| 1935 |
Jay Berwanger (HB)
Born: 3/19/1914, Dubuque, IA
High School: Dubuque, IA
Died: 6/26/2002 from lung cancer
Univ of Chicago press release
|
Chicago |
Clark D. Shaughnessy |
1st pick of Philadelphia in (1936), traded to Chicago.
Berwanger told Halas that he wanted $24,000 over two years, Halas told him he'd call him
back... he never did.
After Berwanger won the award, he didn't have room to keep it so he asked his Aunt to keep
it for him. She found that she didn't have the room either... however, she did need a
doorstop, and for the next 10 years, the Trophy was used as a doorstop.
Berwanger was also tackled by a future President of the United States, Gerald Ford. |
| 1936 |
Larry Kelly (E)
Born:
High School:West Williamsport, PA; Peddie
School
Died: 6/27/2000
|
Yale |
Earl "Greasy" Neale |
Not a single College wanted him for football out of High
School. He went to a prep school, where he made the All-State team in New Jersey. He also
finished first in his class. Still no College wanted him. He was offered a partial
academic scholarship from Yale... he took it. He was on the 7th team unit at the start of
his Freshman year at Yale. By the end of the season he was a starter.
By his Senior year he was consensus All-American.
After College, Kelly was offered $11,000 to play for Detroit, $1,500 a week to star in a
movie, a $5,000 signing bonus to play baseball for St. Louis. He turned them all down a
took a $2,000 a year job at his former prep school to teach math and history. |
| 1937 |
Clint Frank (HB)
Born:
High School: Evanston, IL
Lawrenceville, NJ (Prep School)
|
Yale |
Earl "Greasy" Neale |
|
| 1938 |
Davey O'Brian (QB)
Born:
High School: Dallas (Woodrow Wilson), TX
|
TCU |
Leo "Dutch Meyer |
Philadelphia (39-40). He left Pro football and joined the
FBI. |
| 1939 |
Nile Kinnick (HB)
Born:
High School: Omaha (Benson), NE
|
Iowa |
Dr. Edward "Eddie" Anderson |
Died while in the Navy during World War II when his plane
crashed off the coast of Venezuela on June 2, 1943. |
| 1940 |
Tom Harmon (HB)
Born:
High School: Gary (Horace Mann), IN
|
Michigan |
Herbert "Fritz" Crisler |
LA Rams (41) |
| 1941 |
Bruce Smith (HB)
Born:
High School: Faribault, MN
|
Minnesota |
Bernie Bierman |
Green Bay (45-48), LA Rams(48). |
| 1942 |
Frank Sinkwich (HB)
Born:
High School: Youngstown (Chaney), OH
|
Georgia |
J. Wallace "Wally" Butts |
Detroit (43-44), New York Yankees (47), Baltimore (47) |
| 1943 |
Angelo Bertelli (QB)
Born:
High School: Springfield (Cathedral), MA
|
Notre Dame |
Frank Leahy |
LA (46), Chicago (47-48). |
| 1944 |
Leslie Horvath (QB)
Born:
High School: Cleveland (Rhodes), OH /
Parma, OH
|
Ohio State |
Carroll Widdoes |
LA Dons (47-48), Cleveland (49). |
| 1945 |
Felix "DOC" Blanchard (HB), Jr.
Born:
High School: Bay St. Louis (St. Stanislaus), MS
|
Army |
Earl "Red" Blaik |
First Junior to win the Heisman. |
| 1946 |
Glenn Davis (HB)
Born:
High School: LaVerne (Bonita HS), CA
|
Army |
Earl "Red" Blaik |
LA Rams(50-51) |
| 1947 |
John Lujack (QB)
Born:
High School: Connellsville, PA
|
Notre Dame |
Frank Leahy |
Chicgo Bears (48-51) |
| 1948 |
Doak Walker (HB), Jr.
