December 3, 1982: Herschel Walker Wins the Heisman Trophy Learn More Suggested Readings Jim Benagh, Sports Great Herschel Walker (Hillside, N.J.: Enslow Publishers, 1990). S. H. Burchard, Herschel Walker (San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984). Jeff Prugh, Herschel Walker: From the Georgia Backwoods and the Heisman Trophy to the Pros (New York: Random House, 1983). Herschel Walker and Terry Todd, Herschel Walker's Basic Training (1985; reprint, New York: Doubleday, 1989). “Herschel Walker (b. 1962).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2016&sug=y Herschel Walker Biography, Academy of Achievement: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/wal0bio-1 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame PDF: http://gshf.org/pdf_files/inductees/football/herschel_walker.pdf www.todayingeorgiahistory.org December, 04, 1982: Herschel Walker Learn More Image Credits Vince Dooley Papers, MS 2363-23-005 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Vince Dooley Papers, MS 2363-23-007 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Herschel Walker and Vince Dooley, College Hall of Fame Image courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications Herschel Walker Heisman trophy Image courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications, 11871 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Herschel Walker playing for the New Jersey Generals, 1983 Getty Images, 52286524 Herschel Walker, 1980 Image courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications, 197801 Herschel Walker Vince Dooley papers, MS2363-20-004 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Herschel Walker Image courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications, 1742 Herschel Walker Image courtesy of University Georgia Sports Communications, 1750 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org Herschel Walker Image courtesy of University Georgia Sports Communications, 1752 Herschel Walker, outside Lovett Stadium, 1981 Getty Images, 52286514 Vince Dooley and Herschel Walker Image courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications, 11870 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org .