College Football HOF


 

College Football HOF


The College Football Hall of Fame is located in Atlanta, Georgia and is home to just over 1,000 college football players and over 200 coaches.  Here's the best list I can come up with of Iowa Connections in this HOF.


Iowa Hawkeyes

Players

  • Duke Slater
  • Nile Kinnick
  • Gordan Locke
  • Aubrey Devine
  • Cal Jones
  • Alex Karras
  • Randy Duncan
  • Chuck Long
  • Larry Station
  • Andre Tippett NEW!

Coaches

  • Hayden Fry
  • Forest Evashevski
  • Howard Jones
  • Eddie Anderson
  • Slip Madigan
  • Barry Alvarez

Staff and players who made it elsewhere

  • Earl Banks (Morgan State, player at Iowa)
  • Frank Carideo (Notre Dame, asst. coach at Iowa)
  • Lou Holtz (Notre Dame, asst. coach at Iowa)
  • Bill Snyder (Kansas State, asst. coach at Iowa)
  • Bob Stoops (Oklahoma, player/asst. coach at Iowa) NEW!

Iowa State Cyclones

Players

Coaches

  • Earle Bruce (Ohio State, Iowa State, Northern Iowa and Iowa Barnstormers)
  • Pop Warner
  • Alex Agase (Northwestern, Iowa State, Purdue)
  • Edward Mylin (Iowa State, Lebanon Valley, Bucknell, Lafayette)
  • Johnny Majors (ISU, Pittsburgh, Tennessee)
  • Bob Ward (Maryland, ISU, Army)

Staff and players who made it elsewhere
  • John Cooper (Ohio State, player/asst. coach at ISU)
  • Jimmy Johnson (Miami, asst. coach at ISU)

Northern Iowa

Coaches

  • Johnny Baker
  • Darrell Mudra

Drake Bulldogs

Players

  • Johnny Bright
  • Dan McGugin
Coaches
  • Ike Armstrong
  • Willie Heston
  • Frosty Westering

Central Dutch

Players

  • Vern Den Herder

Coaches

  • Ron Schipper

Loras

Coaches

  • Gus Dorais

Cornell

Coaches

  • Bob Reade

William Penn

Coaches

  • John Outland

Iowa Pre-Flight

Coaches

  • Bernie Bierman
  • Don Faurot

Born in Iowa

Players

  • Trev Alberts (Nebraska born in Cedar Falls)
  • Steve Bartkowski (California born in Des Moines)
  • Jay Berwanger (Chicago born in Dubuque)
  • George Franck (Minnesota, born in Davenport)
  • Jerry Groom (Notre Dame born in Des Moines)
  • Chad Hennings (Air Force born in Elberon)
  • Terry Hoage (Georgia born Ames)
  • Elmer Layden (Notre Dame born in Davenport)
  • Leo Lewis (Lincoln born in Des Moines)
  • Bob Odell (Penn born in Corning)
  • Jack Pardee (Texas A&M born in Exira)
  • Buck Shaw (Notre Dame born in Mitchellville)
  • Darren Sproles (Kansas State born in Waterloo) NEW!
  • Max Starcevich (Washington born in Centerville)
  • Adam Walsh (Notre Dame born in Churchville)

Lived in Iowa

Players

  • Johnny Lujack (Notre Dame moved to Davenport)
  • Terry Bradshaw (Louisiana Tech lived in Camanche)

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