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“Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. I can speak confidently and positively that the players of this country would much more, much rather, struggle and fight to win the Heisman award than the Croix de guerre.”

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Nile Kinnick was an American football player born on July 9, 1918, and passed away on June 2, 1943. He achieved significant success in both college and professional football, regarded as one of the greatest figures in the history of American football. more

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