May 3, 1932 – The Daily Iowan interviews new Iowa football coach – Ossie Solem – and the SUI mascot – Rex the ROTC Dog.
In 1932, Ossie Solem came to Iowa City as football coach to take over a hapless Hawkeye football program that had recently been suspended from the Big Ten conference. The University was also suffering from the effects of the Great Depression and could not even afford to pay Solem his full first-year salary. Ossie seemed to make light of the situation as he and Rex the ROTC Dog were “interviewed” for an article in The Daily Iowan.
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