Who is Nile Kinnick?

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dholland

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Not sure if Jon will mention something later on, but thought I would post this in the meantime.

Something to take the edge off the wait for the opening kick versus Tennessee Tech.

"A Conversation on Nile Kinnick, with Jim Zabel and Mike Chapman, hosted by Jon Miller will be an informative and entertaining evening.

Featuring three of Iowa's most noted sports journalists, Mr. Zabel will be here via satellite hook up from Phoenix.

This event is the kick-off for the upcoming Nile Kinnick Institute & Museum Fund Raising Project.

The event is Saturday, August 20th 7:00p.m. at the ADM (Adel-DeSoto-Minburn) High School Auditorium in Adel, IA. (Nile's hometown) - Just 15 minutes west of Des Moines.

Tickets are $10.00 and may be purchased at the door the evening of the event or online at www.nilekinnickmuseum.com"

We'd love to see Hawkeye Nation fill the auditorium!

Thanks,
The Nile Kinnick Institute and Museum Committee
 
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I already know who Nile Kinnick was. Why would I pay $10 for someone to give me the answer to a question I already know?
 
Jon, any idea where it will be located in Adel? I know there are some open businesses in the downtown area. Or if they would build new by Kinnick-Feller Park. Both would be great areas. Thanks!
 
Right now the proposed location is a lot next to the Adel Historical Museum (1129 Main St).
The corner lot to the west side of the Museum has a purchase option that the Nile Kinnick Institute and Museum Committee is looking to act on.

Join us Saturday night for more information, as well as some great Hawkeye football talk to get you through these grueling last few weeks before the season kicks off!

Thanks,

The Nile Kinnick Institute and Museum Committee

www.nilekinnickmuseum.com
 
DuffMan said:
I already know who Nile Kinnick was. Why would I pay $10 for someone to give me the answer to a question I already know?
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Duff sometimes you are so ignornant you make me embarrassed for you, because if you would have read the whole post you would have read this part and what the $10 is really going towards:

This event is the kick-off for the upcoming Nile Kinnick Institute & Museum Fund Raising Project

I'm sure you were trying to make a joke, but it just made you look like fool instead.
 
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December 6, 1939
"Thank you very, very kindly, Mr. Holcomb. It seems to me that everyone is letting their superlatives run away with them this evening, but nonetheless, I want you to know that I'm mighty, mighty happy to accept this trophy this evening.
Every football player in these United States dreams about winning that trophy, and of this fine trip to New York. Every player considers that trophy the acme in recognition of this kind. And the fact that I am actually receiving this trophy tonight almost overwhelms me, and I know that all those boys who have gone before me must have felt somewhat the same way.
From my own personal viewpoint, I consider my winning this award as indirectly a great tribute to the new coaching staff at the University of Iowa, headed by Dr. Eddie Anderson, and to my teammates sitting back in Iowa City. A finer man and a better coach never hit these United States, and a finer bunch of boys and a more courageous bunch of boys never graced the gridirons of the Midwest than that Iowa team in 1939. I wish that they might all be with me tonight to receive this trophy. They certainly deserve it.
I want to take this grand opportunity to thank collectively all the sportswriters, and all the sportscasters, and all those who have seen fit, have seen their way clear to cast a ballot in my favor for this trophy. And I also want to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Prince and his committee, the Heisman award committee, and all those connected with the Downtown Athletic Club for this trophy, and for the fine time that they're showing me. And not only for that, but for making this fine and worthy trophy available to the football players of this country.
Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. I can speak confidently and positively that the players of this country would much more, much rather, struggle and fight to win the Heisman award than the Croix de Guerre.
Thank you."

-Nile Kinnick

Nile Kinnick Museum
 
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