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Heisman Trophy, award given annually to the most outstanding college 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 in 1936 it was named in honor of its first athletic director, John Heisman, a player and successful coach of the 1890s and early 1900s.

The first winner of the Heisman Trophy was Jay Berwanger, who played halfback at the University of Chicago. Running back Archie Griffin of the Ohio State University is the only two-time winner of the Heisman. He won the award in 1974 and 1975.

(Read the essay that Walter Camp wrote for Britannica in 1903 about the invention of American football.)

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See Heisman Trophy winners for a list of every player who has won the award since 1935.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by J.E. Luebering.