Jack Trice 100 Commemoration

Photo courtesy of ISU Special Collections

Jack Trice 100th anniversary celebration

Iowa State is honoring Jack Trice with a year-long centennial commemoration to conclude in October 2023. Trice, shown below, was a student of animal husbandry and a member of the Cyclone football and track and field teams. He suffered severe injuries in his second collegiate football and died in Ames on Oct. 8, 1923. He was 21. Centennial programs include a new sculpture at Jack Trice Stadium, a new name for the street north of the stadium, a lecture series, a University Museums exhibition, and a Cyclone football game featuring Jack Trice-era throwback uniforms. For details throughout the year visit www.JackTrice100.com. Watch for more in the Fall 2023 Iowa Stater magazine.

Jack Trice: Breaking Barriers

Learn more about the sculpture, Breaking Barriers by artist Ivan Depeña