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The Hall of Fame Award is the highest honor bestowed in any sport. Recipients of this prestigious award must possess the highest moral standards, tremendous leadership and/or athletic abilities, outstanding training and skills in their area of expertise, respected by his/her peers, and a willingness to help others. Think about that for a moment... What a deserving tribute to our American Football Hall of Fame "League of Extraordinary People".
The following deserving individuals have been selected for induction into the
American Football Hall of Fame Class of 2013. More being considered.
| Al Ferriso | Minor League Player |
| Craig Pinto |
Pro Player/HS Coach/Other |
| Kendall James | Minor League Player |
| Dr. Richard Knowlton | Team Doctor/Dentist |
| Danny Joe Crookham | Coach/Ambassador (Posthumously) |
| Damien Pippens | Minor League Player |
| Gerald Stauffenberg | Coach (Posthumously) |
| Clinton McNaughtan | Minor League Player |
| Martin J. Evans | Minor League Coach |
| William C. Smith III | Minor League Player |
| George B. Hall | Executive/Administrator |
| James Allen | Community Activist/Administrator |
| Anthony McCormick | Executive/Administrator |
| Donald Ray Mathews | Minor League Coach |
| Shawn E. Wood | Minor League Coach |
| Travis A. Grobes | Minor League Player |
| Sean Dowling | Minor League Player |
| Robert Davila | Minor League Player |
| Eric Mack | Minor League Player |
| Rodney Best | Minor League/College Player |
| Terence White | Minor League Player |
| Christopher Long | Minor League Player |
| Ritchie McFarley | Minor League Player |
| Kelly B. Kinion | Minor League/HS Coach |
| Calvin D. Johnson | Minor League Player |
Al Ferriso Craig Pinto Kendall James
Dr. Richard Knowlton Dan Crookham Damien Pippens
Gerald Stauffenberg Clinton McNaughtan Martin J. Evans
William C. Smith III George B. Hall James Allen
Anthony McCormick Donald Ray Mathews Shawn E. Wood
Travis Grobes Sean Dowling (C)
Robert Davila Dric Mack Rodney Best
Terence White Christopher Long Ritchie McFarley
Kelly B. Kinion Calvin D. Johnson
The American Football Hall of Fame is not limited to minor league football. Nominations are accepted for all...NFL, CFL, arena, indoor, other professional, and college football players, coaches, executives, sportscasters, reporters, announcers, trainers, videographers, and all others who have dedicated themselves to this wonderful sport of American football.
Keys Gate Golf and Country Club in Florida
is the selected site for the AF Hall of Fame Class of 2014 Enshrinement Ceremonies.
The fifth annual American Football Hall of Fame Banquet will be held in conjunction with the 2014 Sunshine Bowl Sports Extravaganza Super Weekend of Championship Games. The Banquet, which will be on Friday, January 17, 2014, will begin with a Meet & Greet Happy Hour at 6:00 p.m. at the beautiful Keys Gate Golf and Country Club, 2300 SE Palm Drive, Homestead, FL 33035. The Banquet will jumpstart the Games. Homestead is a suburb of Miami.
HALL OF FAME TROPHY
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Our friendly staff speaks Spanish, French and German, and we take great pride to ensure your visit is an enjoyable one. Here, there are plenty of attractions to find under the sun, and we look forward to welcoming you to our little piece of paradise.
Our friendly staff speaks Spanish, French and German, and we take great pride to ensure your visit is an enjoyable one. Here, there are plenty of attractions to find under the sun, and we look forward to welcoming you to our little piece of paradise.
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ANOTHER HISTORIC EVENT!
Make no mistake about it, the "SUPER WEEKEND" January 17 - 20, 2014, in Homestead, Florida, has the best lineup of teams playing in a post-season extravaganza anywhere.
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THE HEISMAN TROPHY
The Most Prestigious Award in College Football
"AND THE HEISMAN GOES TO..."
Vic Janowicz
Ohio State Back - 16th Winner - 1950
Touted by many as one of the greatest all-around football players in Ohio State history.
Vic Janowicz's No. 31 was retired at halftime of the Ohio State vs. Penn State game on Sept. 23, 2000.
Invaluable as a defensive player, he was the key factor in the Buckeyes' success in 1950. He was the third junior to win the Heisman Trophy. The late Woody Hayes, the venerable Ohio State coach, had this to say about Vic. "He was not only a great runner, but also passed, was a place kicker and punter, played safety on defense and was an outstanding blocker. Janowicz epitomized the triple-threat football player."
Janowicz' Heisman season established him as one of the great multiple threats in college football. He played halfback in the single wing, safety on defense, and also punted and did the place-kicking. He easily outpolled his rivals in the Heisman balloting. At the time, he was only the third junior to win the award.
Janowicz was the eighth of nine children born to parents who emigrated from Poland and settled in Elyria, Ohio. At Elyria High School he was not only a National Honor Society scholar but also all-state and captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams in both his junior and senior years.
Two major league baseball teams, the Cincinnati Reds and the Detroit Tigers, offered him contracts and 60 colleges sought to recruit him.
John Galbreath, head of one of the nation's largest construction and land development companies, became his patron and steered Janowicz to Ohio State with assurance of a job, regardless of how his football career turned out. Galbreath had no concerns.
