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3 unusual facts about Erwin Prasse


Erwin Prasse

While Prasse’s teammate, Nile Kinnick, won the Heisman Trophy, Prasse was named a second team All-American in 1939.

Prasse was an All-Big Ten selection as a junior in 1938, and he was elected captain of the Hawkeye football squad for 1939 over teammate Nile Kinnick.

He played three seasons for the Oshkosh All-Stars of the National Basketball League, a forerunner to today’s NBA, winning an NBL championship with them in 1941.



see also

Ossie Solem

Many of the athletes Solem successfully recruited to Iowa would become the foundation for the 1939 Hawkeye team, nicknamed the "Ironmen", which included Nile Kinnick and Erwin Prasse.