Showing posts with label heisman trophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heisman trophy. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

December 10, 1935: The 1st Heisman Trophy Is Awarded

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Jay Berwanger December 10, 1935, 90 years ago:  The Heisman Trophy is awarded for the 1st time, to Jay Berwanger. John Jacob Berwanger was b...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

December 2, 1975: Archie Griffin Is Awarded a 2nd Heisman Trophy

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December 2, 1975, 50 years ago:  Archie Griffin becomes the 1st player ever to be awarded the Heisman Trophy as college football player of t...
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Saturday, November 23, 2024

November 23, 1984: Doug Flutie's Miracle In Miami

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November 23, 1984, 40 years ago:  It is the day after Thanksgiving, and this was the early days of retail treating it as "Black Friday,...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

O.J. Simpson, 1947-2024

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  When I was a kid in the 1970s, the Weekly Reader would poll kids of various ages, boys and girls alike, and ask them who their heroes wer...
Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Johnny Lujack, 1925-2023

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Western Pennsylvania has produced many great quarterbacks. In reverse chronological order, they include Terrelle Pryor, Rich Gannon, Jim Kel...
Friday, June 2, 2023

June 2, 1943: The Death of Nile Kinnick

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June 2, 1943, 80 years ago:  Ensign Nile Kinnick is killed in a U.S. Navy training flight. He was a month short of his 25th birthday. Nile C...
Saturday, July 9, 2022

O.J. at 75

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July 9, 1947, 75 years ago: Orenthal James Simpson is born in San Francisco. (Note: I originally wrote this for his 70th birthday, after...