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Thursday, January 15, 2009

ESPN reviewed the submissions and discussions on your state/region's conversation page. The four figures on Iowa's Sports Rushmore are below:

Bob Feller (Van Meter) - The eight-time All-Star finished his Hall of Fame career with 266 career wins.

Dan Gable (Waterloo, Iowa State Cyclones, Iowa Hawkeyes) - The 1972 Olympic gold medalist finished his wrestling career at Iowa State with an 118-1 record and then went on to coach Iowa to 15 NCAA titles.

Nile Kinnick (Iowa Hawkeyes) - The namesake of the University of Iowa's football stadium won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Kurt Warner (Cedar Rapids, Northern Iowa Panthers) - The two-time NFL MVP was the Super Bowl XXXIV MVP and is a three-time Pro Bowler.

Other Mt. Rushmore of Sports conversations
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland
Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada
New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio
Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota
Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Washington, D.C. | West Virginia
Wisconsin | Wyoming

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