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Correspondence to and from Nile Kinnick, friends and family regarding his championship football season, August-December 1939

1939-12-22: Page 03

Knowing the terrific strain you boys went through I'm glad in a way to have the season ended, and to know you all came through it so successfully.
Of the four games I saw the Minn. game was the biggest thrill, and I know I was as happy at it's conclusion as all of you on the team were.
I especially wanted you and the other boy to win their last home game, and I couldn't help shedding one tear or two that you couldn't play again for us at the Iowa stadium. We're going to miss you next year far more than you know.
I've liked your your articles in the Register and have kept them all, they'll always be good reading to an Iowa fan. And they're not the only ones I've saved, the one of you as a little boy with a bunch of papers under your arm had a special appeal to me, and I remarked to the family it was the sweetest one I'd seen. Bill informed me that "Kinnick didn't go for that sweet stuff."

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Knowing the terrific strain you boys went through I'm glad in a way to have the season ended, and to know you all came through it so successfully. Of the four games I saw the Minn. game was the biggest thrill, and I know I was as happy at it's conclusion as all of you on the team were. I especially wanted you and the other boy to win their last home game, and I couldn't help shedding one tear or two that you couldn't play again for us at the Iowa stadium. We're going to miss you next year far more than you know. I've liked your your articles in the Register and have kept them all, they'll always be good reading to an Iowa fan. And they're not the only ones I've saved, the one of you as a little boy with a bunch of papers under your arm had a special appeal to me, and I remarked to the family it was the sweetest one I'd seen. Bill informed me that "Kinnick didn't go for that sweet stuff."