John Heisman, the Coach Behind the Trophy

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Tomorrow, the 72nd Heisman Trophy will be awarded to the nation’s most outstanding college football player. In the seven decades since Heisman’s death, the small, flush-with-the-ground gravestone at his resting place has rarely been visited. It has never, for example, been visited by a Heisman Trophy winner, cemetery officials said.

Mike Garrett, the 1965 winner, might have best summarized the attitude of the college football community. Handed the trophy 41 years ago, Garrett asked: “The award is wonderful, but who’s Heisman...?”

Link to article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/sports/ncaafootball/08heisman.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1165593639-Ec7Hj52Sk8rhgKXYtH5FSA

[Al.]

In addition
"He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but grew up in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where he played football for Titusville High School, graduating in 1887. He went on to play football at Brown University 1887-1889 and at the University of Pennsylvania 1890-1891. He coached at Oberlin College in 1893, went to the University of Akron in 1894,and returned to Oberlin the next year."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heisman

[obie7661]

Thanks for the additional info Al.

[TigerVic]

He also coached the Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech, who, in 1916, routed Cumberland 222-0.