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Harmon played college football as a halfback for the Michigan Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. He led the nation in scoring and was a consensus All-American in both 1939 and 1940 and won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and the AP Athlete of the Year award in 1940. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
Harmon is the first Michigan player to win the Heisman and the first of six players to also finish as runner up in the Heisman vote. Born in Rensselaer, Indiana, Harmon was an outstanding athlete at Horace Mann High.
Sep 24, 2024 · In three years Harmon carried 398 times for more than 2,100 yd and scored 237 points on 33 touchdowns, points after touchdown, and field goals. In his senior year (1940) he received both the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Trophy and was named the Associated Press’s Athlete of the Year.
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This is a list of the colleges and universities who have had a player win a Heisman trophy. USC has the most trophies with eight. Ohio State has the distinction of the only two-time winner, Archie Griffin .
Aug 31, 2021 · Tom Harmon received the Heisman Trophy — awarded to the best college football player in the nation — in 1940. (Bentley Historical Library)
Mar 2, 2024 · Currently, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and USC are tied with the most winners at seven (Reggie Bush's 2005 Heisman for USC was vacated). Here’s a complete list of schools with more than one...
Tom led the nation in scoring in 1939 and 1940, was All-America both years and won the Heisman Trophy in 1940. He joined the Army Air Corps, was shot down twice, received the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Tom played with the Los Angeles Rams 1946-1947, then became a nationally acclaimed broadcaster.
