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The University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame is a sports history museum located in the Roy G. Karro Building in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. [1] The museum pays tribute to the most legendary and influential Iowa Hawkeye sports heroes. Opened in October 2002, the building is located at the northwest corner of Melrose Avenue and Mormon Trek Boulevard.
Iowa has had several players inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. Individual Hawkeyes have won many prestigious national awards, including the Outland Trophy, the Davey O'Brien Award, the Doak Walker Award, the Jim Thorpe Award, and the Heisman ...
Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. The Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Des Moines Register, honors outstanding athletes and sports contributors. To be eligible, members must have either been born in Iowa or gained prominence while competing for a college or university in Iowa. Leighton Housh, former executive sports editor of the Register ...
Banach was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002. Barry Davis, former head wrestling coach for the University of Wisconsin, was first a Hawkeye. Davis competed at the ...
Podolak was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 1989. [11] The Iowa High School Athletic Association inducted Podolak into its Football Hall of Fame in 2004. [15] In 2014, Podolak was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. [1] Podolak was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021. [5] [4]
Christine Grant (administrator) Christine Grant (May 27, 1936 – December 31, 2021) was an American athlete, coach, administrator, and advocate for women's college athletics. Dr. Grant served as the athletic director at the University of Iowa from 1973 until 2000. [1] She was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in the Hall's inaugural year in 1951, one of only two Hawkeye players so honored (Duke Slater was the other). [32] In 1989, Iowa fans selected an all-time University of Iowa football team during the 100th anniversary celebration of Iowa football.
University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame. Lester Cort Belding (December 5, 1900 – May 27, 1965) was an American athlete and coach in football and track and field. [1] He was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named a consensus All-American. He was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ...