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Nile Kinnick headshot
Nile Kinnick headshot

Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. Season HOF

SportFootball; Men's Basketball
Year Inducted1989

Years Lettered: Football (1937-39); Men's Basketball (1938)

Heisman Trophy winner (nation’s outstanding college football player) in 1939; Walter Camp Trophy winner in 1939; Maxwell Trophy winner in 1939; voted nation’s top male athlete of 1939; consensus first team all-American halfback in 1939; captain of 1939 all-American team; most valuable player of Big Ten conference in 1939; first team all-Big Ten in 1937, 39; member of National Football Foundation Hall of Fame, Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, and Phi Beta Kappa; president of senior class; #24 jersey retired; and football stadium named in his honor (Kinnick Stadium).