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The grooms paternal grandfather, the late forest evy evashevski, was the head coach of the hawkeyes of the university of iowa, and led the. I asked him to provide some remembrances of the 1960 game against ohio state, which was coach forest evashevskis last home game and he freely obliged. At least that was what he told me in a 2003 interview and what sid hartman reported in the minneapolis morning tribune back in 1959. University of illinois athletics iowa football coach forest evashevski is carried off the field after the hawkeyes beat ohio state in 1952, 80. Sep 29, 2006 im fortunate to count among my friends, tom kirkendall. Iowa, using coach forest evashevski s wingt offense, ran off with a 3812 victory over uc berkeley, which was led by quarterback joe kapp. You have sixty minutes to play and the rest of your life to remember it. It was at the behest of state lawmakers and the iowa board in control of athletics that evashevski meet with new isu athletics director clay stapleton, formerly the football coach, in.

To a generation, forest evashevski is seen as the most successful coach the hawkeyes have ever had. He played college football at the university of michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the iowa preflight seahawks in 1942. Disaster struck at age 19, when langston was involved in a car accident. This book is, simply put, a masterpiece and in my mind the greatest book. During his tenure, the hawks won three big ten titles and won the rose bowl twice. The board told evashevski that he could take either job. Coach nelson experienced great success with the wingt offense and other coaches at other universities also copied his style. Former head hawk evashevski passes away the gazette. Randy duncan was a teammate of alex karras, and he describes the relationship between player and coach like so. Oct 03, 2017 his dream was realized when he was recruited by iowa in 1955, and he played left end. His inventive system was used by the iowa hawkeyes and coach forest evashevski, who used it to win the rose bowl in 1957 and 1959, by ara parseghian at notre dame which completed a circle of trust and sharing among coaches, since nelson had originally sent lude and westerman to notre dame to learn the t from frank leahy among many others. Evashevski brought the wingt formation to prominence at iowa and cowrote a book. Forest evashevski american football database fandom. After his era, the iowa football program declined to the point where iowa was characterized widely as a coaching graveyard.

Forest evashevski coaching record college football at. College football hall of fame coach forest evashevski, who won a national title and two rose bowls in his nine seasons at iowa. 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. In his book scoring power with the wingt offense 1957, forest evashevski, the father of the wingt offense wrote. 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. Andrea evashevski has 256 books on goodreads, and is currently reading dreamland. During his time at the newspaper he was an opinion writer. He was fortunate to meet coach forest evashevski while playing for the hawkeyes. 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. I dont like to lose and i dont intend to lose, evashevski told the cedar rapids elks. Scoring power with the winged t offense, forest evashevski on.

Coach evashevskis tenure was marked by winning squads, but was also marred by infighting between the coach and athletic director paul brecher. He was head coach at washington state from 195051 with a record of 1162. Forest evashevski, adam patrizia the new york times. Forest evashevski, who coached iowa to two rose bowl. I found a similar breed of somebody who cared about sharing his story with others, gould said.

But burns ultimately said, if we have failed, and we have, ill take the responsibility for that. In his book, scoring power with the winged t offense, coauthored with forest evashevski, coach nelson acknowledges mike as one of those who helped originate the system. Alex karras and forest evashevski talked and reportedly settled their feud in the months before evys death in 2009. Forest evashevski may be the best football coach in the history of the state, although hayden fry would certainly give him a run for his money and kirk ferentz could be in that class before he hangs up his earphones. These sections provide a handy factual resource to demonstrate hawkeye individuals and teams that. Evashevski coached the hawkeyes from 195260, and had a 52274 record. Forest evashevski was born on february 19, 1918 in detroit, michigan, usa.

Mike lude coach hugh wyatts double wing football coaching. Alex karras had a strained relationship with the university of iowa for decades after his playing career ended. Iowa city, iowa forest evashevski made his intentions known on his first trip to iowa in 1952. Its also available for hockey, basketball and baseball. Remembering alex karras as a football player the new. Dave nelson, tubby raymond and the rise of the wing t. Another son, jim, lettered in golf for the wolverines. Jan 11, 20 the following year a young assistant coach by the name of harold tubby raymond was added to the staff. The wing as a basis for an offensive attack goes back to the earliest days of american football and was popularized by glen pop warner. 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.

