Quarterback, Iowa

Ken Ploen

Lettered 1954–⁠56 (school media guide)

Born
Jun 3, 1935, in Lost Nation, Iowa
Died
Feb 13, 2024, in Winnipeg

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Ken Ploen played quarterback at Iowa. He finished ninth in the 1956 Heisman vote.

At a glance

Best season
1956
Chicago Tribune Silver Football and First-team All-Big Ten
Heisman vote
9th
In the 1956 vote

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1956; Big Ten champions, 1956

All-America: AP second team 1956

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
1957Canadian footballWinnipeg Blue Bombers
1958–⁠67CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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