John Arnaud Passes Away

**timappelgate** · 11-12-2012, 12:50 PM

Thinking of his family

**moforisu** · 11-12-2012, 12:51 PM

Thinking of the Arnaud family in my prayers.

**ZJohnson** · 11-12-2012, 01:12 PM

Had the privilege to tailgate and have a beer with him a couple of times during AA's Senior season. Great man and great family. Thoughts and prayers to the family.

**weR138** · 11-12-2012, 01:32 PM

God Bless The Landshark. Sad news but it'll continue to be fun reminiscing about John with folks around here who went to school with him and his siblings. Gone but not forgotten.

**denniselmenace** · 11-12-2012, 04:47 PM

My sympathy to the entire Arnaud family.

**Cyched** · 11-12-2012, 04:59 PM

Thoughts and prayers to Austen and the rest of the Arnaud family

**scyclonekid** · 11-12-2012, 05:03 PM

Thoughts and condolences to the whole Arnaud family, I feel terrible for Austen and his whole family.

**SC Cy** · 11-12-2012, 05:06 PM

Former Sioux City North Star and Iowa State Cyclones great...two schools near and dear to my heart. RIP John, thoughts and prayers to your family and close friends.

**Aclone** · 11-12-2012, 05:25 PM

Thanks for the memories, Land Shark. Thoughts and prayers to your family!

**wright4cy** · 11-12-2012, 05:44 PM

So sad ... Our prayers go out to all of the family and friends way to young ..

**Prone2Clone** · 11-12-2012, 05:57 PM

RIP Mr. Arnaud. My thoughts are with the family.

**Cdubdad** · 11-12-2012, 06:41 PM

Thinking of you Austen and your family, Cdubdad and Cdubmom

**cycophagus** · 11-12-2012, 07:35 PM

John has moved on to the great gridiron in the sky, and will be missed. The earth is a better place for his having been here.

I was a big fan during the Donnie Duncan years. John's teams went 3-0 versus UI, which he must've been very proud of. I recall that the ISU defensive backs referred to themselves as the "ISU blackfield". Can anyone confirm that? I haven't seen that referenced anywhere, so am relying on memory. I recall a group of guys who took a lot of pride in their prowess and in their black heritage. Nowadays it is not unique to have an all black set of DBs, but back then it was.

It was also huge fun when John played for the Michigan Panters of the USFL. There was a lot of local interest in that team, and in their championship run back in '83, which they eventually won versus heavily favored Philadeplphia. Iowa State was part of what they called their territorial draft, and John was joined on that team by fellow ISU DB Ron Osborne ISU DC Larry Coyer.