Greatest Player in Iowa FB History (and you can't vote for Kinnick)

[10sec5oh]

DJK!!!! J/K......

 

[iloveyoularrystation]

It's got to be Nile Kinnick. They named the stadium after him.

in the parentheses of the thread title it says (and you can't vote for Kinnick)

 

[talkinhawks]

Nate Kaeding...the most deadly offensive weapon in Iowa history. I don't think there will ever be a better kicker. Get it to the 35-40 yd line and it's 3 pts

 

[LG210]

in the parentheses of the thread title it says (and you can't vote for Kinnick)

No, it says that you can't vote for Kinnick. I can and did.

 

[tksirius]

It's got to be Nile Kinnick. They named the stadium after him.

There's no argument against this point.

 

[SamsonHawk515]

Edmund "Bob" Sanders, guy was a human missle

 

[HawkLyfe]

Adam Shada

 

[2142Iowa]

Chuck Long not even close.... Stanzi? Banks? come on

 

[papathawki]

Duke Slater...only other f-ball player w/ a building named after him.

Duke Slater Facts and Timeline - Duke Slater

Professional player and Iowa Law grad-Judge...all at a time when black people were legally lynched in places like Texas and Alabama.

Have to agree with Duke Slater. My Mom and Dad knew him personally in the early 20's and talked of him often.

 

[jo12208]

I agree with others that it is not even close. Chuck Long.

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

Alex Kozan...nuff said period.

 

[Tmoney12]

Alex Kozan...nuff said period.

Kozan sings

 

[Motigerhawk]

Reggie Roby.
But I would vote Chuck Long. Still my favorite Hawkeye of all time.

 

[DCRozehawk]

Have to agree with Duke Slater. My Mom and Dad knew him personally in the early 20's and talked of him often.

Heck, I'd vote for Duke Slater even if I COULD vote for Kinnick. But then I suppose I'm biased.

Duke Slater's accomplishments and contributions are nothing short of incredible. No player did more for Hawkeye football in his lifetime than Slater did...not even Kinnick. I'm sure that's controversial, but there it is.

 

[Thawki]

Stanzi.

How old are you, hawkfan1319? As good as Stanzi was and as many big plays as he made, he really couldn't hold Long's jock. But if you never saw Chuck Long play because you are too young then I could let you off the hook.

And I say that as a guy that really liked Stanzi as a player and a leader. That is how good Chuck Long was.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

Reggie Roby.
But I would vote Chuck Long. Still my favorite Hawkeye of all time.

Reggie Roby. Good call. The Nate Kaeding of the Hayden Era.

 

[hawkeyebob62]

How old are you, hawkfan1319? As good as Stanzi was and as many big plays as he made, he really couldn't hold Long's jock. But if you never saw Chuck Long play because you are too young then I could let you off the hook.

And I say that as a guy that really liked Stanzi as a player and a leader. That is how good Chuck Long was.

Hold on, son. Good as Chuck Long was, he had poise no greater than Stanzi. Better as a QB? Sure. Better as a leader? Probably not.

Stanzi could shake off a bad play better than any Hawkeye QB in the Hayden/KF Era.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Cal Jones has to be in the discussion. Couldn't believe only one person has named him.

 

[Bowlhawk]

Aubrey Devine, with no rival

^this

quite incredible reading about the man.

 

[tksirius]

I change my vote from Nile Kinnick to Nate Kaeding.