John Heisman himself, yes, the man the trophy is named for, came to Georgia Tech in 1904. Heisman was the first paid coach in college football history. Tech paid him $2,250, plus 30 percent of the ...

The school also loves its football program. Its history goes back to one of the early innovators of the game, John Heisman. The Yellow Jackets have won three national championships recognized by ...

The Oberlin program was anything but established. The football team was started just one year prior, but they brought in John Heisman — yes, that Heisman — as their coach who quickly developed ...

But due to the university owing Georgia Tech $3,000 if the game wasn't played, Engineer coach John Heisman, who also coached the baseball team, suspected Cumberland had filled its program with ...

1964 John Huarte, 1987 Tim Brown As of 2019, the two oldest living Heisman winners shared similar paths to their legendary careers. With nine years apart, John Lujack and Paul Hornung led their ...

John Heisman was Georgia Tech’s first full-time football coach, and the Heisman Memorial Trophy was named in his honor. The school's newspaper for faculty and staff, The Whistle, is named for ...

The Heisman Trophy is named after John Heisman, whose standout coaching career included 15 years at Tech, where his team was a scoring powerhouse and tallied 33 consecutive wins. During his ...

They called it the “Jay Berwanger Award” for the first several years before eventually renaming it after John Heisman because, hey, when you have a coach that wins a game 222-0, you probably ...

The namesake of college football's highest honor, John Heisman arrived in 1895 after Auburn joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletics Association (SIAA). Heisman coached Auburn to four winning ...

Jan. 20, 9:53 p.m. Hank Aaron, Bobby Jones, John Heisman, Ty Cobb. Bobby Cox and Ted Turner are both good enough to be on there but fall short of the other four. Jan. 19, 4:35 p.m. I'm going with ...