Heisman Trophy winners

When it comes to the Heisman Trophy, youth is being served.

In 2009, Alabama running back Mark Ingram became the third consecutive sophomore to win college football’s most prestigious award. Ingram followed in the footsteps of Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford (2008) and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (2007).

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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