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Heisman Memorial Trophy
History of the voting for the Heisman (1940-49)
1949
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Leon Hart |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
E |
995 |
|
2 |
Charlie Justice |
North Carolina |
Senior |
RB |
272 |
|
3 |
Doak
Walker |
Southern Methodist |
Senior |
RB |
229 |
|
4 |
Arnold Galiffa |
Army |
Senior |
QB |
196 |
|
5 |
Bob Williams |
Notre Dame |
Junior |
QB |
189 |
|
6 |
Eddie LeBaron |
Pacific |
Senior |
QB |
122 |
|
7 |
Cliff Tonnemaker |
Minnesota |
Senior |
C |
81 |
|
8 |
Emil Sitko |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
HB |
79 |
1948
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Doak Walker |
Southern Methodist |
Junior |
RB |
778 |
|
2 |
Charlie Justice |
North Carolina |
Junior |
RB |
443 |
|
3 |
Chuck Bednark |
Pennsylvania |
Senior |
C |
336 |
|
4 |
Jackie Jensen |
California |
Senior |
RB |
143 |
|
5 |
Stan Heath |
Nevada |
Senior |
QB |
113 |
|
6 |
Norm Van Brocklin |
Oregon |
Senior |
QB |
83 |
|
7 |
Emil Sitko |
Notre Dame |
Junior |
HB |
73 |
|
8 |
Jack Mitchell |
Oklahoma |
Senior |
QB |
68 |
1947
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
John Lujack |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
QB |
742 |
|
2 |
Bob Chappius |
Michigan |
Senior |
HB |
555 |
|
3 |
Doak Walker |
Southern Methodist |
Sophomore |
HB |
196 |
|
4 |
Charley Conerly |
Mississippi |
Senior |
QB |
186 |
|
5 |
Harry Gilmer |
Alabama |
Senior |
HB |
115 |
|
6 |
Bobby Layne |
Texas |
Senior |
QB |
75 |
|
7 |
Chuck Bednarik |
Pennsylvania |
Junior |
C |
65 |
|
8 |
Bill Swiacki |
Columbia |
Senior |
E |
61 |
1946
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Glenn Davis |
Army |
Senior |
HB |
792 |
|
2 |
Charlie Trippi |
Georgia |
Senior |
HB |
435 |
|
3 |
John Lujack |
Notre Dame |
Junior |
QB |
379 |
|
4 |
Felix Blanchard |
Army |
Senior |
FB |
267 |
|
5 |
Arnie Tucker |
Army |
Senior |
QB |
257 |
|
6 |
Herman Wedermeyer |
St. Mary's |
Junior |
HB |
101 |
|
7 |
Burr Baldwin |
UCLA |
Senior |
E |
49 |
|
8 |
Bobby Layne |
Texas |
Junior |
QB |
45 |
1945
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Felix "Doc" Blanchard |
Army |
Junior |
FB |
860 |
|
2 |
Glenn Davis |
Army |
Junior |
HB |
638 |
|
3 |
Bob Fenimore |
Oklahoma A&M |
Senior |
B |
187 |
|
4 |
Herman Wedermeyer |
St. Mary's |
Sophomore |
HB |
152 |
|
5 |
Harry Gilmer |
Alabama |
Sophomore |
HB |
132 |
|
6 |
Frank Dancewicz |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
QB |
56 |
|
7 |
Warren Amling |
Ohio State |
Senior |
G |
42 |
|
8 |
Pete Pihos |
Indiana |
Junior |
FB |
38 |
|
9 |
Clyde Scott
|
Navy |
Sophomore |
|
|
1944
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Les Horvath |
Ohio State |
Senior |
QB |
412 |
|
2 |
Glenn Davis |
Army |
Sophomore |
HB |
