Iowa city, iowa forest evashevski, the former michigan football star coached iowa to two rose bowl victories in the 1950s, has died. Three eras, three qbs, three rose bowls the gazette. Coach evashevski published a book on the wingt in the 1950s that is found on many coaches bookshelves even today. These limited edition pins feature reproductions of vintage photographs and actual football programs taken from 19521960. Menke from the omaha world herald heaped loads of praise on the 1952 team, as did a former university of iowa coach.
He had an ongoing feud with the teams coach forest evashevski, which often came in the way of him playing to his full potential. Iowa went 52274, winning three big ten titles, capturing the rose bowl in 1957 and. What if forest evashevski had stayed on as iowas head football coach. As an individual player, jones exemplified great toughness and athletic ability. Evashevski served as the head football coach at hamilton college in 1941, washington state university from 1950 to 1951, and the. The hawks started the 1953 season with a respectable 217 loss to an outstanding michigan state team, but from that point forward, evys charges were very competitive. Join facebook to connect with forest evashevski and others you may know. Remembering alex karras as a football player the new. The football writers association of america awarded the team the grantland rice award, which is presented annually to the college football team adjudged by the fwaa to be national.
He later went to iowa as an assistant to forest evashevski in 1952 and spent five seasons before returning to michigan as an. Former michigan football star player, coach bump elliott. Karras struggled in the beginning at iowa, with classwork, homesickness and with his coach, forest evashevski. The board told evashevski that he could take either job. Nov 6, 2011 iowa coach forest evashevski is pictured during his teams 3812 victory against california in the rose bowl on jan. Iowa city forest evashevski, the only football coach in iowa history to lead the hawkeyes to a rose bowl victory, died late friday night of liver cancer in petoskey, mich. When he became the iowa football coach in 1952, evashevski was a familiar figure in the big ten, having been an outstanding blocking back at michigan. This book also lists the great and notsogreat moments in lowa athletic history in the charts features. Hes known by older generations as the football coach at notre dame, arkansas, south carolina, north carolina state, minnesota and. Iowa coach forest evashevski was 10 against ohio state in his career and his thranked hawkeyes were ready to earn their coach his second victory over the buckeyes.
Nelsons wingedt formation was adopted by a number of prominent football coaches, including paul dietzel, frank broyles, and ara parseghian, and forest evashevski, who coached his university of iowa team to rose bowl victories in 1957 and 1959 using the formation. Evashevski abruptly gave up coaching after the 1960 season, when he was just 42, and served as iowas ad for the next 10 years. A product of lorain, ohio, van buren suffered through ankle injuries during his sophomore season in 1955. For many years, fans clamored for iowa to bring karras back as an honorary captain for a football game, but it never happened.
He was followed by tackle glen turk edwards in 1975, coach orin babe hollingbery in 1979, coach forest evashevski in 2000, running back rueben mayes in 2008 and coach william lone. Scoring power with the winged t offense, unknown binding january 1, 1957 by forest evashevski author 5. Introducing the des moines registers 50 greatest iowa high school football players. Evashevski coached the hawkeyes from 195260, and had a 52274 record. Football, the rules, and the men who made the game. He was head coach at washington state from 195051 with a record of 1162. Iowa city forest evashevski, the only football coach in iowa history to lead the hawkeyes to a rose bowl victory, died late friday night. Dec 24, 2015 kenny ploen grew up in clinton and saw action in 1954 behind quarterback jerry reichow.
Introducing the des moines registers 50 greatest iowa. The 1958 iowa hawkeyes football team represented the university of iowa in the 1958 college football season. Iowa, using coach forest evashevskis wingt offense, ran off with a 3812 victory over uc berkeley, which was led by quarterback joe. Dave nelson, tubby raymond and the rise of the wing t. The team was coached by forest evashevski and captained by fullback john nocera. Bill van buren played linebacker and center for coach forest evashevskis hawkeye football team.
