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Historic photos and archive stories: Remembering Chris Street

  • Jan 19, 2023
  • Jan 19, 2023 Updated Feb 7, 2023
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On this date in 1993, Iowa basketball star Chris Street died in an Iowa City car crash. The car Iowa basketball player Chris Street was driving was struck by a snow plow as Street was exiting the Highlander Inn outside of Iowa City. Street was killed in the accident. His girlfriend, Kim Vinton, was a passenger. She survived the accident and was treated at a local hospital for a punctured lung and separated shoulder.

From the archives: Crash kills Hawk

IOWA CITY - Chris Street, a starting forward whose intensity and grit was the heart and soul of the Iowa basketball team, was killed in a three-vehicle traffic accident Tuesday night in Iowa City.

Street had just left a team dinner at the Highlander Inn on the north side of Iowa City when his car collided with a dump truck at 6:49 p.m. at the intersection of Northgate Drive and Dodge Street (Highway 1).

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From the archives: Expectations did not limit Chris Street

When Chris Street first signed to play basketball for the University of Iowa, most of us just assumed he'd be like all of the other Iowabred kids who had ever played for the Hawkeyes.

You figured he'd be one of those kids who would work hard and hustle, but who would probably never be much more than an average Big Ten player. At best, he might be a defensive stopper or a polished rebounder.

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