Alert Top Story COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL | IOWA Former Iowa Hawkeye basketball player, Clear Lake-native Ken Grabinski dies ethan.petrik Jun 9, 2025 Jun 9, 2025 Updated Sep 13, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa announced the death of former Iowa men's basketball player Ken Grabinski at the age of 75 on Monday.kAmvC23:?D<: H2D 2 E9C66\J62C =6EE6CH:??6C 7@C E96 w2H<6J6D 7C@> `hf_\fa]k^Am Ken Grabinski (right) of Iowa battles with Iowa State's Jim Reinebach during a 1970 game. FILE PHOTO kAm%96 r=62C {2<6 ?2E:G6 96=A65 x@H2 E@ 2 a_\d @G6C2== C64@C5 :? `hf_ 2?5 2 q:8 %6? C68F=2C D62D@? E:E=6] %96 w2H<6J6D H6?E `c\_ :? q:8 %6? A=2J 2?5 25G2?465 E@ E96 $H66E `e @7 E96 }rpp %@FC?2>6?E]k^AmkAmw6 2G6C2865 c]e A@:?ED 2?5 b]b C63@F?5D 24C@DD ea 2AA62C2?46D 2E x@H2 2?5 H2D 2? p4256>:4 p==\q:8 %6? 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