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Nile Kinnick
Kinnick c. 1939
No. 24
Position
Halfback
Major
Economics
Personal information
Born:
(1918-07-09)July 9, 1918 Adel, Iowa, U.S.
Died:
June 2, 1943(1943-06-02) (aged 24) Gulf of Paria, Venezuela
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight
167 lb (76 kg)
Career history
College
Iowa (1937–1939)
High school
Adel (Adel, Iowa)
Benson (Omaha, Nebraska)
Career highlights and awards
Heisman Trophy (1939)
Maxwell Award (1939)
Walter Camp Memorial Trophy (1939)
AP Male Athlete of the Year (1939)
Consensus All-American (1939)
Third-team All-American (1937)
Chicago Tribune Silver Football (1939)
2× First-team All-Big Ten (1937, 1939)
Iowa Hawkeyes No. 24 retired
College Football Hall of Fame(1951)
Military career
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial The Battery, New York, U.S.[1]
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Navy
Years of service
1941–1943
Rank
Ensign
Unit
USS Lexington
Battles/wars
World War II
Memorials
Nile C. Kinnick High School
Kinnick Stadium
Kinnick–Feller Park[2][a]
Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. (July 9, 1918 – June 2, 1943) was an American naval aviator, law student, and college football player for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American. He died during a training flight while serving as a United States Navy aviator in World War II. Kinnick 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.
^"Nile C. Kinnick". American Battle Monuments Commission. USA.gov. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
^"Kinnick/Feller Park". Adel, Iowa: City of Adel: Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved May 12, 2017.[permanent dead link]
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