Heisman Memorial Trophy
History of the voting for the Heisman (1935-39)
1939
Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
1 |
Nile Kinnick |
Iowa |
Senior |
HB |
651 |
2 |
Tom Harmon |
Michigan |
Junior |
HB |
405 |
3 |
Paul Christman |
Missouri |
Junior |
QB |
391 |
4 |
George Cafego |
Tennessee |
Senior |
TB |
296 |
5 |
John Kimbrough
|
Texas A&M
|
Junior |
RB |
|
6 |
Kenny Washington
|
UCLA |
|
HB-DB |
|
7 |
Ken Kavanaugh
|
LSU |
Senior |
E |
|
8 |
Banks McFadden
|
Clemson |
Senior |
RB |
|
9 |
Jay Graybeal
|
Oregon |
Senior |
RB |
|
10 |
John Schiechl
|
Santa Clara |
Senior |
C |
|
1938
Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
1 |
Davey
O'Brien |
Texas
Christian |
Senior |
QB |
519 |
2 |
Marshall Goldberg |
Pittsburg |
Senior |
RB |
294 |
3 |
Sid
Luckman |
Columbia |
Senior |
QB |
154 |
4 |
Bob
MacLeod |
Dartmouth |
Senior |
HB |
78 |
5 |
Vic
Bottari |
California |
Senior |
RB |
67 |
6 |
Howard
Weiss |
Wisconsin |
Senior |
FB |
60 |
7 |
George
Cafego |
Tennessee |
Junior |
TB |
55 |
8 |
Ki
Aldrich |
Texas
Christian |
Senior |
C |
48 |
9 |
Whitey
Beinor |
Notre
Dame |
Senior |
T |
47 |
10 |
Dean
Hill |
Duke |
Senior |
C |
38 |
1937
Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
1 |
Clinton Frank |
Yale |
Senior |
QB |
524 |
2 |
Byron White |
Colorado |
Senior |
HB |
264 |
3 |
Marshall Goldberg |
Pittsburgh |
Junior |
RB |
211 |
4 |
Alex Wojciechowicz |
Fordham |
Senior |
C-LB |
85 |
5 |
Joe Kilgore |
Alabama |
|
|
|
6 |
Sid Luckman
|
Columbia |
Junior |
QB |
|
7 |
Carl Hinkle
|
Vanderbilt |
|
|
|
8 |
Vic Bottari
|
California |
Junior |
RB |
|
9 |
Sam Chapman
|
California |
Senior |
HB |
|
10 |
Brud Holland
|
Cornell |
|
|
|
1936
Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
1 |
Larry Kelley |
Yale |
Senior |
END |
213 |
2 |
Sam Francis |
Nebraska |
Senior |
FB |
47 |
3 |
Ray Buivid |
Marquette |
Senior |
HB |
46 |
4 |
Sammy Baugh |
Texas Christian |
Senior |
QB |
40 |
5 |
Clint Frank |
Yale |
Junior |
QB |
33 |
6 |
Ace Parker |
Duke |
Senior |
HB |
28 |
7 |
Ed Widseth |
Minnesota |
Senior |
T |
25 |
8 |
Fred Vanzo |
Northwestern |
Junior |
FB |
|
9 |
Gaynell Tinsley
|
LSU |
Senior |
END |
|
10 |
Alex Wojciechowicz
|
Fordham |
Junior |
C-LB |
|
1935
Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
1 |
Jay Berwanger |
Chicago |
Senior |
RB |
84 |
2 |
Monk Meyer |
Army |
Junior |
HB |
29 |
3 |
William Shakespeare |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
HB |
23 |
4 |
Pepper Constable |
Princeton |
Senior |
FB |
20 |
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