1. Gordon C Locke was an American college football player and coach He played college football at the University of Iowa, where he was an All-American.
17 Facts About Gordon Locke
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Gordon Locke was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1960.
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Gordon Locke enrolled at University of Iowa in 1919 and played for the Hawkeye football team from 1920 to 1922.
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Gordon Locke helped move Iowa to Notre Dame's two-yard line, where it was fourth down.
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Duke Slater missed a rare block, and Gordon Locke was met by Notre Dame lineman Hunk Anderson.
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Gordon Locke powered Anderson over the goal line for Iowa's only touchdown of the game.
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Still, Gordon Locke finished the 1921 season with over 700 rushing yards and finished second in the Big Ten Conference scoring race to teammate, Aubrey Devine.
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Gordon Locke was a consensus first team All-Big Ten selection and a first team All-American in 1921.
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Gordon Locke returned to the defending Big Ten champions and was named the team captain of the 1922 Hawkeyes squad.
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Gordon Locke did not score a point in Iowa's most impressive win of the year.
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Gordon Locke was not only a first team All-Big Ten selection, he was a consensus first team All-American, the third at Iowa after his former teammates Belding and Devine.
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Gordon Locke played for the only two undefeated and untied teams in Iowa history, and he was a first team All-American both seasons.
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Gordon Locke was an accomplished student, earning the Big Ten Medal for scholastic and athletic achievement his senior year.
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Gordon Locke attended law school at the University of Iowa College of Law, graduating in the top three of his law school class.
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Gordon Locke served as an assistant football coach at Iowa briefly, then moved on to Cleveland, where he was associated with a prominent law firm.
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Gordon Locke was inducted into the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1958 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.
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In 1989, Iowa fans selected an all-time Hawkeyes football team during the 100th anniversary celebration of Iowa football, and Gordon Locke was selected to the defensive backfield.