287 |
|
3 |
Felix "Doc" Blanchard |
Army |
Sophomore |
FB |
237 |
|
4 |
Don Whitmire |
Navy |
Junior |
T |
115 |
|
5 |
Buddy Young |
Illinois |
Freshman |
HB |
105 |
|
6 |
Bob Kelly |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
HB |
76 |
|
7 |
Bob Jenkins |
Navy |
Junior |
HB |
60 |
|
8 |
Doug Kenna |
Army |
Senior |
QB |
56 |
|
9 |
Bob Fenimore |
Oklahoma A&M |
Junior |
B |
54 |
|
10 |
Thomas (Shorty) McWilliams |
Mississippi State |
Freshman |
TB |
37 |
1943
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Angelo Bertelli |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
QB |
648 |
|
2 |
Bob Odell |
Pennsylvania |
Senior |
B |
177 |
|
3 |
Otto Graham |
Northwestern |
Senior |
QB |
140 |
|
4 |
Creighton Miller |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
HB |
134 |
|
5 |
Eddie Prokop |
Georgia Tech |
Senior |
RB |
85 |
|
6 |
Hal Hamburg |
Navy |
Junior |
HB |
73 |
|
7 |
Bill Daley |
Michigan |
Senior |
FB |
71 |
|
8 |
Tony Butkovich |
Purdue |
Sophomore |
FB |
65 |
|
9 |
Jim White |
Notre Dame |
Senior |
T |
52 |
1942
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
| 1 |
Frank Sinkwich |
Georgia |
Senior |
HB |
1,059 |
| 2 |
Paul Governali |
Columbia |
Senior |
QB |
218 |
| 3 |
Clint Castleberry |
Georgia Tech |
Freshman |
RB |
99 |
| 4 |
Mike Holovak |
Boston College |
Senior |
RB |
90 |
| 5 |
Bill Hillenbrand |
Indiana |
Senior |
HB |
86 |
| 6 |
Angelo Bertelli |
Notre Dame |
Junior |
QB |
75 |
| 7 |
Dick Wildung |
Minnesota |
Senior |
T |
71 |
| 8 |
Gene Fekete |
Ohio State |
Senior |
B |
65 |
| 9 |
Glenn Dobbs |
Tulsa |
Senior |
RB |
63 |
| 10 |
Dave Schreiner |
Wisconsin |
Senior |
E |
60 |
1941
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Bruce Smith |
Minnesota |
Senior |
HB |
554 |
|
2 |
Angelo Bertelli |
Notre Dame |
Sophomore |
QB |
345 |
|
3 |
Frankie Albert |
Stanford |
Senior |
QB |
336 |
|
4 |
Frank Sinkwich |
Georgia |
Junior |
HB |
249 |
|
5 |
Bill Dudley |
Virginia |
Senior |
HB |
237 |
|
6 |
Endicott Peabody |
Harvard |
Senior |
G |
153 |
|
7 |
Edgar Jones |
Pittsburgh |
Senior |
RB |
151 |
|
8 |
Bob Westfall |
Michigan |
Senior |
FB |
147 |
|
9 |
Steve Lach |
Duke |
Senior |
HB |
126 |
|
10 |
Jack Crain |
Texas |
Senior |
RB |
102 |
1940
| Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
|
1 |
Tom Harmon |
Michigan |
Senior |
HB |
1,303 |
|
2 |
John Kimbrough |
Texas A&M |
Senior |
RB |
841 |
|
3 |
George Franck |
Minnesota |
Senior |
HB |
102 |
|
4 |
Frankie Albert |
Stanford |
Junior |
QB |
90 |
|
5 |
Paul Christman |
Missouri |
Senior |
QB |
66 |
|
6 |
Bob Suffridge |
Tennessee |
Senior |
|
|
|
7 |
Charles O'Rouke |
Boston College |
|
|
|
|
8 |
Norman Standlee |
Stanford |
Senior |
RB |
|
|
9 |
Marshall Robnett |
Texas A&M |
Senior |
|
|
|
10 |
Walt Matusczak |
Cornell |
|
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