African-American Pioneers in Hawkeye Sports History -

[Aleksei]

I came across this great article when I was searching for the name of the first African-American athlete to play Iowa basketball, Frank Kinney Holbrook. If you haven’t read this before, it’s worth reading. Makes you proud to be a Hawkeye!

African-American Pioneers in Hawkeye Sports History

[Editor’s Note: This is an updated version of an article I wrote in 2013, highlighting the great African-American sports pioneers in Hawkeye history. Enjoy.] The University of Iowa has been b…

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[retrodent]

There was a famous golfer too. Saw it on my son’s site “ society of golf historians on Facebook— or his podcast “ talkingolf”

 

[PersianHawk]

Didn’t know any of this. I wonder if they use any of it when recruiting players. This is some great stuff. I also wonder how we compare to other schools.