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The University of Iowa is planning to name its football field after former All-American tackle Duke Slater, according to the Associated Press Ryan J. Foley.
Foley explained that university President Willard Boyd first broached the idea of naming the football stadium after Slater and Nile Kinnick together, the latter of whom was the 1939 Heisman Trophy. Instead, Iowa chose to put Slater s name on a residence hall.
A sign of the adversity he faced during his time there, Foley also noted Slater wouldn t have been able to reside at Slater Residence Hall due to the university s policies.