The University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame is a sports history museum located at the Roy G. Karro Building in Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

, U.S

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. The museum pays tribute to the most legendary and influential Iowa Hawkeye sports heroes. Opened in September 2002, The building is located at the northwest corner of Melrose Avenue and Mormon Trek Boulevard in Iowa City. It is now directed by Mr. Dale Arens.

Fundraising

Fundraising for the building was completed by the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...

 Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the University of Iowa Foundation. Hundreds of private donations were made by Iowa fans, employees, and alumni. The largest private donation was made by Iowa alumnus

Alumnus

An alumnus , according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university." An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor or inmate as well as a former student. In addition, an alumna is "a female graduate or former student of a school, college,...

 Roy G. Karro, who contributed $3 million to the landmark. As a result, the building was named after him.

Exhibits

The University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 is the home to many major trophies and awards, including Nile Kinnick

Nile Kinnick

Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. 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...

’s Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...

 and all twenty-one NCAA wrestling

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

 titles. Exhibits highlight the history and significance of famous Iowa Hawkeye players, coaches, and teams. Special exhibits are on display for the most recent inductees.

Induction process

Inductions to the Hall of Fame are made once a year. The National Iowa Varsity Club selects Hall of Fame inductees through an annual vote. A student-athlete must have won at least one major letter to qualify for membership in the Varsity Club. Hall of Fame candidates are eligible for induction 10 years after lettering in a varsity sport at the University of Iowa. Coaches and school administrators are also eligible for induction.

Inductees

Players:

• Randolph Ableman, Diving, ‘05
• Arthur Andrews, Tennis, ‘05
• Stacy Arnold, Golf, ’03
• George Baird, Track and Field, ’94
• Ed Banach
  Ed Banach
  Edward Joseph Banach is an athlete who wrestled for the University of Iowa from 1980-1983. He was a standout wrestler, with a career record of 141-9-1 and the school record for most pins in a career . Banach was a four-time NCAA All-American, and a three-time NCAA national champion . He was named...
  
  , Wrestling, ’97
• Ludwig Banach, Wrestling, ’02
• Irving ”Stub” Barron
  Stub Barron
  Irving John “Stub” Barron was a football player, wrestler, and coach for the University of Iowa. He was captain of the football team in 1915 and a Big Ten Conference champion in wrestling in 1916...
  
  , Football, Wrestling, ’98
• Leslie Beers, Wrestling ’97
• Lester Belding
  Lester Belding
  Lester C. Belding was an American athlete and coach in football and track and field. He was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named an All-American...
  
  , Football, Track and Field, ’91
• Tom Brands
  Tom Brands
  Tom Brands is the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Wrestling, ’03
• Charles Brookings, Track and Field, ’90
• Fred Brown, Basketball, ‘06
• Carl Cain
  Carl Cain
  Carl Cecil Cain was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Cain played collegiately at the University of Iowa....
  
  , Basketball, ’89
• Chris Campbell, Wrestling, ’92
• Marv Cook
  Marv Cook
  Marvin Eugene Cook is a former professional American football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1989 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 234-lb. tight end from the University of Iowa, Cook played in 7 NFL seasons from 1989 to 1995 for the Patriots, the Chicago Bears, and...
  
  , Football, ‘08
• Al Couppee
  Al Couppee
  Albert Wallace Couppee was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted in the 22nd round of the 1942 NFL Draft....
  
  , Football, ’96
• Donna Lee Chung, Field Hockey ‘02
• Dick Crayne
  Dick Crayne
  Dick Crayne was an American football fullback for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played in 1936, rushing for 203 yards, and completed 1-2 passes for 52 yards. Then in 1937, rushing for 135 yards, and completed 2-4 passes for 20 yards...
  
  , Football, Track and Field, ‘92
• Frank Cuhel
  Frank Cuhel
  Frank Cuhel was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles....
  
