--- title: "2 Nile Kinnick Quotes - Famous American football player (A hero perished)" description: "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 an..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nile-kinnick-71572.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Nile Kinnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nile-kinnick-71572.jpg) # Nile Kinnick (1918–1943) American Football Player **2** quotes in **39** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Nile Kinnick was an American football player, best known for *A hero perished*. ## Quick Facts About Nile Kinnick Born July 9, 1918 Died June 2, 1943 Profession American Football Player Notable works A hero perished ## About 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. ## Quotes by Nile Kinnick > [There is no reason in the world why we shouldn't fight for the preservation of a chance to live freely; no reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nile-kinnick/there-is-no-reason-in-the-world-why-we-shouldn-t-fight-for-the/) [Nile Kinnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nile-kinnick/) [Chance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/nile-kinnick-101230_chance_there-is-no-reason-in-the-world-why-we-s_754166.jpg) > [Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nile-kinnick/finally-if-you-will-permit-me-i-d-like-to-make-a-comment-which-in-my/) [Nile Kinnick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nile-kinnick/) [Awards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/nile-kinnick-101230_awards_finally-if-you-will-permit-me-i-d-like-t_3001132.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nile-kinnick/#itemlist", "name": "Nile Kinnick Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is no reason in the world why we shouldn't fight for the preservation of a chance to live freely; no reason why we shouldn't suffer to uphold that which we want to endure... 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