylor]

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.

[Brad Willenbring]

Good work!