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Title	Memorial to Jack Trice, 1924
Subject	Trice, Jack, 1902-1923 Iowa State University -- Alumni and alumnae Iowa State University -- Football Photographs Memorials State Gymnasium
Description	Jack Trice memorial tablet in State Gymnasium at Iowa State University, the beginning of which reads: "In memory of Jack Trice who died October 8, 1923, of injuries received in the Ames-Minnesota football game."
Historical Description	Johnny (Jack) Trice was born in Hiram, Ohio in 1902. In 1922, Trice became the first African-American student athlete at Iowa State, participating in track and football. He majored in animal husbandry, with the desire to go to the southern U.S. and use his knowledge to help Black farmers. In the summer after his freshman year, Trice married Cora Mae Starland. They both found jobs in order to support themselves through school. On October 6, 1923, Jack Trice played in his first college football game against the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. During the second play of the game, he broke his collarbone. He insisted he was all right and returned to the game. In the third quarter, University of Minnesota players forced Trice to the ground and crushed him. On October 8, he died from internal bleeding due to injuries received during the game. In 1973, Jack Trice's legacy was renewed and a promotion began to name Iowa State's new stadium after him. In 1974, the Iowa State University Government of Student Body unanimously voted to endorse this effort. In addition, the Jack Trice Stadium Committee compiled more than 3,000 signatures of supporters. An Iowa State University ad hoc committee voted to advise President Robert Parks to name the stadium "Cyclone Stadium." In 1984, the stadium was named "Cyclone Stadium" and the playing field was named "Jack Trice Field." The Government of Student Body, wanting to do more to honor Trice, raised money to erect a statue of Trice in 1987. Due to the persistence of the students, alumni, faculty and staff, and other supporters, the stadium was finally named Jack Trice Stadium in 1997. Find out more about the Jack Trice papers at http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/21-7-23.html
Creator	Iowa State University
Date	1924
Temporal Subject	1920s
Collection	University Photographs, http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/images.html
Location	Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa -- Ames -- Iowa State University -- State Gymnasium
Geocoordinates	42.0246748, -93.6538021
Call Number	RS 21/07/A
Format-Extent	1 photograph
Format-Medium	photographs brasses (memorials)
Type (DCMI)	Image Text
Type (IMT/MIME)	image
File Type	tif
Identifier (DOI)	21-07-A_Trice_1578-01-03
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. For permission to use the digital image, please contact Iowa State University Library Special Collections at archives@iastate.edu For reproductions see: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/services/photfees.html
Hardware/Software	Manager's Power Mac G5 Mac OS X Creo iQsmart3 Kodak oXYgen Scan ver 2.6.4
Image Manipulation	none
Date Digital	2009-09-17
Transcription	IN MEMORY OF JACK TRICE WHO DIED OCTOBER 8, 1923, OF INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE AMES-MINNESOTA FOOTBALL GAME "MY THOUGHTS JUST BEFORE THE FIRST REAL COLLEGE GAME OF MY LIFE: "THE HONOR OF MY RACE, FAMILY, AND SELF IS AT STAKE. EVERY ONE IS EX- PECTING ME TO DO BIG THINGS. I WILL. MY WHOLE BODY AND SOUL ARE TO BE THROWN RECKLESSLY ABOUT THE FIELD. "EVERY TIME THE BALL IS SNAPPED, I WILL BE TRYING TO DO MORE THAN MY PART. FIGHT LOW, WITH YOUR EYES OPEN AND TOWARD THE PLAY. WATCH OUT FOR CROSSBUCKS AND REVERSE END RUNS. BE ON YOUR TOES EVERY MINUTE IF YOU EXPECT TO MAKE GOOD." JACK
Colorspace	RGB
Bits Per Sample	8
File Size	75755812 Bytes
Height	5675
Width	4448

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