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Nile Kinnick upsets Notre Dame...
Nile Kinnick upsets Notre Dame...
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November 12, 1939
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, November 12, 1939
* Nile Kinnick's touchdown upsets Notre Dame (1st report)
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football
This 30+ page newspaper has loads of college football reporting in the sport's section with a three column headline on the front page of this section (inside): "NOTRE DAME BOWS" with subheads that include: "Kinnick and Piepul Go Over for Touchdowns" and more. Coverage continues on page 3 with lineups (see photos).
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Very minor margin wear, otherwise in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. (July 9, 1918 – June 2, 1943) was a student and a college football player at the University of Iowa. He won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American. He died during a training flight while serving as a U.S Navy aviator in World War II. Kinnick was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, and the University of Iowa renamed its football stadium "Kinnick Stadium" in his honor in 1972.
Category: The 20th Century
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