Denver Birkhofer
  • Title:
    Student-Athlete
  • Previous College Sports Played:
    Football, Baseball
  • Graduating Class:
    1956
  • 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.