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Heisman Trophy
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Heisman Trophy

Annual award given to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the U.S. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club and was officially named the following year for the club's first athletic director, the player-coach John Heisman. The winner is determined by a poll of sportswriters.


Heisman Trophy
awarded to the outstanding college football player of the year by New York Athletic Club. [Am. Sports: Misc.]
See : Prize


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The 921 votes for the 68th annual John Heisman Memorial Trophy were supposed to be all mailed in this week.
No, Harrington wasn't Eric Crouch, the plucky option quarterback for the Cornhuskers who became the recipient of the 67th Heisman Memorial Trophy, but the case of mistaken identity illustrated the longshot nature of Harrington's quest.
Heisman Memorial Trophy and likeness of the actual trophy are registered service marks by the Downtown Athletic Club under registration numbers 936,853 and 935,852 respectively.
 
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