Tom Harkin about Nile Kinnick, the 1939 Heisman Trophy winner. He's the son every mother wanted to have, the boy every father wanted his daughter to marry. He was also the man whose fate was the ...

Nov. 11, 1939 - The game in Iowa City against No. 2 Notre Dame is the one old-time Iowa fans seem to remember most when recalling Nile Kinnick. A fumbled return off a Kinnick punt set up the ...

About 150 students at Nile C. Kinnick High School on Yokosuka, the headquarters of the U.S. 7th Fleet, circled the school courtyard, chanting and carrying banners. “I love this school ...

"Nile Kinnick's name is up on the stadium." Kinnick is Iowa's only Heisman Trophy winner. In 1939, he played 402 of 420 minutes, contributed to 107 of the team's 130 points scored, led the nation ...

Tired, weary but feeling accomplished, Nile C. Kinnick’s and Matthew C. Perry’s girls soccer teams on Saturday established ...