Heisman Trophy winners

In 2007, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first sophomore ever to win the Heisman Trophy, awarded each year to college football’s most outstanding player as selected by a panel of voters from across the country. This year, Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford became the second, edging out Texas’ Colt McCoy and Tebow to claim the highly-sought hardware.

Since the trophy was first presented in 1935, the honor has grown in stature, to the point where colleges campaign shamelessly for their candidates of choice. Winning the Heisman is no guarantee of professional success, as the names below clearly indicate. Still, it’s a cool thing to have on your resume, and even if you’re a guy who doesn’t care much for individual honors, it makes a heckuva doorstop.

Here’s a list of winners:

1935: Jay Berwanger, Chicago, RB
1936: Larry Kelley, Yale, END
1937: Clint Frank,Yale, QB
1938: Davey O’Brien, TCU, QB
1939: Nile Kinnick, Iowa, RB
1940: Tom Harmon, Michigan, RB
1941: Bruce Smith, Minnesota, RB
1942: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia, RB
1943: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame, QB
1944: Les Horvath, Ohio State, QB
1945: Doc Blanchard, Army, FB
1946: Glenn Davis, Army, RB
1947: John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB
1948: Doak Walker, Southern Methodist, RB
1949: Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E
1950: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State, RB
1951: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton RB
1952: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, RB
1953: John Lattner, Notre Dame, RB
1954: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin, FB
1955: Howard Cassady, Ohio State, RB
1956: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB
1957: John David Crow, Texas A&M, RB
1958: Pete Dawkins, Army, RB
1959: Billy Cannon, Louisiana State, RB
1960: Joe Bellino, Navy, RB

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