Heisman Trophy

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.

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▪ college football award
 cup awarded annually to the outstanding college gridiron football player in the United States as determined by a poll of sportswriters. The trophy was instituted in 1935 by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York City and the next year was named in honour of its first athletic director, John Heisman (Heisman, John), a player and successful coach of the 1890s and early 1900s. The first winner of the trophy was John J. (“Jay”) Berwanger of the University of Chicago.

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