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Chris Street: Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star was killed in a crash on Jan. 19, 1993.
Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star and Indianola native Chris Street was killed in a crash on Jan. 19, 1993.
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Photos: Remembering Hawkeyes basketball legend Chris Street

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University of Iowa basketball player Chris Street and coach Tom Davis. Register file photo
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University of Iowa basketball player Chris Street and coach Tom Davis.
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Chris Street, No. 40, led the Indianola Indians during his high school career. A 1990 graduate, Street scored 1,478 points and had 823 rebounds and 182 assists. Register file photo
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Chris Street, No. 40, led the Indianola Indians during his high school career. A 1990 graduate, Street scored 1,478 points and had 823 rebounds and 182 assists.
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Iowa Hawkeyes forward and Indianola High School product Chris Street in 1990. Register file photo
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Iowa Hawkeyes forward and Indianola High School product Chris Street in 1990.
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Chris Street in an illustration by Mark Marturello from January 2013, which marked the 20th anniversary of Street's death. Mark Marturello/The Register
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Chris Street in an illustration by Mark Marturello from January 2013, which marked the 20th anniversary of Street's death.
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Former Indianola High School art teacher Bob Kling in front of his Chris Street mural at Indianola Middle School Register file photo
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Former Indianola High School art teacher Bob Kling in front of his Chris Street mural at Indianola Middle School
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Artist Jon Baldwin found inspiration in Chris Street for this mural at the Front Row bar in Windsor Heights. Michael Rolands/File photo
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Artist Jon Baldwin found inspiration in Chris Street for this mural at the Front Row bar in Windsor Heights.
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From 2013: Mike and Patty Street, parents of Chris Street, decorate a Christmas tree with family photos and memorabilia of Chris. Rodney White/Register file photo
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From 2013: Mike and Patty Street, parents of Chris Street, decorate a Christmas tree with family photos and memorabilia of Chris.
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Members of Indianola High School's 2001 state champion basketball team stand in front of the Chris Street mural at the middle school: Kevin Jenkins, kneeling, and, from left, Mark Campbell, Kurt Campbell, Wade McAnelly and Kyle Coppess. Neibergall Bill, Copyright 2001 The Des Moines Re
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Members of Indianola High School's 2001 state champion basketball team stand in front of the Chris Street mural at the middle school: Kevin Jenkins, kneeling, and, from left, Mark Campbell, Kurt Campbell, Wade McAnelly and Kyle Coppess.
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Acie Earl shaved No. 40 in the hair on the back of his head as a tribute to Chris Street. Register file photo
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Acie Earl shaved No. 40 in the hair on the back of his head as a tribute to Chris Street.
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Fans and loved ones of Chris Street, including Acie Earl (center), at Street's 1993 funeral. Register file photo
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Fans and loved ones of Chris Street, including Acie Earl (center), at Street's 1993 funeral.
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Street offers a pat on the back to reserve Jason Shay after he scored the final basket in an Iowa win over Iowa State. Register file photo
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Street offers a pat on the back to reserve Jason Shay after he scored the final basket in an Iowa win over Iowa State.
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Street applies pressure to Mississippi Valley State's Hal Heard in a 1992 game. It was Iowa's season-opener and the tenth-ranked Hawkeyes won, 100-69. Register file photo
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Street applies pressure to Mississippi Valley State's Hal Heard in a 1992 game. It was Iowa's season-opener and the tenth-ranked Hawkeyes won, 100-69.
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Dec. 22, 1992: Chris Street tips the ball away from Chris Lowery of Southern Illinois during the title game of the San Juan Shoot-Out. Iowa won 90-70. AP file photo
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Dec. 22, 1992: Chris Street tips the ball away from Chris Lowery of Southern Illinois during the title game of the San Juan Shoot-Out. Iowa won 90-70.
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Street and his Indianola teammates hold up the consolation trophy after beating Ankeny at the boys state basketball tournament in 1990. Register file photo
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Street and his Indianola teammates hold up the consolation trophy after beating Ankeny at the boys state basketball tournament in 1990.