Evashevskis final season as football coach at iowa was another memorable one. Oct 11, 2012 at the university of iowa, despite quitting the team at least twice after disputes with his coach, forest evashevski, karras was so good that he was named an allamerican as a twoway tackle in 1956 and 1957. The wingt was later perfected at the univeristy of delaware by nelson and raymond and university of iowa by forest evashevski. In 1953 he earned allamerican honors for the first of three consecutive years. The following year a young assistant coach by the name of harold tubby raymond was added to the staff. Karras probably would have left iowa had he not befriended a greek theater owner, ernie pannos, as well as fellow players cal jones and bob commings. Scoring power with the winged t offense, evashevski, forest on. He played college football at the university of michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the iowa preflight seahawks in 1942. Jul 03, 2016 iowa coach forest evashevski was 10 against ohio state in his career and his thranked hawkeyes were ready to earn their coach his second victory over the buckeyes. Having been beaten by bear bryants alabama team twice on tackleeligible passes, mississippi coach john vaught placed a chair under the door knob of the rules committee meeting room and refused to let anyone leave, stating, we are not leaving this meeting until we do something about that damn tackleeligible pass.
Former head hawk evashevski passes away the gazette. Wsu cougars ol mike utley named to college football hall. These sections provide a handy factual resource to demonstrate hawkeye individuals and teams that. Apr 01, 2017 apr 18, 2020 lou holtz was in town a few days ago to speak at the okc financial forum at oklahoma city community college.
Which northwest iowa town did iowa football coach forest evashevski use in the mid1950s as a temporary hiding place for star recruit alex karras in order. Includes evashevski receiving grantland rice award trophy. Iowa coach forest evashevski is pictured during his teams. The greatest coaching whatifs in iowa athletics history black. Principles and plays 1962, championship football by 12 great coaches 1962, dave nelson selects 99 best plays for high school football 1966, dave nelson selects the best of defensive football for high schools 1967, and illustrated football rules 1976. Coach nelson experienced great success with the wingt offense and other coaches at other universities also copied his style. The football writers association of america awarded the team the grantland rice award, which is presented annually to the college football team adjudged by the fwaa to be national champion. During his tenure, the hawks won three big ten titles and won the rose bowl twice. Brown company, dubuque, iowa 1957 wingt and the chinese bandits paul f. A star player for fritz crisler at michigan, evashevski planned to go to law school in ann arbor after world war ii but couldnt find a decent apartment there. Its surprising because karras was undersized 62, 250 pounds, even for his day, and occasionally was banished from the squad by coach forest evashevski. When he became the iowa football coach in 1952, evashevski was a familiar figure in the big. Green bay then reached out to iowa head coach forest evashevski, but after he declined an offer to coach the team following mcleans disastrous year, lombardi was hired february 3, 1959. Forest evashevski, who coached iowa to two rose bowl.
Forest evashevski biowiki, net worth, married 2018 forest evy evashevski february 19, 1918 october 30, 2009 was an american football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Alex karras biography facts, childhood, family life. Legendary iowa football coach forest evashevski succumbed to cancer friday night. Forest evashevski, who revitalized a longdismal football program at the university of iowa and coached the hawkeyes to two rose bowl championships in the 1950s, died friday in petoskey, mich. Lou holtz was in town a few days ago to speak at the okc financial forum at oklahoma city community college. He spent 21 seasons as a coach, beginning in 1948 at michigan. Evashevski was good for college football at the time, karras said, and he had some good assistants. Wsu cougars ol mike utley named to college football hall of. These sections provide a handy factual resource to demonstrate hawkeye individuals and. Forest evashevski project gutenberg selfpublishing.
Aside from the hayden fry years, evashevskis term as coach is. Dan devine moved from arizona state to missouri, and jack curtice went from utah to stanford. Forest evashevski american football database fandom. Alex karras and forest evashevski talked and reportedly settled their feud in the months before evys death in 2009. While entire books could be written on the history of iowas coaching. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Coach forest evashevski was quite successful at the university of iowa running the wingt. The schools varsity football coaches felt that evashevski was too small at just 128 pounds. Eisenberg was a baltimore sun columnist for 23 years beginning in 1984 and finishing in 2007. Oct 30, 2009 coach evashevski s tenure was marked by winning squads, but was also marred by infighting between the coach and athletic director paul brecher. Forest evashevski 2000 hall of fame national football. He has a book coming out in november about his life. Iowa went 27 that first year, but 1953 was looking much better.
