# Nile Kinnick

> Nile Clarke Kinnick Jr. was an American naval aviator, law student, and college football player for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was a consensus All-American. He died during a training flight while serving as a United States Navy aviator in World War II. Kinnick was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, and the University of Iowa renamed its football stadium Kinnick Stadium in his honor in 1972.

*American football player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/nile-kinnick

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1918-07-09
- **Died:** 1943-06-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 28.9 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 7.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 16.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nile_Kinnick)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321573)

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