Maxwell Award

The Maxwell Football Club presents the Maxwell Award for the College Player of the Year. This award is presented in honor of Robert W. (Tiny) Maxwell , legendary college football player, official and sports columnist.

The Maxwell Award Collegiate Player of the Year Past Recipients

• 1937 Clinton E. Frank , Yale
• 1938 Davey O'Brien, TCU
• 1939 Nile C. Kinnick , Iowa
• 1940 Tom Harmon, University of Michigan
• 1941 Bill Dudley, Virginia
• 1942 Paul V. Governali , Columbia
• 1943 Robert H. Odell , Penn
• 1944 Glenn Davis, Army
• 1945 Felix A. Blanchard , Army
• 1946 Charles Trippi , Georgia
• 1947 Doak Walker, SMU
• 1948 Charles Bednarik, Penn
• 1949 Leon Hart, Notre Dame
• 1950 Francis J. Bagnell , Penn
• 1951 Dick Kazmaier , Princeton
• 1952 John Lattner, Notre Dame
• 1953 John Lattner , Notre Dame
• 1954 Ronald Beagle , Navy
• 1955 Howard Cassidy , Ohio State
• 1956 Tom McDonald , Oklahoma
• 1957 Robert H. Reifsnyder , Navy
• 1958 Peter J. Dawkins , Army
• 1959 Richard J. Lucas , Penn State
• 1960 Joseph Bellino, Navy
• 1961 Robert E. Ferguson , Ohio State
• 1962 Terry Baker , Oregon State
• 1963 Roger Staubach, Navy
• 1964 Glenn Ressler , Penn State
• 1965 Tommy Nobis, Jr. , Texas
• 1966 James R. Lynch , Notre Dame
• 1967 Gary Beban , UCLA
• 1968 O.J. Simpson, USC
• 1969 Mike Reid, Penn State
• 1970 Jim Plunkett, Stanford
• 1971 Ed Marinaro, Cornell
• 1972 Brad Van Pelt , Michigan State
• 1973 John Cappelletti , Penn State
• 1974 Steve Joachim , Temple
• 1975 Archie Griffin, Ohio State
• 1976 Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh
• 1977 Ross Browner , Notre Dame
• 1978 Charles Fusina , Penn State
• 1979 Charles White, USC
• 1980 Hugh Green, Pittsburgh
• 1981 Marcus Allen, USC
• 1982 Herschel Walker, Georgia
• 1983 Mike Rozier, Nebraska
• 1984 Doug Flutie, Boston College
• 1985 Chuck Long , Iowa
• 1986 Vinny Testaverde, Miami
• 1987 Don McPherson , Syracuse
• 1988 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State
• 1989 Anthony Thompson , Indiana
• 1990 Ty Detmer, BYU
• 1991 Desmond Howard, Michigan
• 1992 Gino Torretta , Miami
• 1993 Charlie Ward, Florida State
• 1994 Kerry Collins, Penn State
• 1995 Eddie George, Ohio State
• 1996 Danny Wuerffel, Florida
• 1997 Peyton Manning, Tennessee
• 1998 Ricky Williams, Texas
• 1999 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
• 2000 Drew Brees, Purdue
• 2001 Ken Dorsey , Miami
• 2002 Larry Johnson, Penn State
• 2003 Eli Manning, Ole Miss
• 2004 Jason White, Oklahoma