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  • Nile Kinnick
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  • Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. (July 9, 1918 – June 2, 1943) was a student and a college football player at the University of Iowa. 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.
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Unit
  • USS Lexington
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Number
  • 24
serviceyears
  • 1941
Birth Date
  • 1918-07-09
NFLDraftedPick
  • 14
Branch
  • 20
death place
Name
  • Kinnick, Nil
  • Nile Kinnick
NFLDraftedTeam
NFLDraftedRound
  • 2
Alternative Names
  • Kinnick, Jr., Nile Clarke
Height in
  • 8
Date of Death
  • 1943-06-02
Birth Place
Weight lbs
  • 167
NFLDraftedYear
  • 1940
College
Awards
  • 1939
Image size
  • 225
playing teams
Allegiance
  • United States
Battles
Place of Birth
  • Adel, Iowa
Place of death
  • Gulf of Paria, Venezuela
playing years
  • 1937
Height ft
  • 5
CollegeHOF
  • 30100
ID
  • 30100
  • n-kinnick39
Position
Honors
Date of Birth
  • 1918-07-09
Short Description
  • College football player
CollegeHOFYear
  • 1951
abstract
  • Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. (July 9, 1918 – June 2, 1943) was a student and a college football player at the University of Iowa. 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.