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By Chris Huston 10.3.18

Video: Earl Campbell awarded Heisman on variety show

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The Heisman Trophy ceremony wasn’t always a slick, polished television show dedicated to honoring college football’s most outstanding player. Indeed, it wasn’t until 1982 that the Downtown Athletic Club invited finalists to take part in a live TV production.

Before 1982, the Heisman announcement came any number of ways. But few were as memorable as the 1977 announcement, which came at the end of a variety show hosted by O.J. Simpson and Elliott Gould and featuring such notables as Farrah Fawcett, Reggie Jackson, Paul Hornung and Jay Berwanger.

Have a look at video of the show, complete with commercials for upcoming episodes of such 1970s television hits as “All in the Family” and “Alice”.

This entry was posted in Heisman Winners, Video/ Vintage Plays and tagged Earl Campbell, Jay Berwanger, O.J. SImpson, Paul Hornung. Bookmark the permalink.

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