Jack Trice, (sculpture).

Jack Trice, (sculpture).

Bennett, Christopher, 1953- , sculptor.

Jack Trice, (sculpture).

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Figure: cast bronze; base: limestone (?) block on concrete slab.

Figure: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 20 1/2 x 20 x 32 in.

(Proper right foot, base:) Bennett 1988 (In open book on base near proper right foot:) ISU LIBRARY (underlined)/1923 (underlined)/Iowa State/College of/agriculture/MECHANIC ARtS (underlined)/Science/with/practice/DEAN C.E. (underlined)/CURtiSS (On closed book on base near proper right foot:) ANIMAL/HUSBANDRY/IOWA STATE COll./By C.Sohn (On tablet held in proper right hand, in script:) THE CURTIS HOTEL/MINNEAPOLIS/Oct.5, 1923/To whom it may concern:/My thoughts just before the first real college/game of my life. The honor of my race, family/really is at stake. Everyone expects me to do/big things. I will! My whole body & soul/are to be thrown recklessly about on the field/tomorrow. Everytime the ball is snapped I will/be trying to do more than my part./On all defensive plays I must break thru the/opposite line to stop the play in thier [sic] territory/Beware of mass interference -- fight low with/your eyes open and toward the play. Roll-block/the interference. Watch out for cross-bucks/reverse end runs. Be on your toes every/minute if you expect to make good/7:45/Jack (underlined) signed

Bronze figure of Jack Trice, standing with proper right leg raised and bent so that proper right foot rests on limestone base, while proper left leg is straight with proper left foot on concrete slab. He wears a collegiate sweater with the letter "A" on it. Two bronze books are on the limestone base behind his proper right foot; one book is open and one is closed. A pair of football shoes, also bronze, rest on the concrete slab behind his proper left foot. He is looking down at a letter that he wrote, held in his proper right hand. His proper right arm rests on his raised proper right leg. His proper left hand is on his proper left hip.

Portrait male -- Trice, Jack -- Full length

Occupation -- Education -- Student

Occupation -- Sport -- Football

Ethnic -- African American

Outdoor Sculpture -- Iowa -- Ames

Administered by Iowa State University, University Museums, Brunnier Art Museum, 290 Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa 50011

Located Iowa State University, Courtyard, North of Carver Hall, Southwest of Beardshear Hall, Ames, Iowa

Funded by students through the Government of the Student Body. The student depicted, Jack Trice, was the first African-American athlete to compete for Iowa State University; he died of injuries sustained during his first collegiate football game, Oct. 6, 1923. IAS files contain photograph and transcription of text on nearby marker.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Iowa survey, 1993.

Iowa State University, Brunnier Gallery and Museum, 1989.

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