New Documentary Focuses On UI Football Star Nile Kinnick – KIWARadio.com

Iowa City, Iowa — Hawkeye football legend Nile Kinnick, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1939, is the subject of a new 90-minute documentary that’s on the big screen in select Iowa theaters and online via the website Vimeo. Iowa filmmaker Scott Siepker says “Kinnick: The Documentary” offers audiences an in-depth look into Kinnick’s riveting journey of hope, duty and perseverance, from his rise to fame on-field at the University of Iowa to his service during World War Two. https://kiwaradio.com/wp-content/uploads/mknile1.mp3One of the people interviewed for the documentary is Don Bice, who was Kinnick’s first cousin. Bice, who’s now in his mid-90s, also grew up in Adel and was about the same age as Kinnick’s youngest brother, George. https://kiwaradio.com/wp-content/uploads/mknile2.mp3From pouring over his letters and war journals, Siepker says it’s clear Kinnick had a wonderful sense of humor. He also had a clear plan laid out for his future which included finding a great woman to marry and with whom he could start a family, to finish law school, and to enter a life of public service. Siepker says many historians believe Kinnick could have become a US Senator and risen even higher. https://kiwaradio.com/wp-content/uploads/mknile3.mp3Kinnick left law school after his first year and…
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