The Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, sponsored by the Des Moines Register, honors outstanding athletes and sports contributors. To be eligible, members must have either been born in Iowa or gained prominence while competing for a college or university in Iowa.
Leighton Housh, former executive sports editor of the Register, established the Hall of Fame in 1951. Twenty-four athletes were chosen in the inaugural class. The Hall of Fame now includes more than 170 athletes from 20 sports. Inductees are chosen by veteran members of the Register's sports department.
Partial list of inductees Football
1951 - Jay Berwanger 1951 - Aubrey Devine 1951 - Nile Kinnick 1951 - Elmer Layden 1951 - Duke Slater 1956 - Clyde Williams 1958 - Gordon Locke 1959 - Billy Edson 1961 - Joe Laws 1962 - Eddie Anderson 1970 - Johnny Bright 1971 - Cal Jones 1973 - Willis Glassgow 1975 - Emlen Tunnell 1976 - Randy Duncan 1977 - Alex Karras 1980 - Don Perkins 1983 - Mike Enich 1985 - Paul Krause 1986 - Ed Podolak 1987 - Wally Hilgenberg 1989 - Forest Evashevski 1998 - Roger Craig 1999 - Matt Blair 2000 - Larry Station 2001 - Chuck Long 2002 - Ken Ploen 2002 - Chad Hennings 2003 - Reggie Roby 2006 - Andre Tippett 2012 - Marv Levy 2013 - Tavian Banks 2014 - Tim Dwight 2015 - Earle Bruce 2015 - Bob Harlan 2016 - Troy Davis 2017 - Andre Tippett
Basketball 1951 - Murray Wier 1980 - Carl Cain 1983 - Don Nelson 1990 - Fred Brown 1993 - John Johnson 1994 - Ronnie Lester 1999 - Bobby Hansen 2017 - Jan Jensen 2019 - Brenda Frese
Baseball
1951 - "Cap" Anson 1951 - Fred Clarke 1951 - "Red" Faber 1951 - Bob Feller 1952 - "Dazzy" Vance 1954 - Dave Bancroft 1956 - "Jack" Coombs 1961 - "Bing" Miller 1962 - Hank Severeid 1963 - Earl Whitehill 1965 - Hal Trosky 1968 - Cal McVey 1970 - George Stone, batting champion 1976 - George Pipgras 1984 - Chet Brewer 1988 - Jack Dittmer 2000 - Mike Boddicker
Other sports
1951 - "Farmer" Burns, wrestling 1951 - Sabin Carr, track and field 1951 - Welker Cochran, billiards 1951 - Frank Gotch, wrestling 1951 - George Saling, track and field 1951 - Morgan Taylor, track and field 1952 - Earl Caddock, wrestling 1959 - Harris Coggeshall, tennis 1963 - Ray Conger, track and field 1972 - Garfield Wood, speedboat racing 1972 - Jack Fleck, golf 1973 - Frank Wykoff, track and field 1981 - Doreen Wilber, archery 1981 - Dan Gable, wrestling 1982 - Bruce Jenner, track and field 1990 - "Tiny" Lund, auto racing 1993 - Francis Cretzmeyer, track and field 1993 - Chris Taylor, wrestling 1994 - Nawal El Moutawakel, track and field 1997 - Judy Kimball, golf 1997 - Bob Strampe, bowling 2003 - Danny Harris, track 2012 - Cael Sanderson, wrestling 2015 - Shawn Johnson, gymnast 2017 - Kip Janvrin, track and field
See also Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa Iowa State University Athletics Hall of Fame University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame
External links Iowa Sports Hall of Fame webpage (DesMoinesRegister.com)