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per STrib:
John Hankinson, one of the top quarterbacks in Gophers football history and the father of three former Gophers hockey players, died early Friday evening.
Hankinson, who lived in Edina, was 77.
Hankinson, a three-sport star at Edina-Morningside High School, was described by the Minneapolis Tribune in 1965 as the “finest marksman Minnesota football has ever known.”
He started for the Gophers in 1964 and 1965 and held 10 school passing records by the end of his senior season.
One of the highlights as a senior came when he directed the Gophers on an 80-yard scoring drive in the game’s final 77 seconds to rally the Gophers to a 27-22 victory over Northwestern at Memorial Stadium.
Hankinson, who capped the drive with a 1-yard run on fourth down, completed all seven of his passes on the drive to prompt the Minneapolis Tribune’s Bill McGrane to write “It was, for this lean senior who brings a poise bordering on dignity to the quarterback position, a career high point.”
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
John Hankinson, one of the top quarterbacks in Gophers football history and the father of three former Gophers hockey players, died early Friday evening.
Hankinson, who lived in Edina, was 77.
Hankinson, a three-sport star at Edina-Morningside High School, was described by the Minneapolis Tribune in 1965 as the “finest marksman Minnesota football has ever known.”
He started for the Gophers in 1964 and 1965 and held 10 school passing records by the end of his senior season.
One of the highlights as a senior came when he directed the Gophers on an 80-yard scoring drive in the game’s final 77 seconds to rally the Gophers to a 27-22 victory over Northwestern at Memorial Stadium.
Hankinson, who capped the drive with a 1-yard run on fourth down, completed all seven of his passes on the drive to prompt the Minneapolis Tribune’s Bill McGrane to write “It was, for this lean senior who brings a poise bordering on dignity to the quarterback position, a career high point.”
John Hankinson, former Gophers quarterback, dies at 77
John Hankinson was a record-setting passer for the Gophers in the mid-1960s.
www.startribune.com
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