height_ft death_date birth_date weight_lbs death_place nfldraftedyear collegehof image_size number image college collegehofyear name playing_years birth_place nfldraftedpick awards nfldraftedteam playing_team position nfldraftedround height_in honors article_title
5 02 june 1943 9 july 1918 167 gulf of paria , venezuela 1940 30100 225 24 nile kinnick.jpg iowa 1951 nile kinnick 1937 -- 1939 adel , iowa 14 1939 memorial trophy heisman trophy 1939 maxwell award 1939 walter camp brooklyn dodgers iowa halfback 2 8 1939 all-american kinnick stadium nile c. kinnick high school nile kinnick

nile kinnick

nile clarke kinnick , jr. -lrb- july 9 , 1918 -- june 2 , 1943 -rrb- was a student and a college football player at the university of iowa .
he won the 1939 heisman trophy and was a consensus all-american .
he died during a training flight while serving as a united states navy aviator in world war ii .
kinnick was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 1951 , and the university of iowa renamed its football stadium kinnick stadium in his honor in 1972 .
