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When did you become an Iowa Hawkeye Basketball fan?
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1950's
7-8 yrs old.
Dad would pop popcorn & we would listen to the game on the radio
7-8 yrs old.
Dad would pop popcorn & we would listen to the game on the radio
Wow, I had forgotten about george Peeples. While I was off to the big war, my older brother was attending Iowa. When I came home on leave we got together for a couple of beers and he told me that he was one of the taxi services (he had a firengine red 1955 chevy that was definitely fire engine red because he stole the paint from the fire department at an Air Force in Glasgow, Montana where he was serving as........an Air Policeman) for Iowa player Houston Breedlove.
My father attended Iowa State for one year. It was 1936 and he was a gymnast from Fort Madison. That was the depth of the depression and he always said he returned from Ames after a year of college and he had .25 in his pocket. He was, however, a Hawkeye fan.
My father attended Iowa State for one year. It was 1936 and he was a gymnast from Fort Madison. That was the depth of the depression and he always said he returned from Ames after a year of college and he had .25 in his pocket. He was, however, a Hawkeye fan.
1969-70 season. We only had a CBS and ABC TV station. NBC on a good day. I spent lots of time listening to WHO. Drake basketball was also on WHO. Hawks have always been my favorite but I followed all in state schools.
I moved back to Iowa after my AF enlistment was up That was November 1979 ..Lute Olson.. Ronny Lester .. Steve Waite .., Steve Kraftsisen.. Kevin Boyle.. Vince Brookens .., and of course Kenny Arnold .. made a run through the East Reginal and I have been a fan since..
When I watched 6-7 carl cain play against Bill Russel for the national chapianship on tv when I was in kindergarten. In high school I saw my first game in person in the old fieldhouse as cassie russel led MI over IA. In the 8o ies i lived in Alaska and saw i watched Iowa beat Louisville and Northeastern to become champs. Since moving to minneapolis i have seen Iowa lose to minny and later beat them the next year. I started around age 5 and an an avid van at age 71! Champs of the Great Alaska Shootout.
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One guy selling popcorn at the field house, another an usher because he was in the Boy Scouts....guess I'll nark on hawk-i-bob as I recall he wiped the sweat off the floor in the fieldhouse during a game or some...
I wonder how many times some of us walked right past each other at a game?
Or sat near each other in that restricted vision seating, which they weren't kidding about restricted.
First game I saw, as a kid, I saw several guys outside the field house holding up two fingers and I thought it was a peace rally.
Man, the drives to the game and back, it never seemed to fail to be a blizzard. Me, being little, sitting on the hump in the middle of the back seat squished between two big people. And is my memory wrong or did car heaters back then only provide two settings, off and not as off?
Before I forget. What was the guys name that used to announce the starting lineups, Father Bob Holzhammer or something like that? Does anyone remember him giving a pregame, "In the audience tonight, George 'Goober' Lindsey!" What was Goober's connection with Iowa? For years, I thought he must have been an Iowa Grad but I can't find any mention of it online.
I wonder how many times some of us walked right past each other at a game?
Or sat near each other in that restricted vision seating, which they weren't kidding about restricted.First game I saw, as a kid, I saw several guys outside the field house holding up two fingers and I thought it was a peace rally.
Man, the drives to the game and back, it never seemed to fail to be a blizzard. Me, being little, sitting on the hump in the middle of the back seat squished between two big people. And is my memory wrong or did car heaters back then only provide two settings, off and not as off?
Before I forget. What was the guys name that used to announce the starting lineups, Father Bob Holzhammer or something like that? Does anyone remember him giving a pregame, "In the audience tonight, George 'Goober' Lindsey!" What was Goober's connection with Iowa? For years, I thought he must have been an Iowa Grad but I can't find any mention of it online.
One guy selling popcorn at the field house, another an usher because he was in the Boy Scouts....guess I'll nark on hawk-i-bob as I recall he wiped the sweat off the floor in the fieldhouse during a game or some...
I wonder how many times some of us walked right past each other at a game?
First game I saw, as a kid, I saw several guys outside the field house holding up two fingers and I thought it was a peace rally.
Man, the drives to the game and back, it never seemed to fail to be a blizzard. Me, being little, sitting on the hump in the middle of the back seat squished between two big people. And is my memory wrong or did car heaters back then only provide two settings, off and not as off?
Before I forget. What was the guys name that used to announce the starting lineups, Father Bob Holzhammer or something like that? Does anyone remember him giving a pregame, "In the audience tonight, George 'Goober' Lindsey!" What was Goober's connection with Iowa? For years, I thought he must have been an Iowa Grad but I can't find any mention of it online.
My father was the PA announcer for all sports from 1955-1973. Father Bob Holzhammer had the PA duties after my father passed away in 1974.
Young people, who want to protest against racism today, need to make sure that they have perspective on how far we have come in the past 50 years. UTEP, a team of black players coached by Don Haskins beating UK/Adolph Rupp's white boys for the NCAA championship in the mid 60s, changed college basketball, and helped to reduce racism overall.
We still have nuts, who see the color of a person's skin and immediately draw conclusions about their character, but our country as a whole has become much more accepting of people's differences. I don't want to start a political discussion, but we need to keep moving in that direction.
For the most part, in the mid 1970's, listening to Iowa games on WHO with my dad while he was stationed at Ft Sill. He is a lifelong Iowa fan and between that and Lute Olson, that did it. My love of Iowa basketball far predated my love of Iowa football and took much harder.
If this was a survey that meant anything, I'd consider checking this "prefer not to answer" box. I'm a (relatively) recent fan... transferred to UI for Lickliter's first season and was one of the 15 or so dedicated student section fans by his 3rd year.
