Decided to do a Jack Trice story for Smithsonian magazine
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William Spaulding was coach of the Minnesota Gophers in 1923. Two years after Trice’s death, Spaulding became head coach at UCLA. Towards the end of his career, he had the first African Americans ever to play football at Westwood. His players included Kenneth Washington. He would break the color barrier the NFL. A couple of years later, Jackie Robinson joined the team, a year after Spaulding retired as coach and became AD. You have to wonder what affect Trice’s death had on Spaulding. If Jack Trice didn’t play football, would Washington have ever played at UCLA? If Washington influenced Jackie Robinson to enroll, would Robinson ever play at UCLA if Trice didn’t play football? We will never know.
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Hi, @Kagavi- I wrote a piece for Uni Watch about the aesthetic and uniform-related aspects of Iowa State's memorialization of Jack Trice:
uni-watch.com
I cited your work heavily in my story. I hope that's all right by you!
Iowa State’s Memorialization of Jack Trice: A Uni-Centric History | Uni Watch
Iowa State is wearing special throwbacks today and ISU alum Kary Klismet has done a deep dive.
I cited your work heavily in my story. I hope that's all right by you!
I listened to the Murph & Andy podcast from yesterday’s show & Scott Siepker was on. He is the one that spearheaded the Niles Kinnick documentary. He said they have been working hard getting material together & most of that is done but he said the fundraising will have to pick up so they can finish the project. Even if it’s not a motion picture, at least it will be a great documentary. He also commented that it won’t be the “feel good story” that the Kinnick one was because of the subject matter. I know he did a great job with the Kinnick story so really hoping he can raise the $$$ to finish the project!
Living in VA, I would love to see something in African American History Museum in DC.
Great game and good broadcast on Fox Sports but near the end, when announcers started talking about Jack Trice, they tippy toed around his story and never really said what happened to him--no mention of how or why he died--I guess for fear of offending their white audience.
I think/hope what SwirlyBird was alluding to is that the Trice story is offensive, that it was a horrible thing and that racial hate and discrimination is a bad/offensive aspect of human behavior.
It is a part of our history, and should be brought to light. It's not something to sugarcoat. Only in this way can we learn about our past mistakes and hope to change.
I know too it's offensive. Funny how people misconstrue your words without thinking about what you were really saying.
Their sons faced off in the NCAA semifinals last season. That's incredible.
I really appreciate the sentiment, but I'm simply another link in the Jack Trice memorial chain of people stretching back over 100+ years that have kept this story alive. So much work was already done before me. I'm merely the latest to build on it.
Hi, @Kagavi- I wrote a piece for Uni Watch about the aesthetic and uniform-related aspects of Iowa State's memorialization of Jack Trice:
Iowa State’s Memorialization of Jack Trice: A Uni-Centric History | Uni Watch
Iowa State is wearing special throwbacks today and ISU alum Kary Klismet has done a deep dive.
I cited your work heavily in my story. I hope that's all right by you!
As mentioned, I'm a link in the chain. This is another link in the chain. Great job.
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Tremendous Josh! Thanks much for sharing that.
All the amazing research and work you haves done over the years on the Jack Trice story is much appreciated!
