Iowa Sports Hall of Fame

Iowa Sports Hall of Fame

The Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, sponsored by the "Des Moines Register", honors outstanding athletes and sports contributors. To be eligible, members must have either been born in Iowa or gained prominence while competing for a college or university in Iowa.

Leighton Housh, former executive sports editor of the Register, established the Hall of Fame in 1951. 24 athletes were chosen in the inangural class. The Hall of Fame now includes more than 170 athletes from 20 sports. Inductees are chosen by veteran members of the Register's sports department.

Partial List of Inductees

Football

* 1951 - Jay Berwanger
* 1951 - Aubrey Devine
* 1951 - Nile Kinnick
* 1951 - Elmer Layden
* 1951 - Duke Slater
* 1956 - Clyde Williams
* 1958 - Gordon Locke
* 1959 - Billy Edson
* 1961 - Joe Laws
* 1962 - Eddie Anderson
* 1970 - Johnny Bright
* 1971 - Cal Jones
* 1973 - Willis Glassgow
* 1975 - Emlen Tunnell
* 1976 - Randy Duncan
* 1977 - Alex Karras
* 1980 - Don Perkins
* 1983 - Mike Enich
* 1985 - Paul Krause
* 1986 - Ed Podolak
* 1987 - Wally Hilgenberg
* 1989 - Forest Evashevski
* 1998 - Roger Craig
* 1999 - Matt Blair
* 2000 - Larry Station
* 2001 - Chuck Long
* 2002 - Ken Ploen
* 2002 - Chad Hennings
* 2003 - Reggie Roby

Basketball

* 1951 - Murray Wier
* 1980 - Carl Cain
* 1983 - Don Nelson
* 1990 - Fred Brown
* 1993 - John Johnson
* 1994 - Ronnie Lester
* 1999 - Bobby Hansen

Baseball

* 1951 - "Cap" Anson
* 1951 - Fred Clarke
* 1951 - "Red" Faber
* 1951 - Bob Feller
* 1952 - "Dazzy" Vance
* 1954 - Dave Bancroft
* 1956 - "Jack" Coombs
* 1961 - "Bing" Miller
* 1962 - Hank Severeid
* 1963 - Earl Whitehill
* 1965 - Hal Trosky
* 1968 - Cal McVey
* 1970 - George Stone
* 1976 - George Pipgras
* 1984 - Chet Brewer
* 1988 - Jack Dittmer
* 2000 - Mike Boddicker

Other Sports

* 1951 - "Farmer" Burns, wrestling
* 1951 - Sabin Carr, track and field
* 1951 - Welker Cochran, billiards
* 1951 - Frank Gotch, wrestling
* 1951 - George Saling, track and field
* 1951 - Morgan Taylor, track and field
* 1952 - Earl Caddock, wrestling
* 1959 - Harris Coggeshall, tennis
* 1972 - Garfield Wood, speedboat racing
* 1972 - Jack Fleck, golf
* 1973 - Frank Wykoff, track and field
* 1981 - Doreen Wilber, archery
* 1981 - Dan Gable, wrestling
* 1982 - Bruce Jenner, track and field
* 1990 - "Tiny" Lund, auto racing
* 1993 - Francis Cretzmeyer, track and field
* 1993 - Chris Taylor, wrestling
* 1994 - Nawal El Moutawakel, track and field
* 1997 - Judy Kimball, golf
* 2003 - Danny Harris, track

External links

* [http://desmoinesregister.com/sports/extras/hall/index.html State of Iowa Sports Hall of Fame]


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