Yes, transcendent...
Makes me weep for what we’ve lost.
I used to work with people from Iowa and one time one of them told me some stuff about Kinnick. But after reading this article, I had to get on you tube and look at old clips of Kinnick. On the clips, he looked to be a big, fast back who was also very evasive. I was somewhat shocked to read that Kinnick was only about 5:8 and 180 lbs. He was supposedly the slowest back Iowa had. He certainly looks awful fast looking at the video clips. Those were also the days when players played offense and defense. No resting for five to fifteen minutes. Kinnick played virtually every minute of every game. He also was a high school basketball star and star player on the university team. Another little sidenote, he played with Bob Feller on an American Legion baseball team. Had to have been one heck of an athlete.