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The Downtown Athletic Club of New York City created the award and presented it first in 1935. The award, in 1935, was known as the 'DAC Trophy'. It was renamed 'Heisman Trophy' for John Heisman, the DAC's first athletic director, when Heisman passed away in 1936.

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Jay Berwanger, a running back from the University of Chicago, was the first Heisman Trophy winner in 1935. Berwanger was the first player selected in the first ever NFL draft but chose not to play professional football.

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Ed Smith, a leading player in 1934 for the now defunct New York University football team

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The Heisman Trophy is named for Coach Heisman of Georgia Tech.

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Jay Berwanger, from Chicago, won the first Hiesman Trophy in 1935.
Jay Berwanger, from Chicago, won the first Hiesman Trophy in 1935.

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John Heisman

a former Brown University and University of Pennsylvania college football player and coach

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modeled after Ed Smith, a leading player in 1934 for the now defunct New York University football team

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The first quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy was Davey O'Brien in 1938.

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Jay Berwanger, Chicago running back.

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