Carroll N. Kirk

Carroll Nathan "Chick" Kirk was an American football player and college sports coach. He served as the head football coach and head basketball coach at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. Kirk was an outstanding college football player at the University of Iowa, earning 1907 All-Western [college football team|All-Western] honors in 1907. He is credited with being Iowa's first passing quarterback. Kirk was the captain of the 1908 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
Kirk was born in Clemons, Iowa. He later owned and managed the Murdoch Paint Co., in Davenport, Iowa, until his retirement in 1956. Kirk died on October 20, 1963, at Good Samaritan Center, in Davenport.