Iowa State’s Jack Trice Stadium remains only major college football stadium named for a Black man

The stadium at Iowa State was named for Jack Trice in 1997, decades after he was trampled during his first varsity start

George Trice is thankful that the tragic story of his cousin, Jack Trice, still is being told a century after he died from injuries sustained on a football field.

Still, George Trice is not satisfied.

Jack Trice,  today!

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