The Heisman Trophy
John Heisman
John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College (1892, 1894), Buchtel College (now known as the University of Akron) (1893–1894), Auburn University (1895–1899), Clemson University (1900–1903), Georgia Tech (1904–1919), the University of Pennsylvania (1920–1922), Washington & Jefferson College (1923), and Rice University (1924–1927), compiling a career college football record of 186–70–18.
His 1917 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have been recognized as a national champion. Heisman was also the head basketball coach at Georgia Tech (1908–1909, 1912–1914), tallying a mark of 9–14, and the head baseball coach at Buchtel (1894), Clemson (1899–1904), and Georgia Tech (1904–1917), amassing a career college baseball record of 219–119–7.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. The Heisman Trophy is named after him.
Ed Smith
Edward "Ed" Smith (June 17, 1913 – January 29, 1998) was a running back in the National Football League for the Boston Redskins and Green Bay Packers. He played college football at New York University and was drafted in the third round of the 1936 NFL Draft. During the 1935 football season, Smith posed for the Heisman Trophy with the now-iconic stiff arm.