  , Football, Track and Field, ‘93
• Charles Darling, Basketball, Track and Field, ‘90
• John Davey, Swimming, ‘99
• Barry Davis
  Barry Davis (amateur wrestler)
  Barry Davis is an Olympic silver medalist and World champion medalist in freestyle wrestling. Since 1994, he has served as head wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin.- Early life :...
  
  , Wrestling, ‘98
• Aubrey Devine
  Aubrey Devine
  Aubrey A. Devine was a college football player for the University of Iowa. He is enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.-Background:...
  
  , Football, Basketball, Track and Field, ‘89
• Jack Dittmer
  Jack Dittmer
  John Douglas "Jack" Dittmer is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played six seasons in the majors, from until , for the Boston and Milwaukee Braves and Detroit Tigers....
  
  , Football, Baseball, Basketball, ‘93
• Nan Doak-Davis
  Nan Doak-Davis
  Nanette Doak-Davis is a former American long-distance runner who is a United States national champion in the marathon. Doak-Davis attended University of Iowa where she was a six-time All-American in track and field and cross country...
  
  , Track and Field, Cross Country, ‘99
• Duane Draves, Swimming, ‘04
• Randy Duncan
  Randy Duncan
  Hearst Randolph "Randy" Duncan, Jr. is a former American collegiate and Professional Football quarterback. He played college football at the University of Iowa. He played in two Rose Bowls and has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame...
  
  , Football, ‘92
• Michelle Edwards, Basketball, ‘00
• Mike Enich
  Mike Enich
  Mike Enich was a college football player for the University of Iowa. He was a member of Iowa’s 1939 “Ironmen” team and a first team All-American in 1940.-Playing career:...
  
  , Football, ‘90
• Richard Ferguson, Track and Field, Cross Country, ‘04
• Glenn Gailis, Gymnastics, ‘93
• Edward Garst Jr., Swimming, ‘01
• Jim Gibbons, Football, ‘96
• Willis Glassgow
  Willis Glassgow
  Willis Allen "Bill" Glasgow was an American football player and attorney. He played halfback for the University of Iowa from 1927 to 1929, was selected as a first-team All-American in 1929, and received the 1929 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the best football player in the Big Ten Conference...
  
  , Football, Baseball, ‘89
• Kristy Gleason, Field Hockey, ‘04
• Ed Gordon, Track and Field, ‘89
• Homer Harris
  Homer Harris
  Homer E. Harris Jr. was a groundbreaking African American athlete who became the first black captain of a Big Ten Conference team....
  
  , Football, ‘02
• Robert Hazlett, Gymnastics, ‘03
• Jerry Hilgenberg
  Jerry Hilgenberg
  Jerry Hilgenberg was a football player and coach for the University of Iowa. He was a first team All-American in 1953 and served as an assistant coach to the Iowa football team for eight seasons.-Background:...
  
  , Football, Baseball, ‘95
• Lincoln Hurring, Swimming, ‘01
• Dick Ives
  Dick Ives
  Richard C. "Dick" Ives was an American basketball player for the University of Iowa from 1943–44 to 1946–47. A native of Diagonal, Iowa, Ives passed up the opportunity to play college basketball at Drake University on a full athletic scholarship so that he could play at Iowa under coach "Pops"...
  
  , Basketball, Baseball, ‘00
• Adolph Jacobsmeyer, Swimming, ‘02
• John Johnson
  John Johnson (basketball)
  John Howard Getty "J.J." Johnson is a former American basketball player.Johnson was a 6’7” small forward who played high school basketball at Messmer High School, and collegiately for Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming and for the University of Iowa...
  
  , Basketball, ‘94
• Calvin Jones
  Cal Jones
  Calvin Jack Jones was a college football player for the University of Iowa. Jones is one of only two Iowa football players to have his jersey number retired by the school. Jones became the first Hawkeye, and the first African-American, to win the Outland Trophy in 1955...
  