Born:
High School: Highland Park, Tx
|
SMU |
Matty Bell |
Detroit (50-55) |
| 1949 |
Leon Hart (E)
Born:
High School: Turtle Creek, PA
|
Notre Dame |
Frank Leahy |
Detroit (50-57) |
| 1950 |
Victor Janowicz (HB), Jr.
Born:
High School: Elyria, OH
Died: 2/27/1996 |
Ohio State |
Wes Fesler |
Washington (54-55). He is the first Heisman winner who played
MLB. He played for the Pittsburg Pirates (53-54). His pro carrer was ended when he
suffered brain damage in a auto accident. The Washington Redskin's owner George Marshall
refused to give Janowicz his pay. The Redskin players each contributed money to help pay
for his medical expenses.
He passed away on February 27, 1996 from prostate cancer. |
| 1951 |
Richard Kazmaier (HB)
Born:
High School: Maumee, OH
|
Princeton |
Charles Caldwell |
|
| 1952 |
Billy Vessels (HB)
Born:
High School: Cleveland, OK.
|
Oklahoma |
Bud Wilkinson |
Baltimore Colts (56)
The running duo of Billy Vessels and Buck McPhail were the first in NCAA history to both
rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season. Vessels had 1,072 yards (6.6 avg.) and McPhail
had 1,018 yards (6.3 avg.). |
| 1953 |
John Lattner (HB)
Born:
High School: Oak Park (Fenwick), IL
|
Notre Dame |
Frank Leahy |
Pittsburgh (54) |
| 1954 |
Alan Ameche (FB)
Born: 1933, Italy
High School: Kenosha (Bradford), WS
Died: 1988 |
Wisconsin |
Ivy Williamson |
Baltimore Colts (55-60). Led NFL in rushing his rookie year
and was named Rookie of the Year. |
| 1955 |
Howard Cassady (HB)
Born:
High School: Columbus (Central), OH
|
Ohio State |
Woody Hayes |
Detroit (56-61, 63), Cleveland (62), Philadelphia (62), |
| 1956 |
Paul Hornung
Born:
High School: Louisville (Flaget), KY
|
Notre Dame |
Terry Brennan
Thanks to B.C. for the answer! |
The only player to win a Heisman from a school that had a
losing record. |
| 1957 |
John David Crow (HB)
Born:
High School: Springhill, LA
|
Texas A&M |
Bear Bryant |
Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals (58-59/60-64), San Francisco
(65-68) |
| 1958 |
Peter Dawkins (HB)
Born:
High School: Bloomfield Hills (Cranbrook), MI
|
Army |
Earl "Red" Blaik |
|
| 1959 |
Billy Cannon (HB)
Born:
High School: Istrouma, La
|
Louisiana State |
Paul F. Dietzel |
Houston (60-63), Oakland Raiders (64-69), Kanas City (70) |
| 1960 |
Joseph Bellino (HB)
Born:
High School: Winchester, MA
|
Navy |
Wayne Hardin |
Boston Patriots (65-67) |
| 1961 |
Ernest Davis (HB)
Born:
High School: Elmira (Free Academy), NY
|
Syracuse |
Floyd Schwartzwalder |
The first African American player to win the Heisman. Ernie
died 18 months later of Leukemia. |
| 1962 |
Terry Baker (QB)
Born:
High School: Portland (Jefferson), OR
|
Oregon State |
Tommy Prothro |
LA Rams (63-65) |
| 1963 |
Roger Staubach (QB), Jr.
Born:
High School: Cincinnati (Purcell), OH
|
Navy |
Wayne Hardin |
Dallas Cowboys (69-79) |
| 1964 |
John Huarte (QB)
Born:
High School: Mater Dei,
Santa Ana CA
|
Notre Dame |
Ara Parseghian |
Boaton Patriots (66-67), Philadelphia (68), Kansas City
(70-71), Chicago Bears (72). |
| 1965 |
Mike Garrett (HB)
Born:
High School:Los Angeles (Theodore Roosevelt), CA
|
Southern California |
John McKay |
Kansas City (66-70), San Diego (70-73) |
| 1966 |
Steve Spurrier (QB)
Born:
High School: Johnson City (Science Hill), TN
|
Florida |
Ray Graves |
San Francisco (67-75), Tampa Bay (76).
