Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards
2011
Coach of the Year Award
Les Miles
LSU
CT Player of the Year
Silas Redd
Penn State – RB
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Xavier High School
Distinguished American Award
Floyd Little
Syracuse University
Player of the Year Award
Andrew Luck
Stanford – Senior, Quarterback
Man of the Year Award
Harry Carson
South Carolina State
Alumni Award
Chris Spielman
The Ohio State University
2010
CT Player of the Year
John Moffitt
Wisconsin (Notre Dame-WH) – Offensive Guard
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Xavier High School (Middletown)
Man of the Year Award
Will Shields
University of Nebraska
Player of the Year Award
Cam Newton
Auburn University – Junior, Quarterback
Alumni Award
Tedy Bruschi
University of Arizona
Distinguished American Award
Chuck Bednarik
Pennsylvania – Center/Linebacker
2009
CT Player of the Year
Aaron Hernandez
University of Florida – Tight End
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Notre Dame-West Haven
Coach of the Year Award
Gary Patterson
TCU
Player of the Year Award
Colt McCoy
University of Texas – Quarterback
Alumni Award
David Fulcher
Arizona State
Man of the Year Award
John Elway
Stanford University
2008
Coach of the Year Award
Nick Saban
Alabama
CT Player of the Year
Kory Sheets
Purdue – Running Back
Player of the Year Award
Colt McCoy
University of Texas – Quarterback
Man of the Year Award
Morten Andersen
Michigan State
Distinguished American Award
Len Dawson
Purdue
Alumni Award
Tim Brown
Notre Dame
2007
Player of the Year Award
Darren McFadden
Arkansas – RB
Man of the Year Award
Dick Butkus
Illinois
Distinguished American Award
Frank Broyles
Georgia Tech
CT Player of the Year
Mike McLeod
Yale – RB
Coach of the Year Award
Mark Mangino
Kansas
Alumni Award
Ray Guy
Southern Mississippi
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Ansonia HS
2006
Player of the Year Award
Troy Smith
Ohio State – QB
Man of the Year Award
Mike Utley
Washington State
Distinguished American Award
Dick Vermeil
San Jose St.
CT Player of the Year
Kory Sheets
Purdue
Coach of the Year Award
Greg Schiano
Rutgers
Alumni Award
Mike Rozier
Nebraska
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Ansonia High School
2005
Player of the Year Award
Reggie Bush
USC
Man of the Year Award
Dwight Stephenson
Alabama
Distinguished American Award
Arthur Blank
Babson College
CT Player of the Year
John Sullivan
Notre Dame
Coach of the Year Award
Joe Paterno
Penn State
Alumni Award
Cornelius Bennett
Alabama
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Xavier (Middletown)
2004
Player of the Year Award
Matt Leinart
USC – QB
Man of the Year Award
Anthony Munoz
USC
Distinguished American Award
Pat Summerall
Arkansas
CT Player of the Year
Anttaj Hawthorne/Dan Orlovsky
Wisconsin/UCONN
Coach of the Year Award
Tommy Tuberville
Auburn
Alumni Award
George Rogers
South Carolina
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Daniel Hand (Madison)
2003
Player of the Year Award
Larry Fitzgerald
Pittsburgh – WR
Man of the Year Award
Ozzie Newsome
Alabama
Distinguished American Award
Bill Walsh
San Jose State
CT Player of the Year
Dan Orlovsky
UCONN – QB
Coach of the Year Award
Bob Stoops
Oklahoma
Alumni Award
Mark May
Pittsburgh
Joseph W. Kelly Award
New Britain
2002
Player of the Year Award
Larry Johnson
Penn State – RB
Man of the Year Award
Jim Kelly
University of Miami
Distinguished American Award
Regis Philbin
Notre Dame
CT Player of the Year
Niko Koutouvides
Purdue
Coach of the Year Award
Kirk Ferentz
Iowa
Alumni Award
Dave Casper
Notre Dame
Joseph W. Kelly Award
West Haven
2001
Player of the Year Award
Eric Crouch
Nebraska – QB
Man of the Year Award
Mike Singeltary
Baylor
Distinguished American Award
NYC Police, Fire & Emergency Medical Service Personnel and Port Authority Police
NYC
CT Player of the Year
Dwight Freeney
Syracuse – DE
Coach of the Year Award
Ralph Friedgen
Maryland
Alumni Award
Herschel Walker
Georgia
Joseph W. Kelly Award
New Britain
2000
Player of the Year Award
Josh Heupel
Oklahoma – QB
Man of the Year Award
Howie Long
Villanova
Distinguished American Award
Gene Upshaw
Texas A&M
CT Player of the Year
Peter Mazza
Yale
Coach of the Year Award
Bob Stoops
Oklahoma
Alumni Award
Don McPherson
Syracuse
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Fitch (Groton)
1999
Player of the Year Award
Ron Dayne
Wisconsin – RB
Man of the Year Award
Gil Brandt
N/A
Distinguished American Award
Bo Schembechler
Miami (Ohio)
CT Player of the Year
Bobby Myers
Wisconsin – DB
Coach of the Year Award
Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech
Alumni Award
Bo Jackson
Auburn
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Bloomfield
1998
Player of the Year Award
Ricky Williams
Texas – RB
Man of the Year Award
Lou Holtz
Kent State
Distinguished American Award
Steve Young
BYU
CT Player of the Year
Carl Bond
UCONN
Coach of the Year Award
Bill Snyder
Kansas State
Alumni Award
Tony Dorsett
Pittsburgh
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Bloomfield
1997
Player of the Year Award
Charles Woodson
Michigan – DB
Man of the Year Award
Calvin Hill
Yale
Distinguished American Award
Steve Largent
Tulsa
CT Player of the Year
Kyle McIntosh
Syracuse – RB
Coach of the Year Award
Lloyd Carr
Michigan
About the Foundation
"Walter Camp was one of the giants of football in the United States. He stands with Stagg, Rockne, Thorpe, Warner, Heffelfinger in the imprint they made upon the game. He stands first among them, for it was he who sired the game as it is played in the United States, the game that evolved from the rugby football of England. He played in the first Yale-Harvard game of rugby in 1876. From then on, his was the fertile, inventive mind and guiding leadership that brought about the evolution of the American style of football."
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