Under coach forest evashevski, the hawkeyes became competitive when ploen moved into the starting role in 1956. Forest evashevski 19182009 legendary iowa football coach forest evashevski succumbed to cancer friday night. Remembering alex karras as a football player the new york times. Forest evy evashevski february 19, 1918 october 30, 2009 was an american football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was a pledge at sigma nu fraternity during his first year in school. He was not selected to play in the seasons finale, so he. Coach evashevskis tenure was marked by winning squads, but was also marred by infighting between the coach and athletic director paul brecher. Meanwhile, coach evashevski, who was known as a demanding coach. Nile kinnick, tavian banks, oliver martin and see who else made the cut. Iowa coach forest evashevski is pictured during his teams 38. Football, the rules, and the men who made the game david m. Nov 02, 2011 nelsons wingedt formation was adopted by a number of prominent football coaches, including paul dietzel, frank broyles, and ara parseghian, and forest evashevski, who coached his university of iowa team to rose bowl victories in 1957 and 1959 using the formation. Nov 03, 2009 the cause was cancer, his son forest jr.
Jul 24, 2014 woody hayes was furious and forest evashevski was thrilled, because cal jones was going to be a hawkeye. Forest evy evashevski 19182009 find a grave memorial. At the university of iowa, despite quitting the team at least twice after disputes with his coach, forest evashevski, karras was so good that he was named an allamerican as a twoway tackle in 1956 and 1957. One particular anecdote is almost laughoutloud funny. This complete set of 6 buttons is a series of six collectible commemorative pins celebrating the glory years of iowa football under the direction of head football coach forest evashevski. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. At age 91, college football hall of fame coach forest evashevski, who won a national title and two rose bowls in his nine seasons at iowa. Grantland rice trophy iowa summary photographs show university of iowa head football coach forest evashevski at home with wife ruth and children forest, jr. Jul 14, 2008 its surprising because karras was undersized 62, 250 pounds, even for his day, and occasionally was banished from the squad by coach forest evashevski. Evashevski served as the head football coach at hamilton college in 1941, washington state university from 1950 to 1951. Jan 08, 2016 he was followed by tackle glen turk edwards in 1975, coach orin babe hollingbery in 1979, coach forest evashevski in 2000, running back rueben mayes in 2008 and coach william lone. During his time at the newspaper he was an opinion writer. The greatest coaching whatifs in iowa athletics history. But karras appearances back in iowa city were few and far between.
Woody hayes was furious and forest evashevski was thrilled, because cal jones was going to be a hawkeye. Jul 25, 2014 bill van buren played linebacker and center for coach forest evashevski s hawkeye football team. Nov 09, 2009 at age 91, college football hall of fame coach forest evashevski, who won a national title and two rose bowls in his nine seasons at iowa. In this book, hawkeye legends, lists and lore, lowas grand athletic history is chronicled in its most complete form ever and its athletes and teams of yesteryear are brought back to life. He soon dropped out of school and joined the army, and he spent four years in germany playing and coaching football.
There is nothing i liked about forest evashevski his football coach at iowa. Former hawkeyes head coach forest evashevski touched on the ramblers during a pressconference. He was also the prolific author of several books, including scoring power with the wingedt offense coauthored with evashevski, 1957, the modern wingedt playbook with evashevski, 1961, football. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Alex karras and forest evashevski talked and reportedly settled their. Holtz is known by the younger generation as espns comic college football analyst who retired two years ago. Coach forest evashevski came to iowa in 1952, determined to turn the hawkeye program around. Scoring power with the winged t offense, unknown binding january 1, 1957 by forest evashevski author. The late 1950s brought a new series to the wingedt offenses of delaware and iowa.
Forest evashevski, who coached iowa to two rose bowl titles. Every week during the season, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, this weeks schedule, top performers, fantasy drops and adds, new debuts and interesting tidbits. The zenith of football team perfection is an undefeated, untied and unscored on season, menke said. May 01, 2018 green bay then reached out to iowa head coach forest evashevski, but after he declined an offer to coach the team following mcleans disastrous year, lombardi was hired february 3, 1959. Green bay then reached out to iowa head coach forest evashevski, but after he declined an offer to coach the team following mcleans. Evashevski chose to become iowas athletic director and promised to appoint a new football coach after the 1960 season. Jan 07, 2008 coach nelson experienced great success with the wingt offense and other coaches at other universities also copied his style. Iowa went 52274, winning three big ten titles, capturing the rose bowl in 1957 and 1959, and earning the national championship for 1958. During the 1956 season, he also had a physical altercation with the coach.