Cal Jones
Cal Jones was born in Steubenville, Ohio, United States on February 7th, 1933 and is the Football Player. At the age of 23, Cal Jones biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Calvin Jack Jones (February 7, 1933 – December 9, 1956) was a college football player for the University of Iowa.
Jones is one of only two Iowa football players (along with Nile Kinnick) to have his jersey number retired by the university.
In 1955, Jones became the first Hawkeye and the first African-American to win the Outland Trophy.
He spent one year with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Western Interprovincial Football Union.
He died in a plane crash while playing in the East-West All-Star Game. Cal Jones is a member of The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate Football Players Honor Roll.
College football career
The "Steubenville Trio" (as Jones, Vincent, and Gilliam were dubbed) arrived in Iowa with Iowa football in bad shape. In the previous ten years, Iowa had only one winning season.
Cal Jones was a dominant figure on the field from 1953 to 1955. In 1953, Iowa finished ninth in the final AP Poll, the best finish since the Ironmen in 1939. Jones was selected as the first team All-American.
Iowa had a winning season in 1954. Despite playing the entire year with a fractured wrist, Jones was named as a consensus first team All-American. Jones popped it in practice before Iowa's first game but kept the injury private from the fans and media all year. Jones was also the first college football player and first African American to be featured on the front page of Sports Illustrated magazine in September 27, 1954, which features a closely cropped picture of Jones wearing a football helmet. This was the 7th issue of Sports Illustrated.
Cal Jones was voted Iowa's team captain in 1955. Jones was named as a consensus first team All-American for the second year in a row, despite the fact that Iowa struggled to a 3–1 record. Cal Jones also won the 1955 Outland Trophy, which is coveted by the United States' top lineman. He was the first African-American to win the coveted award. Jones also placed tenth in the Heisman Trophy balloting, an impressive achievement for a lineman.
Professional football career
Cal Jones at Iowa had a 3.0 grade point average. He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1956 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions but declined to join the team because black players were paid less than whites. Rather, he went to Canada and signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU). Jones was named to the WIFU All-Star Team as a rookie with Winnipeg in 1956. Jones' last football game will be in Vancouver, which will be called the East-West All-Star Game.
Since the 1956 season, Iowa has qualified for the Rose Bowl. Frank Gilliam had a broken leg during the 1955 season, so Gilliam was playing his last year for the Hawkeyes. Jones was going to fly home to Winnipeg, amass a few possessions, and then fly to Pasadena to watch Gilliam in the Rose Bowl after the All-Star game.