Heisman Trophy

Established

1935

First Winner

Jay Berwanger

Heisman Trophy

About

Highest honor awarded to the individual deemed the most outstanding college football player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. 

Trivia

The original award was called the DAC Trophy as created by New York City's Downtown Athletic Club in recognition of the best college player "east of the Mississippi River."

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