Under the radar connections to Iowa

[deadeyededric]

Ozzie and Harriet lived in the same neighborhood as my mother out in CT after they were famous. My uncle was a classmate and friend of Rick Nelson. My grandfather went to prep school with Hugh Buemont (Ward Cleaver) in Chatanooga. No Iowa connection though unfunfortunately.

 

[CRCy17]

Yeah I thought so too. He's in my mind the most famous MLB player from the state.

AJ Puk would probably be a little more under the radar since he's a Cedar Rapids kid. When he was playing in the Northwood League my sister in law was his host for that summer. She said his parents were super nice but he was a giant douche.

AJ's dad was my eye dr growing up in CR, and can confirm was super nice. Considering AJ would have been 10 when I left to go to ISU, I never met him so no comments on him.

 

[CRcyclone6]

Lori Petty graduated from North High in Sioux City in 1981.

 

[KnappShack]

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William Frawley who played Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy was from Burlington, IA. My grandpa said he was a huge ***hole

Sadly, the ODB (Old Dirty Burlington) has suffered from the Curse of Fred Mertz ever since.

 

[dahliaclone]

SIAP but Lara Flynn Boyle is from Davenport.

 

[cytor]

Isn't Ashton Kutcher from Iowa?

 

[JP4CY]

For some reason Flava Flav and his chicken place popped into my head. Was there ever an Iowa connection or was that kinda random?

 

[VeloClone]

Shoeless Joe Jackson lived in an Iowa cornfield near Dyersville in the late 80s.

Was he really alive, though?

 

[CRcyclone6]

SIAP but Lara Flynn Boyle is from Davenport.

Ahhh, Helen Gamble

 

[EnkAMania]

Isn't Ashton Kutcher from Iowa?

Went to Clear Creek - Amana.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Isn't Ashton Kutcher from Iowa?

I try my best to forget that one. Thanks...

 

[JP4CY]

Remember Cloris Leachman is from Iowa and Leachman Lumber is still in business.

 

[GMackey32]

T-Boz of TLC is from Des Moines

 

[cytor]

I cannot remember her name ( i think she was a theater major at UNI), but I knew of a CF area gal that was an extra on the TV show "Friends." She was another customer at Central perk in a few scenes. No speaking parts.

 

[cycloner29]

Singer Andy Williams was born in Wall Lake.

 

[ISUTex]

Aquaman and Superman played for the same soccer team in Norwalk.

 

[somecyguy]

The founder of GoDaddy got his start in CR by founding Parsons Technology and selling accounting software which he later sold to Intuit. I've never taken the time to research it, but I'm curious how he ended up in Cedar Rapids. He grew up in Baltimore and then he went into the military.

 

[viking63]

Herbert Hoover - West Branch
Mamie Doud Eisenhower - Boone

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Robert Waller, who wrote The Bridges of Madison County, grew up in Rockford and went to UNI and ended up dean of the college of business in the 80s.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Herbert Hoover - West Branch
Mamie Doud Eisenhower - Boone

Lou Henry Hoover - Waterloo