The Heisman Winners the Heisman Roster
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The Heisman Winners The Heisman Roster Year Name School Class Pos. 1935 Jay Berwanger Chicago SR HB 1936 Larry Kelley Yale SR E 1937 Clinton Frank Yale SR HB Roster 1938 Davey O’Brien TCU SR QB 1939 Nile Kinnick Iowa SR HB 1940 Tom Harmon Michigan SR HB 1941 Bruce Smith Minnesota SR HB 1942 Frank Sinkwich Georgia SR HB 1943 Angelo Bertelli Notre Dame SR QB 1944 Les Horvath Ohio State SR HB 1945 Felix “Doc” Blanchard Army JR FB 1946 Glenn Davis Army SR HB 1947 John Lujack Notre Dame SR QB 1948 Doak Walker SMU JR HB 1949 Leon Hart Notre Dame SR E 1950 Vic Janowicz Ohio State JR HB 1951 Dick Kazmaier Princeton SR HB 1952 Billy Vessels Oklahoma SR RB 1953 John Lattner Notre Dame SR HB 1954 Alan Ameche Wisconsin SR RB 1955 Howard Cassady Ohio State SR RB 1956 Paul Hornung Notre Dame SR QB 1957 John David Crow Texas A&M SR RB 1958 Pete Dawkins Army SR HB 1959 Billy Cannon LSU SR RB 1960 Joe Bellino Navy SR RB 1961 Ernie Davis Syracuse SR RB 1962 Terry Baker Oregon State SR QB 1963 Roger Staubach Navy JR QB 1964 John Huarte Notre Dame SR QB 1965 Mike Garrett USC SR TB 1966 Steve Spurrier Florida SR QB 1967 Gary Beban UCLA SR QB 1968 O.J. Simpson USC SR TB 1969 Steve Owens Oklahoma SR RB 1970 Jim Plunkett Stanford SR QB 1971 Pat Sullivan Auburn SR QB 1972 Johnny Rodgers Nebraska SR WR 1973 John Cappelletti Penn State SR RB 1974 Archie Griffin Ohio State JR RB 1975 Archie Griffin Ohio State SR RB 1976 Tony Dorsett Pittsburgh SR TB 1977 Earl Campbell Texas SR RB 1978 Billy Sims Oklahoma JR RB HEISMAN.COM @HEISMANTROPHY 14 The Heisman Roster Year Name School Class Pos. 1979 Charles White USC SR TB Roster 1980 George Rogers South Carolina SR RB 1981 Marcus Allen USC SR TB 1982 Herschel Walker Georgia JR TB 1983 Mike Rozier Nebraska SR RB 1984 Doug Flutie Boston College SR QB 1985 Bo Jackson Auburn SR RB 1986 Vinny Testaverde Miami (FL) SR QB 1987 Tim Brown Notre Dame SR WR 1988 Barry Sanders Oklahoma St. JR RB 1989 Andre Ware Houston JR QB 1990 Ty Detmer BYU JR QB 1991 Desmond Howard Michigan JR WR 1992 Gino Torretta Miami (FL) SR QB 1993 Charlie Ward Florida State SR QB 1994 Rashaan Salaam Colorado JR RB 1995 Eddie George Ohio State SR RB 1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida SR QB 1997 Charles Woodson Michigan JR CB 1998 Ricky Williams Texas SR RB 1999 Ron Dayne Wisconsin SR RB 2000 Chris Weinke Florida State SR QB 2001 Eric Crouch Nebraska SR QB 2002 Carson Palmer USC SR QB 2003 Jason White Oklahoma SR QB 2004 Matt Leinart USC JR QB 2006 Troy Smith Ohio State SR QB 2007 Tim Tebow Florida SO QB 2008 Sam Bradford Oklahoma SO QB 2009 Mark Ingram Alabama SO RB 2010 Cam Newton Auburn JR QB 2011 Robert Griffin III Baylor JR QB 2012 Johnny Manziel Texas A&M FR QB 2013 Jameis Winston Florida State FR QB 2014 Marcus Mariota Oregon JR QB 2015 Derrick Henry Alabama JR RB 2016 Lamar Jackson Louisville SO QB 2017 Baker Mayfield Oklahoma SR QB HEISMAN.COM @HEISMANTROPHY 15 JAY BERWANGER 1935 Chicago Quick Facts Name: John Jacob “Jay” Berwanger Born: March 19, 1914 1935 Died: June 26, 2002 Place of Birth: Dubuque, IA High School: Dubuque HS Height: 6-1 Weight: 195 Jersey Number: 99 Position: Running Back Team: Chicago Maroons Conference: Big Ten Team Record: 4-4 Head Coach: Clark Shaughnessy NFL Draft Selection: 1st (Philadelphia) Post Football Career: Sportswriter; Coach; Businessman BIO The University of Chicago’s great Jay Berwanger was the first recipient of the “Downtown Athletic Club Tro- phy,” which later became the Heisman Memorial Trophy. Born in 1915 in Dubuque, Iowa, Berwanger excelled at wrestling and track, as well as football, at Dubuque High. After graduation, he opted for Chicago, which had of- fered him a basic tuition scholarship of just $300 per year. Berwanger was renowned for his versatility. He called plays, ran, passed, punted, blocked, tackled, kicked off, kicked extra points and returned punts and kickoffs. Ber- wanger’s list of nicknames was long: “The Flying Dutch- man” (though his ancestry was actually German) and “The Man in the Iron Mask” (because he wore a special face special face guard to protect his twice-broken nose). In 1935, the Chicago Tribune awarded Berwanger the Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten. In addition to being football team captain, Ber- wanger also captained the track team, was senior class president and the head of his fraternity, Psi Upsilon. In November of 1935, Berwanger received a telegram from Manhattan’s Downtown Athletic Club, inviting him to New York to receive a