John Heisman, the group’s athletic director, passed away in 1936 and they renamed the trophy in his honor while also making the award a national one. Heisman coached baseball, basketball and ...

Originally named the "Downtown Athletic Club Trophy", the award was renamed to the "Heisman Trophy" in 1936 following the club's director—John Heisman. As for the physical trophy, a sculpture of ...

Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter was the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner, well-deserved after starring at defensive back (11 PDs, 4 INTs) and wide receiver (1,258 yards, 15 TDs).

Names like Pop Warner, Knute Rockne, and John Heisman ring out from the distant past. Bear Bryant and Woody Hayes helped define the sport mid-century, while Dabo Swinney, Kirby Smart ...

However, it was not named the Heisman Trophy until 1936. It got its name after the death of the club's athletic director, John Heisman, and was broadened to allow players from anywhere in the ...

Wazzu went 8-5 as an independent in its post Pac- 12 era, which meant Mateer's awesome season went largely unnoticed. If he ...

The namesake of college football's highest honor, John Heisman arrived in 1895 after Auburn joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletics Association (SIAA). Heisman coached Auburn to four winning ...

Mateer has everything the Sooners could wish for in a QB and more. Enough to make him a potential Heisman candidate. Stan Becton of NCAA.com believes Mateer has the best chance to land the Heisman ...

There are high expectations for new Oklahoma Sooners quarterback John Mateer this season ... If he played anywhere else, he'd be considered a Heisman Trophy candidate. Well, now he is somewhere ...