1975 Birthday Corey Dillon, HB for the Cincinnati Bengals 1974 Birthday Luther Broughton, HB for the Philadelphia Eagles 1961 Event 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) 1960 Event 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB) 1959 Event 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB) 1958 Event 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB) 1957 Event 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB) 1955 Event 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB) 1953 Event 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB) 1952 Event 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB) 1951 Event 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) 1950 Event 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB) 1948 Event 14th Heisman Trophy Award: Doak Walker, SMU (HB) 1946 Event 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB) 1942 Event 8th Heisman Trophy Award: Frank Sinkwich, Georgia (HB) 1941 Event 7th Heisman Trophy Award: Bruce Smith, Minnesota (HB) 1940 Event 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB) 1939 Event 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa (HB) 1937 Event 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale (HB)
