TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IS NATIONAL BOBBLEHEAD DAY, AND TO CELEBRATE, THE NATIONAL BOBBLEHEAD HALL OF FAME HAS ISSUED IOWA HAWKEYE SCHOOL SONG BOBBLEHEADS.
EACH BOBBLEHEAD IS INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED TO ONLY 1,847, THE YEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WAS FOUNDED.
STANDING ON A CIRCULAR BLACK AND GOLD IOWA HAWKEYE LOGO BASE, THE HERKY THE HAWK BOBBLEHEAD IS WEARING A BLACK 00 JERSEY AND GIVING THE NUMBER 1 SIGN.
THE BACK OF THE BASE READS “IOWA FIGHT SONG” AND FEATURES A BUTTON THAT PLAYS THE SCHOOL SONG AFTER IT IS PUSHED.
WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY IOWA NATIVE MEREDITH WILLSON, “IOWA FIGHT SONG” DEBUTED ON NBC RADIO’S, “THE BIG SHOW,” ON NEW YEAR’S EVE IN 1950.
IT BECAME AN INSTANT HIT AND WAS INTRODUCED AT A BASKETBALL GAME IN EARLY 1951.
THEY AN SEVERAL OTHER HAWKEYE BOBBLEHEADS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NATIONAL BOBBLEHEAD HALL OF FAME WEBSITE.