trophy for being the “most valuable football player east of the Mississippi.” The prize was renamed the follow- ing year after John W. Heisman, the club’s athletic director. In 1936, Berwanger was the first-player selected in the first-ever NFL draft. He chose to bypass professional football to pursue a career as a foam rubber salesman. HEISMAN.COM @HEISMANTROPHY 16 BIO In his spare time, Berwanger wrote a sports column for the Berwanger Chicago Daily News, referreed college football games and took a stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater. He even played himself in the 1936 football movie “The Big Game.” During World War II, Berwange enrolled in the Navy’s flight-training program and became a Naval officer. Af- ter the war, he created Jay Berwanger, Inc., a manufac- turer of plastics and rubber based in Downers Grove, Ill. In 1954, Berwanger was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, he was included on Sports Illustrated’s 25-year anniversary All-American team which honored players whose accomplishments extended beyond the football field. He passed away on June 26, 2002. HEISMAN VOTING RESULTS Number of electors: 65 Date of announcement: November 29, 1935 PLAYER YR POS TEAM PTS 1 Jay Berwanger SR RB Chicago 84 2 Monk Meyer JR HB Army 29 3 William Shakespeare SR HB Notre Dame 23 4 Pepper Constable SR FB Princeton 20 STATISTICS Game-by-game stats are missing from much of Berwanger’s time at Chicago, but our best calculations show that, in his career, he rushed for 1,839 yards on 439 carries, averaged 4.2 yards per rush with 22 touchdowns, kicked 20 extra points and completed 50 of 146 passes for 921 yards. He also aver- aged 46.3 yards on 34 kickoffs and 38 yards on 233 punts. MISCELLANEOUS “He was a special guy, just a gentleman in every way” - for- mer Chicago Athletic Director Tom Weingartner Future President Gerald Ford tried to tackle Berwanger when Ford played for Michigan and came away with a scar on his face. Ford once told Berwanger “I think of you every morning when I shave.” Bibliography First Heisman: The Life of Jay Berwanger, by Brian Cooper, HEISMAN.COM @HEISMANTROPHY 17 Larry Kelley 1936 Yale Quick Facts Name: Lawrence Morgan Kelley Born: May 30, 1915 1936 Died: June 27, 2000 Place of Birth: Conneaut, Ohio High School: Williamsport (PA) HS Height: 6-2 Weight: 190 Jersey Number: 19 Position: End Team: Yale Bulldogs Conference: Ivy League Team Record: 7-1 Head Coach: Ducky Pond NFL Draft Selection: 87th, 9th round (Detroit) Post Football Career: Teacher; Coach BIO Yale’s outstanding end, Larry Kelley, was the first player to be awarded the Heisman Memorial Trophy under that name and the first to do so primarily as a pass catcher when playing of- fense. He was also the first of two Yale players to win the trophy. Kelley, a native of Ohio, played high school football in Wil- liamsport, Pa., then attended the Peddie School in Hight- stown. Kelley’s high school coach was a Yale alumnus who steered him to New Haven. A fine all-around ath- lete and scholar, Kelley also starred in basketball and baseball at Yale and graduated as an honor student. A two-way player in a time of limited substitutions, Kelley dazzled on offense, coming up with many a timely catch and touchdown play. His sensational pass-catching accounted for 15 Yale touchdowns and he was a defensive giant. In his soph- omore year, the rangy 6-foot 1-inch end brought Princeton’s long string of victories to an end when he caught a pass on the tips of his fingers and defeated the Tigers, 7-0. In his 1936 Heisman season, as a senior, Kelley caught 17 pass- es for 372 yards and four TDs to lead Yale to a 7-1 record. He also had one interception that he returned for 54 yards, returned two kickoffs for 38 yards and scored 37 total points on the year. After Yale, Larry went into the educational field, teaching and coaching until World War II. After the war, he tried his hand at business and did well. The field of secondary education how- ever beckoned again and he joined the faculty of the Peddie School in New Jersey as teacher, coach, and administrator. HEISMAN.COM @HEISMANTROPHY 18 BIO He was voted into the National Football Hall of Fame in 1969 and passed away on June 27, 2000. Kelley HEISMAN VOTING RESULTS Number of electors: 195 Date of announcement: December 1, 1936 PLAYER YR POS TEAM PTS 1 Larry Kelley SR E Yale 213 2 Sam Francis SR FB Nebraska 47 3 Ray Buivid SR HB Marquette 46 4 Sammy Baugh SR QB TCU 40 5 Clint Frank JR QB Yale 33 6 Ace Parker SR HB Duke 28 7 Ed Widseth SR T Minnesota 25 Regional breakdown in media guide index.