Nile Kinnick
Football player
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Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. 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... Wikipedia
Born: July 9, 1918, Adel, IA
Died: June 2, 1943 (age 24 years), Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
Position: Halfback
Education: Benson High School, The University of Iowa, and University of Iowa College of Law
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Parents: Nile Clark Kinnick Sr. and Francis Clarke