Iowa Stadium was renamed after a football player born in which year ?
1972 Iowa Hawkeyes football team The 1972 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. This was the last season the Hawkeyes played in Iowa Stadium before it was renamed Kinnick Stadium after Heisman Trophy winner Nile Kinnick.
Doyt Perry Doyt L. Perry (January 6, 1910February 10, 1992) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as head football coach at Bowling Green State University from 1955 to 1964, compiling a record of 77–11–5, and then became the athletic director for the university. During his tenure as coach, Perry led the Bowling Green Falcons to five Mid-American Conference titles and one small college national championship in 1959. One of the most successful coaches in school history, Perry was elected to College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. The team's football stadium, Doyt Perry Stadium, is named in his honor.