Denver Birkhofer
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- Title:
- Student-Athlete
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- Previous College Sports Played:
- Football, Baseball
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- Graduating Class:
- 1956
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- Induction Class:
- 1974
Bio
Raised in Schaller, Iowa, Denver Birkhofer came to Morningside in 1952 on a music scholarship as a noted trumpet player. The 1956 graduate participated in football, basketball, and baseball during his Morningside career. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957-63, and returned to Sioux City where he embarked on a 44-year career with the Sioux City Foundry Company, retiring as Vice president of Finance, and corporate secretary. Birkhofer was a lifelong booster, and past president of the M-Club.