  , Football, ‘89
• Charles “Deacon” Jones, Track and Field, ‘89
• Alex Karras
  Alex Karras
  Alexander George "Alex" Karras , nicknamed "The Mad Duck", is a former football player, professional wrestler, and actor, best known for his stint with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1958–1962 and 1964-1970 and for his role as Mongo in the film Blazing Saddles...
  
  , Football, ‘89
• Nile Kinnick
  Nile Kinnick
  Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. 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...
  
  , Football, Basketball, ‘89
• Paul Krause
  Paul Krause
  Paul James Krause is a former American football defensive back who played in the National Football League...
  
  , Football, Baseball, ‘00

• Joe Laws
  Joe Laws
  Joe Laws was an American football player. He played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, winning three World Championships, and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1972. Prior to joining the Packers, Laws attended the University of Iowa where he was a member of the...
  
  , Football, Baseball, ‘91
• Ronnie Lester
  Ronnie Lester
  Ronnie Lester is an American sports figure in the areas of collegiate and professional basketball.-High school career:...
  
  , Basketball, ‘95
• Randy Lewis, Wrestling, ‘99
• Wentworth Lobdell, Swimming, ‘92
• Gordon Locke
  Gordon Locke
  Gordon C. Locke was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played college football at the University of Iowa, where he was a two-time All-American...
  
  , Football, Baseball, ‘89
• Bill Logan, Basketball, ‘91
• Chuck Long
  Chuck Long
  Chuck Long is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. In the January 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine he was chosen as one of...
  
  , Football, ‘97
• Rometo “Rummy” Macias, Wrestling, ‘06
• Terry McCann, Wrestling, ‘89
• Lincoln McIlravy
  Lincoln McIlravy
  Lincoln Paul McIlravy and wrestled for Philip High School in Philip, SD where he won 5 state titles is a former American wrestler who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, for the United States....
  
  , Wrestling, ‘08
• Michael Mondane, Track and Field, ‘02
• Gary Morris, Swimming, ‘08
• Don Nelson
  Don Nelson
  Donald Arvid "Don" Nelson is a former NBA player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors....
  
  , Basketball, ‘89
• Emerson “Spike” Nelson, Football, Track and Field, ‘95
• John Niland, Football, ‘06
• Marcia Pankratz
  Marcia Pankratz
  Marcia Anne Pankratz is a former field hockey forward from the United States, who participated in two Summer Olympics. In 1988 she finished in eighth position with Team USA, in 1996 she claimed the fifth spot.A spirited vice-captain of the USA team, Pankratz helped spark the USA squad from 1985-1996...
  
  , Field Hockey, ‘01
• Ken Ploen
  Ken Ploen
  Kenneth "Ken" Ploen [PLAYN], OM was a star quarterback in American college football and for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League .-College football:...
  
  , Football, Track and Field, ‘90
• Erwin Prasse
  Erwin Prasse
  Erwin T. Prasse was a college football player for the University of Iowa. He was a second team All-American and the captain of Iowa’s 1939 “Ironmen” team.-Background:...
  
  , Football, Basketball, Baseball, ‘89
• William Reichardt
  Bill Reichardt
  William John Reichardt was a fullback and placekicker in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Reichardt played collegiate ball for the University of Iowa before being drafted by Green Bay Packers in the 7th round of the 1952 NFL Draft...
  
  , Football, ‘01
• Charles Reilly, Football, ‘05
• Wally Ris, Swimming, ‘89
• Simon Roberts, Wrestling, ‘94
• Reggie Roby
  Reggie Roby
  Reginald Henry "Reggie" Roby was an American football punter in the National Football League and a three-time Pro Bowler. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 1983 NFL Draft out of the University of Iowa...
  
  , Football, ‘06
• George Saling, Track and Field, ‘89
• Joe Scarpello, Wrestling, ‘91
• Francis William “Zud” Schammel
  Zud Schammel
  Zud Schammel is a guard in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1937 NFL season.-References:...
  
