For other people with the same name, see Calvin Jones (disambiguation).
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Cal Jones
No. 66
Jones from 1956 Hawkeyes
Born:
(1933-02-07)February 7, 1933 Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Died:
December 9, 1956(1956-12-09) (aged 23) Mount Slesse, Hope, British Columbia, Canada
Career information
Position(s)
Guard
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
220 lb (100 kg)
College
Iowa (1953–1955)
High school
Steubenville
NFL draft
1956, Round: 9, Pick: 98
Drafted by
Detroit Lions
Career history
As player
1956
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Career highlights and awards
Outland Trophy (1955)
2× Consensus All-American (1954, 1955)
3× First-team All-Big Ten (1953–1955)
Retired #s
Iowa Hawkeyes No. 62
Career stats
Games played
16
Fumble recoveries
2
College Football Hall of Fame, 1980
Calvin Jack Jones (February 7, 1933 – December 9, 1956) was an American professional football guard. Jones played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and he is one of only two players (along with Nile Kinnick) to have his jersey number retired by the school. Jones became the first Hawkeye and the first African-American, to win the Outland Trophy in 1955. He played one year with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). He died in a plane crash after playing in the East–West All-Star Game.
Cal Jones is a member of The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.
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the Hawkeye football program, Nile Kinnick's No. 24 and CalJones' No. 62. Both Kinnick and Jones were consensus first team All-Americans, and both men...
befriended a Greek theater owner, Ernie Pannos, as well as fellow players CalJones and Bob Commings. Karras's sophomore year with Iowa in 1955 got off to...
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December 4, 2017. Victims of Aviation Accidents or Incidents in Canada: CalJones, Billy Joe Booth, Jonathan Mann, Brice Herbert Goldsborough, Bill Barilko...
2023). "Celedonia Jones, Self-Educated New York Historian, Dies at 93". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com. "Remembering CalJones, Manhattan Borough...
(1939), Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939), Chuck Jones Porky and Teabiscuit (1939), Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton Thugs with Dirty...
third lineman from Iowa to win the award (along with Alex Karras and CalJones). He was also a three-time academic All-Big Ten selection at Iowa. Gallery...
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19, 2013. "Ron Cephas Jones on the Bridge Project". Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013. "CalArts Center for New Performance...
on March 29, 2017. On March 24, 2019, Jones was fired after posting a 16–47 record in two seasons at Cal. Jones joined the Washington Huskies as an assistant...
has been retired, one of only two Iowa football numbers so recognized (CalJones' #62 is the other). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of...
Housman – football player Carlos James – Arena Football League player CalJones – one of two Iowa football players to have his jersey retired; won the...
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by the Hawkeye football program, Nile Kinnick's #24 and CalJones' #62. Both Kinnick and Jones were consensus first team All-Americans, and both men died...
studied filmmaking and English at Cal State Northridge and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2004. "Rolin B Jones, Born 09/22/1972 in California"...
1955. End Ron Kramer was a consensus first-team All-American. Iowa guard CalJones won the Outland Trophy as the best interior lineman in college football...
critiquing media coverage, and until September 2005 hosted After Hours with Cal Thomas on the same network. He also gives a daily radio commentary, syndicated...
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