Evashevski served as the head football coach at hamilton college in 1941, washington state university from 1950 to 1951, and the. 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. Iowa preflight was coached for one year by bernie bierman of. Remembering alex karras as a football player the new york times. The manner in which the iowa team rose to the occasion has become a story of the pride, the desire, and the unselfish sacrifice which evashevski expected and received from his players. He makes a memorable appearance in plimptons paper lion book. 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.

Jul 14, 2008 alex karras never took instruction that well, and certainly not very often. He was an actor, known for harmon of michigan 1941, 1960 cotton bowl 1960 and 1957 rose bowl 1957. Karras struggled in the beginning at iowa, with classwork, homesickness and with his coach, forest evashevski. In between, he had an important stop in ann arbor and lettered in both baseball and football at the university of michigan. The true tale of americas opiate epidemic by sam quinones and the circ. 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. Tom is a long time hawkeye fan and observer, who as a child had access to the iowa program i can only dream about. He lured calvin jones to iowa, where jones became the first hawkeye and the first africanamerican to win the outland trophy in 1955.

Coach evashevski s tenure was marked by winning squads, but was also marred by infighting between the coach and athletic director paul brecher. Theres one thing that i think anyone who knew forest evashevski would say about. Publishers perspective issue 6 iowa history journal. The book takes you through his perfect skill base for iowas coach forest evashevski s wingt offense, where he used the option play with devastating brilliance, the high lights of the 1957 rose bowl game, his extremely shy and characteristic courtship and marriage to university of iowas mecca queen, janet newcomer, his spurning. This book also lists the great and notsogreat moments in lowa athletic history in the charts features. As head football coach at the university of delaware nelson established a. Parents, teachers, coaches, commissioners, network honchosthey all had their problems putting this guy through his paces. This book takes you inside the rules committee meeting rooms all the way back to the beginning of the game over 150 years ago.

Despite losing eight of 11 starters, head coach forest evashevski s iowa offense was one of the nations best in 1960. Its surprising because karras was undersized 62, 250 pounds, even for his day, and occasionally was banished from the squad by coach forest evashevski. 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. 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. 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. Karras went to iowa, but his college experience turned out to be a miserable one because, for the most part, he never got along with iowa head coach forest evashevski. Green bay then reached out to iowa head coach forest evashevski, but after he declined an offer to coach the team following mcleans. The championship season university of iowa athletics. Looks at how rule changes have shaped the game of college football. Nelson also wrote books related to track and field, including such. Forest evashevski project gutenberg selfpublishing. Evashevski was known as a tough, disciplined coach who had his team wellprepared. Eisenberg was a baltimore sun columnist for 23 years beginning in 1984 and finishing in 2007. Evashevskis final season as football coach at iowa was another memorable one.

Evashevski played his college football at michigan as a teammate of tom harmon, with evashevski. Jan 07, 2008 coach nelson experienced great success with the wingt offense and other coaches at other universities also copied his style. Coach evashevski published a book on the wingt in the 1950s that is found on many coaches bookshelves even today. By then, iowa coach forest evashevski had turned down the job. The late 1950s brought a new series to the wingedt offenses of delaware and iowa. Coach murray warmath of minnesota, standing before his office gallery, looks at a picture of coach forest evashevski upper right, who leads his nationally rated no. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. You can enhance forest evashevskis memory by upgrading forests public record with words and pictures, signing forests memory book, recording an audio memory or lighting a candle.

