A Stadium at Iowa State Says His Name: Jack Trice

Iowa State is the only major college football team to have named its stadium after a Black man, a player named Jack Trice who died from injuries sustained in a game in 1923 and whose story resonates amid today’s social justice movement.

[www.nytimes.com]

Of the 130 universities that play major college football, only one — Iowa State — has a stadium named after an African-American person.

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