Welcoming Ernie Jones and Ken Kaczmarek to the IU Athletics Hall of Fame

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Welcoming Ernie Jones and Ken Kaczmarek to the IU Athletics Hall of Fame

Written By Evan McShane (@veryreasonable)

Indiana University Director of Athletics Fred Glass announced last month the addition of six members to its IU Athletics Hall of Fame. This year's class of 2017 brings the current roster of Hall of Fame inductees to 225 – truly elite company. In what will be the 36th induction ceremony, IU will honor two football players who represented the university proudly and simply dominated on the field. "We are thrilled to welcome these legends into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame," Fred Glass said. "This is a tremendous class of inductees whose contributions to IU Athletics represent the best of our championship heritage. Congratulations to each of these Hoosier legends who left an indelible mark on IU Athletics."

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Tom Nowatzke (RB, LB, K 1962-1964)

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Tom Nowatzke (RB, LB, K 1962-1964)

Written By David Sugarman

The next installment on our list in the Hoosier Legacy Series is a player who excelled at not one, not two, but three different positions. Tom Nowatzke played running back, linebacker and kicked field goals in his time for the Hoosiers and despite not being in the College Football Hall of Fame, is one of the greatest Indiana Football players of all-time.

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Pete Pihos (1943,1945)

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Written By David Sugarman

With another school year becoming history we thought it was time to take a look at some of Indiana Football’s history.  Today in the next installment of our Hoosier Legacy Series we take a look at Pete Pihos, a man who defined what it meant to be a warrior both on and off the football field.

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Halfback Zora Clevenger (1900-03)

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Halfback Zora Clevenger (1900-03)

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

The Hoosier Legacy Series continues here on Hoosier Huddle! Today, we take a look at one of the greatest athletes to ever “lace ‘em up” for the Cream and Crimson: Zora Clevenger. 
Playing a Division I sport is an incredibly impressive accomplishment. Playing two sports at that level is a rarity and the sign of a terrific athlete. Playing three sports at a top-level college like IU? That’s unheard of. But it’s something the great Zora Clevenger did at the beginning of the 1900s and his accomplishments, while they are truly history to us today, should not be forgotten or glossed over. 

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Center John Tavener

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Center John Tavener

Written by: TJ Inman (@TJHoosierHuddle)

When putting together a list of IU’s greatest football players of all-time, John Tavener is not a name that will come to many people’s minds right away. He played in the mid-1940s and was a center, certainly not a glamorous position. That being said, when you review Tavener’s credentials, there is no doubt he belongs on any list of IU’s “best of all-time”.

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Wide Receiver Jade Butcher (1967-1969)

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Hoosier Legacy Player: Wide Receiver Jade Butcher (1967-1969)

Written By Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle)

With 2017 marking the 50th anniversary of the Indiana Hoosiers magical 9-1 regular season that resulted in a Big Ten title and a berth in the Rose Bowl against O.J. Simpson’s USC Trojans, we at Hoosier Huddle decided to honor Hoosier Football history with our Legacy Player Series. I want to thank Mark Deal for taking the time and effort to help us with this list and teach us about some of the overlooked history of Indiana Football. Hopefully, this series will serve as a window into the past. We will kick off the series by looking at former Hoosier wide receiver and Bloomington native Jade Butcher.

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