AthleteAmerican1918 – 1943
Nile Kinnick
1939 Heisman Trophy winner, Iowa football
Biography
American college football player at the University of Iowa who won the Heisman Trophy in 1939. He later served as a U.S. Navy pilot and was killed in action during World War II.
Quick Facts
Category
Athlete
Nationality
American
Born
1918
Died
1943
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Kinnick
American origin
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