Coached 1996 Heisman winner Danny Wuerffel. |
| 1967 |
Gary Beban (QB)
Born:
High School: Redwood City (Sequoia), CA
|
UCLA |
Tommy Prothro |
Washington (68-69) |
| 1968 |
O.J. Simpson HB
Born:
High School: San Francisco (Galileo), CA
|
Southern California |
John McKay |
Buffalo (69-77), San Francisco (78-79) |
| 1969 |
Steve Owens (HB)
Born:
High School: Miami, OK.
|
Oklahoma |
Chuck Fairbanks |
Detroit (70-74). |
| 1970 |
Jim Plunkett (QB)
Born:
High School: San Jose (Overfeldt / James Lick), CA
|
Stanford |
John Ralston |
New England Patriots (71-75), San Francisco (76-77),
Oakland/LA Raiders (78-81/82-86) |
| 1971 |
Pat Sullivan (QB)
Born: 1/18/1950
High School: Birmingham (John Carroll), AL
|
Auburn |
Ralph "Shug" Jordan |
Atlanta (72-75) |
| 1972 |
Johnny Rodgers (HB)
Born:
High School: Omaha (Technical), NB
|
Nebraska |
Bob Devaney |
Montreal Alouettes of the CFL from (73-76).
He was the CFL's Rookie of the Year in 1973. CFL All-Pro three times (74-76)
San Diego (77-78) |
| 1973 |
John Cappelletti (HB)
Born:
High School: Upper Darby (Monsignor Bonner), PA
|
Penn State |
Joe Paterno |
LA Rams (74-78), San Diego (80-83) |
| 1974 |
Archie Griffin (HB), Jr.
Born:
High School: Columbus (Eastmoor), OH
|
Ohio State |
Woody Hayes |
|
| 1975 |
Archie Griffin |
Ohio State |
Woody Hayes |
Cincinnati (76-82), USFL (84)
Only player to ever win two Heismans. |
| 1976 |
Tony Dorsett (HB)
Born:
High School: Aliquippa (Hopewell Township), PA
|
Pittsburgh |
Johnny Majors |
Dallas (77-87), Denver (88) |
| 1977 |
Earl Campbell (HB)
Born:
High School: Tyler (John Tyler), Tx.
|
Texas |
Freddie Akers |
Houston Oilers (78-83), New Orleans (84-85) |
| 1978 |
Billy Sims (HB), Jr.
Born:
High School: Hooks, Tx.
|
Oklahoma |
Barry Switzer |
Detroit (80-84). |
| 1979 |
Charles White (HB)
Born:
High School: San Fernando, CA
|
Southern California |
John Robinson |
Cleveland (80-82, 83-Out with broken ankle, 84), LA Rams
(85-88) |
| 1980 |
George Rogers (HB)
Born: 12/8/1958, Duluth, GA
High School: Duluth, GA
|
South Carolina |
Jim Carlen |
New Orleans (81-84), Washington (85-87) |
| 1981 |
Marcus Allen (HB)
Born: 3/26/1960
High School: San Diego, CA (Lincoln)
|
Southern California |
John Robinson |
LA Raiders (82-92), Kansas City (93-active) This is
the same HS that Terrell Davis of the Denver Broncos played at. |
| 1982 |
Herschel Walker (HB), Jr.
Born: Wrightsville, GA
High School: Johnson County High, GA
|
Georgia |
Vince Dooley |
USFL (83-85), Dallas (86-89, 96-active), Minnesota
(89-91), Philadelphia (92-95) |
| 1983 |
Mike Rozier (HB)
Born:
High School: Camden, N.J.
|
Nebraska |
Tom Osborne |
|
| 1984 |
Doug Flutie (QB)
Born: 10/23/1962, Manchester, MD
High School: Natick, MA
|
Boston College |
Jack Bicknell |
|
| 1985 |
Vincent "BO" Jackson (HB)
Born: 11/30/1962
High School: McCalla (McAdory), AL
|
Auburn |
Pat Dye |
|
| 1986 |
Vinny Testaverde (QB)
Born: 11/13/1963, Brooklyn, N.Y.
