Iron Skillet Origins
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:14 pmOn a different thread there was a posting about the new "Corn Trophy" the winner of Iowa State/Iowas receives. Can someone tell me how the "Iron Skillet" came about?
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:14 pmRe: Iron Skillet Origins
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Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:25 pmSounds pretty good.
Re: Iron Skillet Origins
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:57 pmThe First Iron Skillet
http://www.magazine.tcu.edu/Magazine/Article.aspx?ArticleId=199
Derrell Tipps, TCU’s student body president, presented it to his SMU counterpart, Bobby Harris. Tipps is quoted in the December 6, 1946, issue of the Skiff saying, “It was their idea, so we had to let them win the first one.â€
http://www.magazine.tcu.edu/Magazine/Article.aspx?ArticleId=199