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Cora Mae Trice Greene letter to David Lendt, August 3, 1988

Cora Mae Trice Greene letter to David Lendt, August 3, 1988

Title

Cora Mae Trice Greene letter to David Lendt, August 3, 1988

Description

Letter from Cora Mae Trice Greene to David Lendt thanking him for the information sent to her family in regards to the dedication of memorials on campus to Jack Trice, August 3, 1988. Greene shares her memories of the days surrounding Trice's death in 1923.

Creator

Greene, Cora Mae Trice.

Source

RS 21/07/023

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1988-08-03
2013-08-01

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

Relation

Jack Trice Papers, 1923-[ongoing], http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/arch/rgrp/21-7-23.html
21-07-023_Trice_01-06-02

Format

3 pages + 1 page permission to archive
correspondence; letters
image
tif

Type

Text;

Identifier

21-07-023_Trice_01-06-02
https://digitalcollections.lib.iastate.edu/

Coverage

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
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