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Ottumwa, Iowa Is The Home of The First “Foam Finger”
Ottumwa, Iowa Is The Home of The First “Foam Finger”
Ottumwa, Iowa Is The Home of The First “Foam Finger”
hile it's not a "foam finger" this Iowa student was credited with the prototype for the famed sports digit. Steve Chmelar of Ottumwa created this papier-mâché finger for a high school event in 1971. The Ottumwa High School student made it out hardware cloth and papier-mâché for the 1971 Iowa High School Athletic Association Boy’s State Basketball Finals, between the Ottumwa Bulldogs and the Davenport West Falcons.