Nile Kinnick

Nile Kinnick
	Kinnick c. 1939
No. 24
Position	Halfback
Personal information
Born	July 9, 1918; Adel, Iowa, U.S.
Died	June 2, 1943 (aged 24); Gulf of Paria, Venezuela
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	167 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High school	Adel (Adel, Iowa); Benson (Omaha, Nebraska)
College	Iowa (1937–1939);
Awards and highlights
	Heisman Trophy (1939); Maxwell Award (1939); Walter Camp Memorial Trophy (1939); AP Male Athlete of the Year (1939); Consensus All-American (1939); Third-team All-American (1937); Chicago Tribune Silver Football (1939); 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1937, 1939); Iowa Hawkeyes No. 24 retired;
	College Football Hall of Fame
Other information
Military career
Memorialized	Tablets of the Missing, East Coast Memorial ; The Battery, New York, U.S.
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Service years	1941–1943
Rank	Ensign
Unit	USS Lexington
Conflicts	World War II
Memorials	Nile C. Kinnick High School; Kinnick Stadium; Kinnick–Feller Park;

Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. (July 9, 1918 – June 2, 1943) 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 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.