I attended a couple games in Alford's last year, but had no real connection to the team/program at that point other than friends in Iowa City.
I attended a couple games in Alford's last year, but had no real connection to the team/program at that point other than friends in Iowa City.
If you became a Hawkeye fan during Licks tenure you deserve some sort of medal.
Back in 1968 when my dad took me to a game. We sat in the west stands a few rows up. I remember thinking the ball looked so small.
I vaguely remember the final four in 80. I don't really remember watching Lester play, unfortunately. That was the beginning on my interest in hawk bb. Won't miss a game now, unless I have to, then I dvr it. Totally hard core when Davis arrived and took us to #1 his first year. Still hurting over the loss to unlv. It appears as though we could have some pretty salty teams for the next several years, can't wait.
Going to the games with my dad to watch Bobby Hansen, BJ Armstrong, and Carfiiiiiiiiiinoooooooooo.
First game I saw had Kenny Arnold, Bobby Hansen, Mark Gannon, Michael Payne and Greg Stokes along with Boyle and Carfino. I was hooked from the start. The 80’s were a great time for Iowa hoops.
I remember listening to the Seaberg, Logan, Cain teams and then the first games I saw were at the Fieldhouse with Ralph Millers teams. Lots of good players came through there like Rick Mount, Cazzie Russell, the Vanarsdale twins,Dave Winfield, etc.
79 80 Final Four season. I was 8. Everyone with a pulse was going crazy for that team. My family were all fans so I was technically a fan before that but my first memories are of that FF run in 1980.
Listening to Jim Zabel announcing 1952 Chuck Darling games. Deacon Davis was my favorite than. Final 4 against Bill Russell I really got hooked.
I started listening to the Hawkeyes with my Dad on the radio before we ever had a TV.
1984. They played an intrasquad scrimmage in my hometown. I was 4, remember it well. I was hooked
Bet you got to hear Bob Holzhammer a few times! R.I.P Reverand.
First memory was my dad taking me to an exhibition game of Ralph Millers team after the perfect big 10 season. It was in Cedar Rapids and I still have the program with John Johnson's autograph. My freshman year at U of I was same year as Ronnie Lester. Remember a bunch of us going to the field house just to watch him practice. Had some finance classes Tom Norman and shared class notes with him on things he missed because of road trips. I felt pretty important! Lifetime Hawk fan! Thanks for this message board. Check and read it everyday. Go Hawks!
didnt know if u are a baseball fan...Tom Norman's son Ben is Iowa's starting centerfielder.
My first memory of Iowa basketball is early 1960s when Iowa lost to Ohio State by one point or so. It was against Lucas and Havlicek team. My parents were never big sports fans but for some reason were watching that game on TV. I was about 8 years old, I think. Then started listening to games on radio and have been fan ever since.
Became deaf in 1971 so had to find other ways to follow them since TV games scarce at that time. Thankfully BTN has resolved that problem in recent years.
Became deaf in 1971 so had to find other ways to follow them since TV games scarce at that time. Thankfully BTN has resolved that problem in recent years.
Ya every pick up game in our driveway would start with "Good evening everyone and welcome to Carver Hawkeye Arena and Big Ten basketball"
1955-56 season: Bill Logan, Carl Cain, Dick Shollf (sp) and Sharon Shuarman (sp)- those were the first names I remember as players. A guy named Enright was the dreaded Big Ten official at that time. Coach was Bucky O'Connor. The first clear sports memory I have was listening to Iowa beating Morehead State on the way to the Final Four and the University of San Fran ( the Friars). The Championship game was on TV ( black and white 18 inch screen ). All players had crew cuts and the short shorts had a block "I" on at the hip. Greatest gift my father gave me was a love for the Hawkeyes!
They could give one of those to anyone that attended an Iowa game Lick's last year and not fill the student section.
My Hoops game in H.S was patterned after Ronnie Lester.
So, yeah about 1980, when the Hawkeyes went to Final Four and
beat Georgetown, etc
So, yeah about 1980, when the Hawkeyes went to Final Four and
beat Georgetown, etc
I remember my dad talking about Sharm Scheuerman when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Thanks for the memory jog. Pulled this off Wikipedia. I also didn't know that The Hawks had the original "Fab 5".
Milton "Sharm" Scheuerman (May 16, 1934 – August 30, 2010) was an American college basketball player and coach for the University of Iowa.
Scheuerman was born in Moline, Illinois and grew up in Rock Island. After a strong high school basketball career at Rock Island High School, Scheuerman chose to play college basketball for coach Bucky O'Connor at Iowa. There, he was started for some of the most successful teams in program history, winning two Big Ten Conference titles and advancing to the national Final Four in 1955 and 1956. The starting unit for these teams were known as the "Fabulous Five" as they started as a unit from their sophomore to their senior seasons.
My all time favorite basketball player name is Willie Cager, a player on that UTEP team.
I fell in love with the basketball program in 1966 when I was a freshman at Iowa. In the old fieldhouse, peeking around one of the steel beams and the crowd had the place shaking. The
place was such a home court advantage and I loved every minute of it. Also had some really good teams.
place was such a home court advantage and I loved every minute of it. Also had some really good teams.
Got Kevin Boyle and Kenny Arnold's autograph in the field house around 1980 or so. I was 4 years old and they looked like giants.
Lute Olson Days, Iowa in the final 4.,... I was 9-10 years old and very impressionable
The 1967-68 season was the beginning for me. Always listed to one of the Cedar Rapids radio stations and I then I found the Z on WHO and got hooked for life.
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