Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On September 11, 2015, Hawkeye Legend Roy Marble passed away. Marble left Iowa as the all-time leading scorer while cementing his status as one of the greatest Hawkeyes of all time.
Marble and his fellow Michigander B.J. Armstrong arrived in Iowa City as part of George Raveling’s 1985 recruiting class, which also included Ed Horton, Les Jepsen, and Kevin Gamble. All five players went on to significant careers at Iowa before ultimately finding their way onto NBA rosters. Playing for Raveling for a season before Dr. Tom Davis took over for the group’s final three years, the players amassed a 97-37 record over four memorable seasons for Iowa.
Marble left the college as Iowa's all-time leading scorer with 2,116 points, a record which stood for 32 years. Selected 23rd overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the First Round of the 1989 NBA Draft, Marble went on to play for the Hawks and Denver Nuggets. In 1990-1991, Marble returned to Iowa to star for the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets of the Continental Basketball Association.
Marble's son, Devyn, followed in his father's footsteps to Iowa and then to the NBA. Devyn and his father became the first father-son duo in Big Ten history to each score 1,000 points. Roy Marble passed away on September 11, 2015, at the age of 48, following a battle with cancer. .#IowaOTD #IowaHistoryDaily #IowaHistoryCalendar
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