Heisman Trophy

Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given annually to the top college American football player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Award was presented by the Downtown Athletic Club in Manhattan, New York, a privately owned recreation facility near the site of the former World Trade Center, until the Club was forced to close its doors in 2002 due to financial troubles resulting in large part from the 2001 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. It is named after the college coach and DAC Director of Athletics John W. Heisman and was first presented in 1935.

The most noteable former winner may be the infamous O. J. Simpson, who in a highly-publicized trial in the early 90s was acquitted of killing his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman.

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List of winners

Year	Winner	School	Position
1935	Jay Berwanger	Chicago	Halfback
1936	Larry Kelley	Yale	End
1937	Clint Frank	Yale	Halfback
1938	Davey O'Brien	Texas Christian	Quarterback
1939	Nile Kinnick	Iowa	Halfback
1940	Tom Harmon	Michigan	Halfback
1941	Bruce Smith	Minnesota	Halfback
1942	Frank Sinkwich	Georgia	Halfback
1943	Angelo Bartelli	Notre Dame	Quarterback
1944	Les Harvath	Ohio State	Quaterback/Halfback
1945	Doc Blanchard	Army	Fullback
1946	Glenn Davis	Army	Halfback
1947	Johnny Lujack	Notre Dame	Quarterback
1948	Doak Walker	Southern Methodist	Halfback
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame	End
1950	Vic Janowicz	Ohio State	Halfback
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton	Halfback
1952	Billy Vessels	Oklahoma	Halfback
1953	Johnny Lattner	Notre Dame	Halfback
1954	Alan Ameche	Wisconsin	Fullback
1955	Howard Cassady	Ohio State	Halfback
1956	Paul Hornung	Notre Dame	Quarterback
1957	John David Crow	Texas A&M	Halfback
1958	Pete Dawkins	Army	Halfback
1959	Billy Cannon	LSU	Halfback
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy	Halfback
1961	Ernie Davis	Syracuse	Halfback
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State	Quarterback
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy	Quarterback
1964	John Huarte	Notre Dame	Quarterback
1965	Mike Garrett	Southern Cal.	Halfback
1966	Steve Spurrier	Florida	Quarterback
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA	Quarterback
1968	O. J. Simpson	Southern Cal.	Halfback
1969	Steve Owens	Oklahoma	Halfback
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford	Quarterback
1971	Pat Sullivan	Auburn	Quarterback
1972	Johnny Rodgers	Nebraska	Wide Receiver
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State	Running Back
1974	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	Running Back
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State	Running Back
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh	Running Back
1977	Earl Campbell	Texas	Running Back
1978	Billy Sims	Oklahoma	Running Back
1979	Charles White	Southern Cal.	Running Back
1980	George Rogers	South Carolina	Running Back
1981	Marcus Allen	Southern Cal.	Running Back
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia	Running Back
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska	Running Back
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College	Quarterback
1985	Bo Jackson	Auburn	Running Back
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami	Quarterback
1987	Tim Brown	Notre Dame	Wide Receiver
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State	Running Back
1989	Andre Ware	Houston	Quarterback
1990	Ty Detmer	Brigham Young	Quarterback
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan	Wide Receiver
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami	Quarterback
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State	Quarterback
1994	Rashaan Salaam	Colorado	Running Back
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State	Running Back
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida	Quarterback
1997	Charles Woodson	Michigan	Defensive Back
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas	Tailback
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin	Tailback
2000	Chris Weinke	Florida State	Quarterback
2001	Eric Crouch	Nebraska	Quarterback
2002	Carson Palmer	Southern Cal.	Quarterback