In Janowicz's first varsity season, Ohio State Coach Wes Fesler had so many proven offensive backs that Janowicz played defensive back. When Ohio State, the Big Ten champion, defeated California, 17-14, in the Rose Bowl, he intercepted two passes, returning one 41 yards for a touchdown.
The next season was his big one. Playing about 50 minutes a game as a single-wing tailback on offense, safety on defense plus punter and place-kicker, Janowicz was the hero Saturday after Saturday. He attempted and completed six passes, four for touchdowns, against Pittsburgh. In an 83-21 victory over Iowa, he accounted for 46 points by running or passing for six touchdowns and kicking eight extra points. He led the Big Ten in total offense with 703 yards. However, Ohio State lost to Michigan in a blizzard, 9-3, as Janowicz kicked a field goal and punted 21 times for a record 685 yards. A punt of his that was blocked led to the Wolverines' touchdown and also the Big Ten title.
Even so, he was voted the Heisman Trophy in a runaway with 633 points to 280 for Kyle Rote of Southern Methodist and 231 for Reds Bagnell of Pennsylvania.
His senior season was different. A new coach, Woody Hayes, altered the offense and Janowicz's role was reduced by this and also by injuries.
He then served in the Army for a year and signed a baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. But in two seasons with the Pirates, mostly as a catcher, he hit only .214 and was released. He immediately jumped to the National Football League and the Washington Redskins, becoming a instant force.
During the preseason, in August 1956, Janowicz learned that his daughter, Diana, had cerebral palsy. Four days later, he was in an auto accident in California, sustaining a head injury first diagnosed as a concussion. It eventually led to paralysis of the left side of his body and he never played football again. The daughter died in 1964.
Thanks to the help of physicians and trainers at Ohio State, Janowicz made a full recovery. He became a broadcaster of Buckeye football games; an account executive with a manufacturing firm in Columbus and, since 1986, an administrative assistant to the state auditor.
The Voting
Place |
Name |
School |
Class |
Position |
Points |
| 1 | Vic Janowicz | Ohio State | Junior | HB | 633 |
| 2 | Kyle Rote | Southern Methodist | Senior | HB | 280 |
| 3 | Red Bagnell | Pennsylvania | Senior | B | 231 |
| 4 | Babe Parelli | Kentucky | Junior | QB | 214 |
| 5 | Bob Reynolds | Nebraska | Sophomore | HB | 174 |
| 6 | Bob Williams | Notre Dame | Senior | QB | 159 |
| 7 | Leon Heath | Oklahoma | Senior | FB | 125 |
| 8 | Dan Foldberg | Army | Senior | E | 103 |
www.heisman.com
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"BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE "
- WHEN THEY ONLY PLAYED ON REAL GRASS...
COACH WOODY HAYES
www.chicagonow.com/chicago-sports- Coach Hayes/Coach Bo Schembechler
"Keep cool baby, and run those fat tackles to death." That's a quote from an Ohio State grad who described his school's football style. This was 1951-1978, the years under Coach Wayne Woodrow Hayes. "Three yards and a cloud of dust." If not a quote from Hayes himself, it was a successful battle plan according to his fans and critics alike. Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was born February 14, 1913, and was a college football player and coach. Hayes attended and played tackle at Denison University from 1933-35 where he majored in English. (He always emphasized educational values in talks with players.) After graduating, he coached high school football from 1936-1940 at Mingo Junction and New Philadelphia in Ohio.
In July 1941, Hayes enlisted and served in the United States Navy for five years rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He commanded PC 1251 in the Palau Islands invasion and the destroyer-escort USS Rinehart in both the Atlantic and Pacific operations.
As World War II was winding down and Hayes' alma mater, Denison University, was pursuing plans to reinstate its football program (which had been suspended during the war), it contacted their former Head Coach Rogers (also in the Navy) about rejoining the program as head coach. Rogers declined, but recommended that his former team captain, Hayes, be named the next head coach. Denison was able to locate and cable Hayes an offer, which he accepted, minutes before his Navy ship was to begin the passage through the Panama Canal — meaning Hayes would have been unreachable for an extended period of time.
He served as the head coach at Denison University from 1946–1948 and Miami (Ohio) University (1949–1950), before going to Ohio State University in 1951. Hayes turned out teams that filled Ohio Stadium with avid fans, as the Buckeyes led the nation in home attendance in 21 of his 28 years.
During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, Hayes' teams won five national championships (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970), captured 13 Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 205–61–10. He produced 3 Heisman Trophy winners and 51 first team All- America selections
Over the last decade of his coaching tenure at Ohio State, Hayes' Buckeye squads faced off in a fierce rivalry against the Michigan Wolverines coached by Bo Schembechler, a former player under, and assistant coach to, Hayes. During that stretch, the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry was dubbed the "Ten-Year War," Hayes and Schembechler's teams won or shared the Big Ten Conference crown every season and usually each placed in the national rankings.
Twice - in the mid 1950s and again in the late 1960s - his OSU teams recorded 17 straight Big Ten wins. All told, Hayes' career record stands at 238-72-10, a college record.. Hayes was born Feb. 14, 1913 in Clifton, Ohio. He died March 12, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio.
Despite his great achievements at Ohio State, Hayes' coaching career ended shamefully when he was abruptly fired for punching an opposing player in the face during the 1978 Gator Bowl.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983. He died March 12, 1987.
