Remembering ISU football player, Jack Trice, 96 years later

TODAY IS A SOMBER ANNIVERSARY AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY. 96 YEARS AGO TODAY, JACK TRICE PLAYED HIS FIRST REAL COLLEGE GAME. HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETE AT IS IN THE GAME AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, TRICE WAS TRAMPLED BY THREE MINNESOTA PLAYERS. HE DIED TWO DAYS LATER. IOWA STATE’S STADIUM IS NAMED AFTER TRICE. THERE’S ALSO A STATUE OF HIM

Sunday marks 96 years since Jack Trice took the field for the last time. Jack Trice, 21, the namesake of Iowa State University's football stadium, was the first African-American player at ISU. Born in 1902 in Ohio, Trice grew up playing football in school. He followed five high school classmates and his former high school football coach to Iowa State University. Trice planned to participate in football and track while he majored in animal husbandry. His dream after graduating college was to take his knowledge to the South and assist black farmers. On Oct. 6, 1923, Jack Trice traveled to Minneapolis with the Cyclone football team to play against the University of Minnesota. It was Trice's first collegiate football game. Two plays into the game, Trice broke his collar bone. He told officials he was still adequate to play. However, in the third quarter he was tackled to the ground by University of Minnesota players, where he was crushed.He continued to insist he was fine. Coaches removed Trice from the game and sent him to a hospital. Medical professionals decided he could ride home with teammates, but two days later, he died due to internal bleeding from his injuries in the game. After multiple years, the Iowa State University football stadium was named after Jack Trice in 1997.

AMES, Iowa —

Sunday marks 96 years since Jack Trice took the field for the last time.

Jack Trice, 21, the namesake of Iowa State University's football stadium, was the first African-American player at ISU. Born in 1902 in Ohio, Trice grew up playing football in school.

He followed five high school classmates and his former high school football coach to Iowa State University. Trice planned to participate in football and track while he majored in animal husbandry. His dream after graduating college was to take his knowledge to the South and assist black farmers.

On Oct. 6, 1923, Jack Trice traveled to Minneapolis with the Cyclone football team to play against the University of Minnesota. It was Trice's first collegiate football game.

Two plays into the game, Trice broke his collar bone. He told officials he was still adequate to play. However, in the third quarter he was tackled to the ground by University of Minnesota players, where he was crushed.

He continued to insist he was fine. Coaches removed Trice from the game and sent him to a hospital.

Medical professionals decided he could ride home with teammates, but two days later, he died due to internal bleeding from his injuries in the game.

After multiple years, the Iowa State University football stadium was named after Jack Trice in 1997.

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