Does our football program have number retired???
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Sorry I'm late. The Kagavi BATSIGNAL needed the lightbulbs changed. Was funny seeing this, since this tidbit is actually buried in a story I'm working on...
Yes, ISU has retired only the number 30. KIND OF. You won't see much mention of it anywhere really, since it was essentially a unilateral move by Coach Clay Stapleton that has been mostly forgotten over the years. Stapleton retired Mike Cox's 30 in 1964, and Cox was a solid player who was All-Big 8 his senior year, but he wasn't even the best player on his own team. Hardly an obvious choice for this honor. From my ongoing rough draft:
In a March 1983 article in the Lawrence Journal-World, columnist Chuck Woodling interviewed former Cyclone sports information director Harry Burrell to find out just how this honor came about. Burrell could only shrug in bafflement, "There's only one person who really knows, and that's Clay Stapleton. He was the coach then, and Cox typified what Stapleton thought was the ideal hard-nosed football player."
Additionally, it is correct that 28 has unofficially been removed from circulation since the Davis brothers roamed the fields. But Jack Trice's 37 lives on and Vic Holmes currently has it on the ISU roster.
Forgot about Tommy Vaughn...Side note...During the original Brians Song movie, when a Detroit Lions players makes an interceptions they metion that the player is Tommy Vaughn.
If a player wears the #37 jersey there should be a reason for it imo. The player has a back story that fits, the players vote preseason for who should get the honor, etc...
I look at it as, that jersey number is too important in ISU history to just be worn for the sake of wearing a number. It represents something historical about ISU football and should be treated as such.
Yes, I know, I'm old school.
I look at it as, that jersey number is too important in ISU history to just be worn for the sake of wearing a number. It represents something historical about ISU football and should be treated as such.
Yes, I know, I'm old school.
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Traditionally schools like the player to actually get a diploma before entertaining retiring his jersey
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These 2 gentlemen gave 4 young, drunk Cyclone Fans a ride to the Elite 8 game at The Palace in Auburn Hills against Mich St. in 2000 from the bar hosting the Cyclone rally. Then to top it off, gave them a ride to their hotel after the game. Pure class and a a lone bright spot in that otherwise sad day!
Nope but Breece Hall can in 2019 lol. On a side note did Davis end up in a JUCO or Walk On somewhere?