  , Football, ‘03
• Jack Sieg, Swimming, ‘97
• Ozzie Simmons
  Ozzie Simmons
  Oze E. "Ozzie" Simmons was a college football player for the University of Iowa. Simmons, nicknamed the "Ebony Eel", was one of the first black All-American football players in the 1930s.-Background:...
  
  , Football, ‘89
• Duke Slater
  Duke Slater
  Frederick Wayman "Duke" Slater was an American football player and one of the great black players of his era. Slater played for the University of Iowa in college and played professionally for ten years...
  
  , Football, Track and Field, ‘89
• Bowen Stassforth, Swimming, ‘96
• Larry Station
  Larry Station
  Larry W. Station, Jr. was a college football player for the University of Iowa. Station, who played linebacker, is Iowa's leader in career tackles and was twice named as a consensus first team All-American...
  
   Jr., Football, ‘05
• Walter “Stub” Stewart
  Stub Stewart
  Walter Leslie “Stub” Stewart was an athlete and coach for the University of Iowa. He earned nine athletic letters at Iowa in football, basketball, and baseball from 1907-1910...
  
  , Football, Basketball, Baseball, ‘00
• Kay Stormo, Track and Field, ‘08
• Rafał Szukała, Swimming, ‘06
• Emlen Tunnell
  Emlen Tunnell
  Emlen Lewis Tunnell was an American football player. He was the first African American to play for the New York Giants, and was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He played in the National Football League for the Giants and Green Bay Packers...
  
  , Football, ‘98
• Clifford “Ray” Walters, Swimming, ‘96
• Irving Weber, Swimming, ‘94
• Dick Westerfield, Swimming, ‘95
• Ted Wheeler, Track and Field, Cross Country, ‘00
• Larry Wieczorek, Track and Field, ‘98
• Andrea Wieland
  Andrea Wieland
  Andrea Wieland is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the US Women's Team that claimed the fifth spot at the 1996 Summer Olympics in her birthplace Atlanta.-References:*...
  
  , Field Hockey, ‘08
• Murray Wier
  Murray Wier
  Murray Neal Wier , nicknamed "Rampaging Redhead" and "Wizard Wier," is an American former professional basketball player for the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Waterloo Hawks...
  
  , Basketball, ‘89
• Herb Wilkinson
  Herb Wilkinson
  Herbert Leroy "Herb" Wilkinson was an American college basketball player who won the 1944 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a freshman while playing for Utah, then transferred to Iowa as a sophomore and became a three-time All-American.-Early life:Wilkinson was born in Salt Lake City,...
  
  , Basketball, Track and Field, ‘99
• Samuel Clyde Williams, Football, Baseball, Track and Field, ‘93
• Sam Williams, Basketball, ‘03
• Artur Wojdat
  Artur Wojdat
  Artur Wojdat is a former international swimmer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:*...
  
  , Swimming, ‘04
• Charles Yagla, Wrestling, ‘04
• Jim Zalesky
  Jim Zalesky
  Jim Zalesky is the head wrestling coach for the Oregon State Beavers and a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Prior to joining the Beavers, he was the coach of the University of Iowa wrestling team from 1998-2006. At Iowa, he succeeded Dan Gable as head coach, under whom he was a...
  
  , Wrestling, ‘02

Coaches:

• Dave Armbruster, Swimming, ‘89
• George Bresnahan, Track and Field, ‘91
• Francis X. Cretzmeyer
  Francis X. Cretzmeyer
  Francis Xavier Cretzmeyer, Jr. was the greatest track and field coach at the University of Iowa in the 20th century, leading their team the Hawkeyes to multiple Big Ten team titles...
  
  , Track and Field, ‘89
• Judith Davidson, Field Hockey, ‘05
• Tom Davis
  Tom Davis (basketball)
  Dr. Thomas "Dr. Tom" Davis is an American former college men's basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Lafayette College, Boston College, Stanford University, the University of Iowa, and Drake University from 1971 to 2007....
  