Apr 17, 2017 despite losing eight of 11 starters, head coach forest evashevskis iowa offense was one of the nations best in 1960. Forest evashevski, who coached iowa to two rose bowl titles. Evys athletic began at northwestern high school in detroit and took him al the way to iowa city, where he made his fame as head coach at the university of iowa. Forest evashevski left an indelible mark on university of iowa football. Richard hradek obituary davenport, ia quadcity times. Coach forest evashevski was quite successful at the university of iowa running the wingt. Coach keith grabowski in his book scoring power with the wingt offense 1957, forest evashevski, the father of the wingt offense wrote. Those questions dominated speculation in the media and among fans. Oct 02, 2016 the grooms paternal grandfather, the late forest evy evashevski, was the head coach of the hawkeyes of the university of iowa, and led the team to two rose bowl victories. There were those who insisted that forest evashevski wanted to be called back as football coach and that rather than helping burns to succeed, evy hampered him with rules and regulations that were not in force when evy was the coach. Football, the rules, and the men who made the game david m. Forest evy evashevski 19182009 find a grave memorial. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that.

He was an avid sports fan following the iowa hawkeyes, chicago bears and chicago cubs. Brown company, dubuque, iowa 1957 wingt and the chinese bandits paul f. Coach forest evashevski posed a penetrating challenge to his team when he told them. How penalties, apples and a punch nearly canned the iowa. Alex karras and forest evashevski talked and reportedly settled their.

Evashevski chose to become iowas athletic director and promised to appoint a new football coach after the 1960 season. When i have a question about a game, coach, or player from the early era of hawkeye football, 75 years with the fighting hawkeyes is the first book i consult. Forest evy evashevski february 19, 1918 october 30, 2009 was an american football. Legendary iowa football coach forest evashevski succumbed to cancer friday night. Join facebook to connect with forest evashevski and others you may know. These limited edition pins feature reproductions of vintage photographs and actual football programs taken from 19521960. For many years, fans clamored for iowa to bring karras back as an honorary. The wingt was later perfected at the univeristy of delaware by nelson and raymond and university of iowa by forest evashevski. He was hired as the schools athletics director but was forced to give up his coaching hat. Former iowa football player recalls hawkeye life in. Find great deals on ebay for forest evashevski and hayden fry. He swore he would never return to iowa city until forest evashevski was no longer involved with the programhe came back in 1971, a year after iowa fired evy as the schools athletic director.

The book focuses on langstons life and iowas football program during the evashevski years. No one outside the teams washington street offices had any idea that a littleknown assistant coach with the new york giants was also a candidate. Forest evashevski forest evy evashevski february 19, 1918 october 30, 2009 was an american football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. As a sophomore in 1956, his team won the big ten under coach forest evashevski. It was the beginning of evashevskis rise, langston said. Oct 31, 2009 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. Many otherwise knowledgeable football people arent aware that the delaware wingt was actually launched at the university of maine.

Forest evashevski has an explanation for the unusual polish spelling of his. Forest evy evashevski february 19, 1918 october 30, 2009 was an american football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. Aug 18, 2016 by then, iowa coach forest evashevski had turned down the job. When he was hired by the packers, lombardi told the new york times they had first approached him at the nfl draft meeting in philadelphia, which ran from jan. When he became the iowa football coach in 1952, evashevski was a familiar figure in the big ten. If you are a huge fan of the game of football, there is no better source for how the game became what it is today.

Meanwhile, coach evashevski, who was known as a demanding coach. But karras appearances back in iowa city were few and far between. The author, david nelson, was the longest serving secretary and rules editor in the history of the ncaa. Forest evashevski 2000 hall of fame national football. Oct 30, 2009 forest evy evashevski february 19, 1918 october 30, 2009 was an american football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. 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. The following year a young assistant coach by the name of harold tubby raymond was added to the staff. He was a pledge at sigma nu fraternity during his first year in school. With iowas inherent recruiting limitations, many people believed that iowas football program could never be revived. Title grantland rice trophy iowa summary photographs show university of iowa head football coach forest evashevski at home with wife ruth and children forest, jr. Michigan football coach fritz crisler wanted evashevski on the field, so evy was moved from. Forest evashevski coaching record college football at sports. He also told the times he traveled to green bay and settled on a contract on jan. It was a long time coming, but legendary football coach forest evashevski has finally been.