The legend of Bob Feller began on an Iowa farm
By Bill Livingston, The Cleveland Plain Dealerhttp://www.cleveland.com/tribe/Thursday, December 16, 2010, 1:53 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Greatest Indian of Them All, Bob Feller, grew up in Van Meter on the Iowa prairie, among legends both real and make-believe.
Winterset, Iowa, was the hometown of John Wayne, although his name was Marion Morrison then. Nile Kinnick, who won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Iowa, was Feller’s catcher in...
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