  , Basketball, ‘08
• Forest Evashevski
  Forest Evashevski
  Forest "Evy" Evashevski was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942...
  
  , Football, ‘89
• Hayden Fry
  Hayden Fry
  John Hayden Fry is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Southern Methodist University , North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas , and the University of Iowa , compiling a career college football record of 232–178–10...
  
  , Football, ‘04
• Dan Gable
  Dan Gable
  Dan Gable is an American amateur wrestler. He is famous for having only lost one match in his entire Iowa State University collegiate career—his last, and winning gold at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany while not giving up a single point...
  
  , Wrestling, ‘03
• Lawrence “Pops” Harrison, Basketball, ‘99
• Norman “Dick” Holzaepfel, Gymnastics, ‘97
• Harold Howard, Wrestling, ‘02
• Howard Jones
  Howard Jones (football coach)
  Howard Harding Jones was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Syracuse University , Yale University , Ohio State University , the University of Iowa , Duke University , and the University of Southern California , compiling a career record of...
  
  , Football, ‘93
• Don Klotz, Tennis, ‘96
• Gary Kurdelmeier, Wrestling, ‘98
• Dave McCuskey, Wrestling, ‘92
• Ralph Miller
  Ralph Miller
  Ralph H. Miller was an American basketball coach. A native of Chanute, Kansas, Miller coached at the University of Wichita , the University of Iowa and Oregon State University , compiling a 657-382 overall record in 38 seasons combined...
  
  , Basketball, ‘95
• Bucky O'Connor
  Bucky O'Connor
  Frank "Bucky" O'Connor was a college men's basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team from 1949 to 1958. Born in Monroe, Iowa, O'Connor spent much of his early life playing golf, as his parents managed a country club...
  
  , Basketball, Golf, ‘90
• Lute Olson
  Lute Olson
  Robert Luther "Lute" Olson is a retired American men's basketball coach. He was most recently head coach at the University of Arizona for a period of 25 years. He was also head coach at the University of Iowa for 9 years and California State University, Long Beach for one season...
  
  , Basketball, ‘00
• C. Vivian Stringer
  C. Vivian Stringer
  Charlaine Vivian Stringer is a prominent African American basketball coach, with one of the best records in the history of women's basketball...
  
  , Basketball, ‘06
• Otto Vogel
  Otto Vogel
  Otto Henry Vogel was a Major League Baseball player. Vogel played for the Chicago Cubs in the 1923 and 1924 seasons. in 111 career games, Vogel had 63 hits in 253 at-bats, with a .249 batting average....
  
  , Baseball, ‘94
• Charles Zweiner, Golf, ‘01

Administrators:

• Paul Brechler
  Paul Brechler
  Paul W. Brechler was an athletic director for the University of Iowa for 13 years and the first commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference.-Playing career:...
  
  , Athletic Director, ‘90
• Bump Elliott
  Bump Elliott
  Chalmers W. "Bump" Elliott is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played halfback at Purdue University and the University of Michigan...
  
  , Athletic Director, ‘97
• Christine Grant
  Christine Grant
  Christine Grant is a former athlete and athletic director at the University of Iowa. She was inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.-Early life and education:...
  
  , Athletic Director, ‘06
• Virgil Hancher, UI president, ‘01
• Karl Leib, Faculty Representative, ‘92
• William D. “Shorty” Paul, Physician, ‘99
• Robert Ray, Faculty Representative, ‘91
• E. G. “Dad” Schroeder, Athletic Director, ‘93
• William “Bud” Suter, Athletic Relations, ‘98
• George Wine, Sports Information, ‘00
• Eric Wilson, Sports Information, ‘89

External links

• Athletics Hall of Fame official webpage (Iowa Hawkeyes official website)
• University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame webpage (Iowa City/Coralville Convention and Visitors Bureau website)
• University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame (on Google Maps)