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Street sits alone on the bench after fouling out in an overtime loss to Michigan in January of 1992. Register file photo
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Street sits alone on the bench after fouling out in an overtime loss to Michigan in January of 1992.
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Nov. 26, 1991: Chris Street in action during a game against Western Illinois. Register file photo
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Nov. 26, 1991: Chris Street in action during a game against Western Illinois.
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Dec. 7, 1991: Chris Street in action during a game against Louisiana Tech. AP file photo
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Dec. 7, 1991: Chris Street in action during a game against Louisiana Tech.
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Street works inside against Minnesota defenders in a game Jan. 13, 1993, less than a week before his car accident. Register file photo
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Street works inside against Minnesota defenders in a game Jan. 13, 1993, less than a week before his car accident.
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From 2013: Mike Street, right, talked with radio announcer Gary Dolphin, left, just before the Chris Street 20th anniversary game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa vs. Wisconsin, on Saturday night Jan. 19th, 2013. Chris was a Iowa star basketball player who died Jan. 19, 1993. Register file photo
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From 2013: Mike Street, right, talked with radio announcer Gary Dolphin, left, just before the Chris Street 20th anniversary game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa vs. Wisconsin, on Saturday night Jan. 19th, 2013. Chris was a Iowa star basketball player who died Jan. 19, 1993.
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Former Iowa mens basketball head coach Tom Davis, left, is consoled by Patty Street, the mother of Chris Street, during a halftime ceremony against Purdue at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, January 20, 2018. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Street's death. Bryon Houlgrave/The Register
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Former Iowa mens basketball head coach Tom Davis, left, is consoled by Patty Street, the mother of Chris Street, during a halftime ceremony against Purdue at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, January 20, 2018. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Street's death.
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Former Iowa head basketball coach Tom Davis becomes emotional as he is introduced at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, January 20, 2018, during a ceremony honoring the 25th anniversary of the death of Chris Street. Bryon Houlgrave/The Register
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Former Iowa head basketball coach Tom Davis becomes emotional as he is introduced at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, January 20, 2018, during a ceremony honoring the 25th anniversary of the death of Chris Street.
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The jersey of former Iowa Hawkeyes basketball player Chris Street drapes over the back of a chair during a ceremony honoring the 25th anniversary of his death at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, January 20, 2018. Bryon Houlgrave/The Register
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The jersey of former Iowa Hawkeyes basketball player Chris Street drapes over the back of a chair during a ceremony honoring the 25th anniversary of his death at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Saturday, January 20, 2018.
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Mike and Patty Street keep items to remember their son Chris Street in his old bed room of their Indianola home. Rodney White/The Register
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Mike and Patty Street keep items to remember their son Chris Street in his old bed room of their Indianola home.
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Chris Street is remembered as much for his infectious personality as he was his basketball skill. Mark Marturello, The Register
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Chris Street is remembered as much for his infectious personality as he was his basketball skill.
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Mike and Patty Street keep items to remember their son Chris Street in his old bed room of their Indianola home. Rodney White/The Register
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Mike and Patty Street keep items to remember their son Chris Street in his old bed room of their Indianola home.
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Chris Street pulls down a rebound against Texas Southern in December of 1992. Register file photo
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Chris Street pulls down a rebound against Texas Southern in December of 1992.
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Mike and Patty Street, parents of Chris Street? the former Iowa basketball star from Indianola who was killed in a tragic car accident 20 years ago this month. Memorabilia in his childhood bedroom. Story is on the impact of Chris' death is still felt 20 years later. Rodney White/The Des Moines Register
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Mike and Patty Street, parents of Chris Street? the former Iowa basketball star from Indianola who was killed in a tragic car accident 20 years ago this month. Memorabilia in his childhood bedroom. Story is on the impact of Chris' death is still felt 20 years later.
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Former Register sports reporter Rick Brown's new book "Emotion in Motion: The Life and Legacy of Chris Street" is on sale now. Special to the Register
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Former Register sports reporter Rick Brown's new book "Emotion in Motion: The Life and Legacy of Chris Street" is on sale now.
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