“Slippery” Ice came out of the Missouri intramural ranks to become one of the Tigers’ top all-time running backs. A football and baseball letterman out of Kansas City, in 1940 and ‘41, Ice set Missouri records that still stand, as a member of Don Faurot’s first Split-T team that led the nation in rushing in 1941. Ice’s records included 240 yards rushing against Kansas in 1941 (the record until 1998), an average per carry of 30.8 yards in that same game, and a 95-yard touchdown run against Iowa State in 1941. He was an all-Big Six Conference selection that year when Missouri won the conference championship and went to the Sugar Bowl, where he was the game’s MVP. Ice played in the College All-Star Game in the summer of 1942 and was chosen to MU’s all-century football team. Ice joined the MU athletic staff in 1952, and served in a variety of capacities, including interim athletic director and assistant athletic director, until his retirement in 1979. He was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.