High School: Floral Park (Sewanhaka), NY
Fork Union, VA (College)
|
Miami |
Jimmy Johnson |
|
| 1987 |
Tim Brown (WR)
Born: 7/22/1966 Dallas, Tx.
High School: Dallas (Woodrow Wilson), Tx.
|
Notre Dame |
Lou Holtz, |
Tim Brown and Davey O'Brien are the only Heisman winners to
have played for the same High School. |
| 1988 |
Barry Sanders (HB)
Born: 7/16/1968, Wichita, KS.
High School: Wichita (North), KS.
|
Oklahoma State |
Pat Jones |
|
| 1989 |
Andre' Ware (QB)
Born: 7/31/68, Houston, Tx.
High School: Dickinson, Tx.
|
Houston |
Jack Pardee |
|
| 1990 |
Ty Detmer (QB), Jr.
Born:10/30/1967, San Marcos, TX.
High School: San Antonio (Southwest), Tx.
|
Brigham Young |
LaVell Edwards |
|
| 1991 |
Desmond Howard (WR)
Born: 5/15/1970, Cleveland. OH
High School: Cleveland (St. Joseph), OH.
|
Michigan |
Gary Moeller |
|
| 1992 |
Gino Torretta (QB)
Born: 8/10/1970, Pinole Valley, CA
High School:
|
Miami |
Dennis Erickson |
|
| 1993 |
Charlie Ward (QB)
Born:
High School: Thomasville, GA.
|
Flordia State |
Bobby Bowden |
|
| 1994 |
Rashaan Salaam (HB)
Born: 10/8/1974, San Diego.
High School: La Jolla, CA.
|
Colorado |
Bill McCartney |
|
| 1995 |
Eddie George (HB)
Born: 9/24/1973, Philadelphia, PA
High School: Philadelphia (Abington), PA and Fork Union, VA
|
Ohio State |
John Cooper |
|
| 1996 |
Danny Wuerffel (QB)
Born: 5/27/1974, Ft. Walton, Fla.
High School: Ft. Walton Beach, FL.
|
Florida |
Steve Spurier |
|
| 1997 |
Charles Woodson (DB)
Born: 10/7/1976, Fremont, Ohio
High School: Fremont (Ross), OH.
|
Michigan |
Lloyd Carr |
|
| 1998 |
Ricky Williams (RB)
Born: 5/21/1977, San Diego, CA
High School: San Diego (Patrick Henry), CA
|
Texas |
Mack Brown |
He broke Tony Dorsett's NCAA all-time rushing record. First
Heisman winner to play Pro Baseball before winning Heisman (Philadelphia). Drafted by New
Orleans. |
| 1999 |
Ron Dayne (RB)
Born: 3/14/1976, Blacksburg, VA
High School: Berlin, NJ
|
Wisconsin |
Barry Alvarez |
He broke Ricky Williams all-time NCAA rushing record with
6,925 yards. Drafted by the New York Giants in the 1st round. |
| 2000 |
Chris Weinke (QB)
Born: 7/31/1972, St. Paul, MN
High School: Cretin-Derham, MN
|
Florida State |
Bobby Bowden |
Second Heisman winner to play Pro Baseball before winning.
(Toronto). The oldest player to win the Heisman at age 28. He was the #1 rated QB
out of High School in 1989, commited to FSU, then signed with Toronto for a record
$300,000 in 1990. |
| 2001 |
Eric Crouch (QB)
Born: 11/16/1978, Omaha, NE
High School: Omaha (Millard North), NE
|
Nebraska |
Frank Solich |
I am glad that someone who had not previously played a pro sport has won again!
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