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
Kinnick c. 1939
Hawkeye halfback Nile Kinnick breaks through the line during the September 30, 1939, game against South Dakota.
A Grumman F4F-4 in US Navy service, very similar to Kinnick's, 1942.
Pilots of Kinnick's squadron, VF-16, briefed by LCDR Paul D. Buie aboard USS Lexington. This picture was taken a few months after Kinnick's death.
Oscar Martin "Ossie" Solem was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Luther College in Decorah, Io
Solem, c. 1927