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Once a Hawkeye...
The UIAA, in conjunction with Learfield Sports, presented "Once a Hawkeye..." segments during halftime of every Iowa Football game this past season. Iowa great Gary Dolphin interviewed interesting Iowa alums live each and every game.
2011 Season |
| Aubrey Devine (11/25/11) Consensus All-American Aubrey Devine is profiled in an interview with his great great nephew Dave Devine. |
| Cal Eldred (11/19/11) Former Hawkeye baseball player and 14 year major leaguer Cal Eldred talks about his career. |
| Stacy May-Johnson (11/12/11) Former Hawkeye softball player and current assistant coach Stacy May-Johnson talks with Gary Dolphin. |
| Tom Brands (11/05/11) Iowa head wrestling coach Tom Brands talks about his prolific wrestling career and the upcoming wrestling season. |
| Jerry Hilgenberg (10/29/11) All-American Jerry Hilgenberg talks about the Iowa teams he played on in the early 50's and his time as a coach. |
| Casey Wiegmann (10/22/11) Kansas City Chief center Casey Wiegmann talks about the progress he sees in the young Iowa team and about his injury plagued Chiefs team. |
| Brian Bulaga (10/15/11) All Big Ten lineman and Super Bowl champion Brian Bulaga talks about his career at Iowa and now in the NFL. |
| Duane Banks (10/08/11) Iowa Hall of Famer and three time Big Ten champion baseball coach talks Big Ten baseball. |
| Nate Kaeding (9/24/11) Nate Kaeding talks about his continued connection to the Iowa program, the current Iowa kickers and his charitable events. |
| Frank Gilliam (9/17/11) Iowa defensive end Fank Gilliam talks about the 1956 Big Ten champion team which won the 1957 Rose Bowl. |
| Tribute to Oran Pape (9/10/11) This segemnt pays tribute to Oran Pape who played running back for Iowa in the 20's and was the the first Iowa State Patrol officer killed in the line of duty. |
| Tim Dwight (9/03/11) All American Tim Dwight stops by to talk about the 2011 Hawkeyes and how he sees the season going. |
2010 Season |
| Wilburn Hollis (10/02/10) The Iowa Hawkeyes' 1960 national title team quarterback, Wilburn Hollis, shares insights about Hall of Fame coach Forest Evashevski. |
| Mike Flagg (9/25/10) One of the first great stand-up tight ends to be brought in under Hayden Fry, Mike Flagg, reveals why it was they "stood up". |
| George Davis and Joe Mott (9/18/2010) Linebacker George Davis and defensive end Joe Mott talk with Gary about the team chemistry the 1985 hawkeyes had. |
| Mike Haight and Kelly O'Brien (9/11/2010) Gaurd O'Brien, and All-American tackle, Haight, were both team MVP's on the 1985 Rose Bowl team. Haight ended up playing in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. |
| Larry Station (9/4/2010) Station, who played linebacker, is Iowa's leader in career tackles and was twice named as a consensus first team All-American. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. |
Big Ten Icons Program
Big Ten Icons, a program presented by Discover on the Big Ten Network, is counting down the top 50 student-athletes in Big Ten history based solely on their collegiate playing careers.
Icons 50 through 21 are being unveiled through September 16 at www.BigTenIcons.com. The website also features essays, video, and other key facts about each student-athlete’s career. The television show, hosted by legendary college sports broadcaster Keith Jackson, debuts September 18 following a Big Ten Network football telecast in which Icon No. 20 will be revealed. The countdown continues at 8 p.m. Central every Tuesday night through the end of football season and into the spring. The No. 1 Big Ten Icon will be revealed around the 2011 Big Ten men’s basketball tournament.
Don't miss this one!
Count down to the Big Ten's greatest icons. View a short promo of the Nile Kinnick episode, which airs Sunday, January 23, at 5 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Central on the Big Ten Network.
Iowa Athletes on the List:
No. 50 |
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Tom Brands Wrestling (1989-92) |
No. 43 |
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Chuck Long Football (1981-85) |
No. 33 |
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Alex Karras Football (1955-57) |
No. 7 |
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Nile Kinnick Football (1937-39) |
For a full listing, visit the Big Ten Icon Locker Room.
