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unusual facts about Hawkeye, the Pathfinder



Adam's Ribs

He then remembers a place in Chicago near the Dearborn Street train station called "Adam's Ribs" (although Hawkeye doesn't remember the name at this time) and tells Blake that he wants ribs from there.

Hawkeye and Trapper go down to try to negotiate them from a stubborn supply sergeant, who is willing to help once he finds out where they're from (as he lives in Joliet, a Chicago suburb, and is a huge fan of Adam's Ribs).

Alternative versions of Hawkeye

Hawkeye soon learned the truth about the House of M reality from Layla Miller.

Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone

The incident is notable for inspiring the chase scene in James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans(1826), in which Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro, the book's protagonist Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo), his adopted Mohican older brother Chingachgook, Chingachgook's son Uncas, and David Gamut follow and overtake the Huron party of Magua who had taken as captives the sisters Cora and Alice Munro.

Erwin Prasse

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.

FRY Fest

The event is named after Hayden Fry, the man who is responsible for bringing the Tigerhawk to the University of Iowa and who many claim is the greatest Hawkeye of all-time.

Gary Dolphin

He is currently the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football and men's basketball teams for Learfield Sports and the Iowa Hawkeye Sports Network.

Green Grass, Running Water

At this, the unknown narrator begins to explain the escape of four Native American elders from a mental institution who are named Lone Ranger, Ishmael, Robinson Crusoe, and Hawkeye.

Herky the Hawk

Native Iowa City artist Charles Reed based his drawing of Herky on two sources: former Hawkeye wrestler Barry Davis and cartoon character Mighty Mouse.

Iowa Fight Song

The song was used in a 2007 commercial for the Iowa Lottery, where a Hawkeye fan sings different words to it for an instant ticket game.

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

Prior to playing in Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the Hawkeye men's basketball team played in the Iowa Field House, which is still used today by the school's gymnastics teams.

John Abineri

He received an Emmy nomination for his performance as Chingachgook in the TV adaptation of Last Of The Mohicans (1971) and Hawkeye, The Pathfinder (1973).

Just Plain Bill

In the M*A*S*H episode "Major Fred C. Dobbs", Hawkeye tape-records an encounter between Frank Burns and Hot Lips in the latter's tent, then plays it back for Frank in the guise of "my favorite armed forces soap opera, Just Plain MacArthur".

Lisa Bluder

She coached two Academic All-America Players of the Year in current Hawkeye Associate Head Coach Jan Jensen (1991) and Tricia Wakely (1996).

M*A*S*H Goes to Maine

Having left the Army, Hawkeye is established to be working for the Veterans Administration.

Major Fred C. Dobbs

Hawkeye makes a reference to his favorite soap opera, "Just Plain McArthur," a reference to a real radio soap from the Golden Age called Just Plain Bill.

The title of this episode is a reference to the John Huston film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, in which Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) becomes consumed with greed - a weakness to which Hawkeye and Trapper appeal in order to keep Frank from actually leaving.

Mitchell Way

Way won the dwarf car championship at Hawkeye Raceway near Blue Grass, Iowa in 2000 and qualified second the first time he entered the Dwarf Car Nationals.

Nick Fury, Jr.

As part of the Marvel NOW! event, Nick Fury Jr., Phil Coulson, and Maria Hill form the S.H.I.E.L.D. version of the Secret Avengers with Hawkeye and Black Widow.

Red Delicious

The winner was a red and yellow striped apple sent by Jesse Hiatt, a farmer in Peru, Iowa, who called it "Hawkeye".

Schroon, New York

The "Scaroons" is/are mentioned twice in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, as a place seen by Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo), Chingachgook and Uncas after they had departed Horicon (the name used by Cooper for Lake George) while traveling northward chasing Magua and his two captives, Cora and Alice Munro.

Star Gladiator

June also makes a cameo appearance in one of Hayato's win poses in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, in Hawkeye's ending in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as a member of the new West Coast Avengers, and she can also be seen in Deadpool's ending from within the same game as well.

The Consultant

At the British Army M*A*S*H where the artery resides, Trapper and Hawkeye talk with a pompous and talkative British CO who is cordial enough, but takes his time signing over the artery.

The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea

The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea is an historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1840.

Ultimate Marvel

Additionally, Ultimate Comics: Fallout and Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye were released as mini-series.

VAW-114

In 1990 and 1991, VAW-114 upgraded to the E-2C+ version of the Hawkeye and made two drug-interdiction deployments to Howard Air Force Base in Panama.

West Union, Iowa

West Union is the home of the North Fayette Valley Community School district, which comprises the communities of West Union; Clermont; Elgin; Wadena; Hawkeye; Fayette, the unincorporated town of Alpha and the surrounding rural areas.

Winged monkeys

In the 2012 film The Avengers, Nick Fury, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson calls Hawkeye and Erik Selvig (who had been hypnotized at the start of the film) two of Loki's flying monkeys.

World Counter-terrorism Agency

The World Counter-terrorism Agency has appeared in the Hawkeye and Mockingbird related titles New Avengers: The Reunion #1-4 (2009), Hawkeye & Mockingbird #1-6 (2010) and Widowmaker #1-4 (2010-2011).


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