Duke Slater was a trailblazer. The first African American and all American at the University of Iowa. The field is named in his honor. And a statue will be erected right here in Clinton. “For the ...

May 10—The Duke Slater Statue and Scholarship Committee hosted their Kirk Ferentz Luncheon at The Church at Lyons on Thursday afternoon. After lunch, committee members Ted Tornow and Gary Delacy spoke ...

CLINTON, Iowa — In 2021, community leaders in Clinton came up with the idea of creating a life-size bronze memorial statue to honor legendary Hawkeye football player Duke Slater. They formed a ...

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - A statue of former Clinton high school football star Duke Slater was unveiled Friday in Clinton right by the high school’s football stadium at the Duke Slater Pocket Park.

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The Duke Slater statue and scholarship committee held a fundraiser for the Duke Slater statue and Iowa Head Football Coach, Kirk Ferentz was in attendance. The fundraiser was to ...

The legend of Duke Slater continues to grow, revived by a historian and an author intent on pushing Slater's candidacy for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And Michael Kearney, a former Clinton ...

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa athletic department announced the decision to move the Duke Slater Field emblem at Kinnick Stadium on Monday. The emblem, which currently sits at each 25-yard line, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Duke Slater was so good the NFL couldn’t ...