From the vault Archives - Heisman

From the Vault: Nile Kinnick’s radio spot with the U.S. Navy

Chris Huston — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:48:28 +0000

There has long been a connection between the Heisman Trophy and the U.S. military. Several Heisman winners have served in the armed forces, and five attended United States military academies. Back in 1939, America was still two years away from entering World War II. Nevertheless, as the situation in Europe turned bleak, the United States […]

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From the Vault: The 1969 Heisman Program

Chris Huston — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:17:06 +0000

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Oklahoma running back Steve Owen‘s Heisman Trophy-winning campaign. As part of our season-long celebration of Owens (as well as our 25-and-10-year anniversary winners, Rashaan Salaam and Mark Ingram), our selection from this week’s “From the Vault” features the cover of the 1969 Downtown Athletic Club Heisman Journal, with […]

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From the Vault: A Heisman ballot from 1937

Chris Huston — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:35:30 +0000

Ever wonder what a Heisman ballot looked like in the early days of the award? Pictured here is a ballot submitted by Stuart Cameron, the sports editor from the United Press International in 1937, the third year of the trophy’s existence. He put running back and future Supreme Court justice Byron “Whizzer” White of Colorado […]

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From the Vault: The first Heisman ceremony post-9/11

Chris Huston — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:02:59 +0000

The 2001 Heisman ceremony and banquet, featuring Nebraska’s Eric Crouch, was a particularly emotional one as it was just three months removed from the 9/11 attacks that devastated lower Manhattan. Crouch, pictured above with members of the Fire Department of New York, later reflected back on his time in the wounded city: “What was unique […]

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From the Vault: Duty calls for Angelo Bertelli

Chris Huston — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:19:19 +0000

The Heisman award ceremonies of the early 1940s took place during a horrific world-wide conflagration that often put sports into its proper perspective. Things hit home hard when the 1939 Heisman winner, Nile Kinnick of Iowa, was lost in a training crash off the coast of South America in June of 1943. Later that year, […]

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From the vault: Expenses for the first Heisman Trophy ceremony

Chris Huston — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:02:19 +0000

These days, the Heisman Trophy weekend is quite the production. Between live television and the hundreds of guests who show up to take part, it’s a huge undertaking that requires months of planning. This wasn’t nearly the case in 1935, the year of the first award. A scan of our archives revealed the following, simple […]

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From the vault: Berwanger’s invitation letter

Chris Huston — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 15:37:58 +0000

The history of the Heisman Trophy reaches back almost 85 years now and the great players from the early era of the award are almost all gone, though far from forgotten. To make sure that we always remember them, we’ve begun to delve into the deepest of the Heisman archives to feature, from time to […]

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