January 21, 2024

Hawkeye Recap 01-21-24: Iowa Player Books and Movies and Player Profiles for Jerry Hilgenberg and Butch Caldwell

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For this week's podcast, Brion shares some books and movies that were written about or written by former players.

A few were written or directed by Quinn Early, and not surprisingly, there are a few books about Nile Kinnick. There are also books about Duke Slater, Connie Hawkins, Chuck Long, Bob Stoops, Chris Street, Ronnie Lester and even some less famous players.

Player profiles include Jerry Hilgenberg, who walked-on at Iowa in the early 1950's and had two sons that played at Iowa and in the NFL (Jay and Joel). Sadly he passed away last week.

With the news yesterday of Kadyn Proctor joining the Hawks, I also profile a big-time football recruit back in 1972, Butch Caldwell. He also had all the big schools after him, as he was a dual-threat QB that was desperately needed after Iowa's 1-10 season in 1971. He helped lead the Hawks to a huge upset at #11 Penn State in 1976.

Links from the podcast:

Books and Movies about or from former Iowa Hawkeye players and coaches: https://hawkeyerecap.com/books.asp

Kinnick: The Documentary - Movie Review: https://hawkeyerecap.com/article.asp?id=11

Chuck Long book review: https://hawkeyerecap.com/article.asp?id=3

Bob Stoops book review: https://hawkeyerecap.com/article.asp?id=1

Jerry Hilgenberg: https://hawkeyerecap.com/player.asp?id=829

Butch Caldwell: https://hawkeyerecap.com/player.asp?id=148

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