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Iowa Sports Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame dedicated to Iowa athletes

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Hall of Fame dedicated to Iowa athletes

The Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Des Moines Register, honors outstanding athletes and sports contributors. To be eligible, members must have either been born in Iowa or gained prominence while competing for a college or university in Iowa.

Leighton Housh, former executive sports editor of the Register, established the Hall of Fame in 1951. Twenty-four athletes were chosen in the inaugural class. The Hall of Fame now includes more than 170 athletes from 20 sports. Inductees are chosen by veteran members of the Register's sports department.

Partial list of inductees

Football

1951 - Jay Berwanger
1951 - Aubrey Devine
1951 - Nile Kinnick
1951 - Elmer Layden
1951 - Duke Slater
1956 - Clyde Williams
1958 - Gordon Locke
1959 - Billy Edson
1961 - Joe Laws
1962 - Eddie Anderson
1970 - Johnny Bright
1971 - Cal Jones
1973 - Willis Glassgow
1975 - Emlen Tunnell
1976 - Randy Duncan
1977 - Alex Karras
1980 - Don Perkins
1983 - Mike Enich
1985 - Paul Krause
1986 - Ed Podolak
1987 - Wally Hilgenberg
1989 - Forest Evashevski
1998 - Roger Craig
1999 - Matt Blair
2000 - Larry Station
2001 - Chuck Long
2002 - Ken Ploen
2002 - Chad Hennings
2003 - Reggie Roby
2006 - Andre Tippett
2012 - Marv Levy
2013 - Tavian Banks
2014 - Tim Dwight

Basketball

1951 - Murray Wier
1980 - Carl Cain
1983 - Don Nelson
1990 - Fred Brown
1993 - John Johnson
1994 - Ronnie Lester
1999 - Bobby Hansen

Baseball

1951 - "Cap" Anson
1951 - Fred Clarke
1951 - "Red" Faber
1951 - Bob Feller
1952 - "Dazzy" Vance
1954 - Dave Bancroft
1956 - "Jack" Coombs
1961 - "Bing" Miller
1962 - Hank Severeid
1963 - Earl Whitehill
1965 - Hal Trosky
1968 - Cal McVey
1970 - George Stone, batting champion
1976 - George Pipgras
1984 - Chet Brewer
1988 - Jack Dittmer
2000 - Mike Boddicker

Other sports

1951 - "Farmer" Burns, wrestling
1951 - Sabin Carr, track and field
1951 - Welker Cochran, billiards
1951 - Frank Gotch, wrestling
1951 - George Saling, track and field
1951 - Morgan Taylor, track and field
1952 - Earl Caddock, wrestling
1959 - Harris Coggeshall, tennis
1963 - Ray Conger, track and field
1972 - Garfield Wood, speedboat racing
1972 - Jack Fleck, golf
1973 - Frank Wykoff, track and field
1981 - Doreen Wilber, archery
1981 - Dan Gable, wrestling
1982 - Bruce Jenner, track and field
1990 - "Tiny" Lund, auto racing
1993 - Francis Cretzmeyer, track and field
1993 - Chris Taylor, wrestling
1994 - Nawal El Moutawakel, track and field
1997 - Judy Kimball, golf
1997 - Bob Strampe, bowling
2003 - Danny Harris, track
2012 - Cael Sanderson, wrestling

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