Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards
1997
Alumni Award
Jim Plunkett
Stanford
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Daniel Hand (Madison)
1996
Player of the Year Award
Danny Wuerffel
Florida – QB
Man of the Year Award
Lynn Swann
USC
Distinguished American Award
Dick Ebersol
Yale
CT Player of the Year
Tarek Saleh
Wisconsin – LB
Coach of the Year Award
Bruce Snyder
Arizona State
Alumni Award
Lee Roy Selmon
Oklahoma
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Weaver (Hartford)
1995
Player of the Year Award
Eddie George
Ohio State – RB
Man of the Year Award
Reggie Williams
Dartmouth
Distinguished American Award
Keith Jackson
Washington State
CT Player of the Year
Tarek Saleh
Wisconsin – LB
Coach of the Year Award
Gary Barnett
Northwestern
Alumni Award
Jim Covert
Pittsburgh
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Cheshire
1994
Player of the Year Award
Rashaan Salaam
Colorado – RB
Man of the Year Award
Dick Anderson
Colorado
Distinguished American Award
Paul Tagliabue
Georgetown
CT Player of the Year
Jason Miska
Auburn
Coach of the Year Award
Penn State
Penn State
Alumni Award
Ed Marinaro
Cornell
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Cheshire
1993
Player of the Year Award
Charlie Ward
Florida State – QB
Man of the Year Award
Warren Moon
University of Washington
Distinguished American Award
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh
C.S.C.
CT Player of the Year
Chris Zingo
Cornell
Coach of the Year Award
Terry Bowden
Auburn
Alumni Award
Archie Griffin
Ohio State
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Cheshire
1992
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Cheshire
Player of the Year Award
Gino Torretta
University of Miami – QB
Man of the Year Award
Bob Griese
Purdue
Distinguished American Award
Carm Cozza
Yale
CT Player of the Year
Curtis Eller
Villanova
Coach of the Year Award
Gene Stallings
Alabama
Alumni Award
Kellen Winslow
Missouri
1991
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Notre Dame (West Haven)
Player of the Year Award
Desmond Howard
Michigan – WR
Man of the Year Award
Melvin Blount
Southern
Distinguished American Award
Susan St. James/Alexander Kroll
NA/Rutgers
CT Player of the Year
Corey Vincent
Holy Cross
Coach of the Year Award
Bobby Bowden
Florida State
Alumni Award
Steve Owens
Oklahoma
1990
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Derby
Player of the Year Award
Raghib “Rocket” Ismail
Notre Dame – WR
Man of the Year Award
Nicholas Buoniconti
Notre Dame
Distinguished American Award
Tex Schramm
Texas
CT Player of the Year
Rob Thomson
Syracuse
Coach of the Year Award
Bobby Ross
Georgia Tech
Alumni Award
Thomas Jackson
Louisville
1989
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Ansonia
Player of the Year Award
Anthony Thompson
Indiana – RB
Distinguished American Award
Burt Reynolds/Richard Kazmaier
Florida State/Princeton
CT Player of the Year
Terry Wooden
Syracuse
Coach of the Year Award
Bill McCartney
Colorado
Alumni Award
Dr. Tom Casanova
LSU
1988
Stratford
Player of the Year Award
Barry Sanders
Oklahoma State – RB
Man of the Year Award
Andy Robustelli
Arnold College
Distinguished American Award
Sid Luckman/Y.A. Tittle
Columbia/LSU
CT Player of the Year
Glenn Antrum
UCONN
Coach of the Year Award
Don Nehlen
West Virginia
Alumni Award
Alan Page
Notre Dame
1987
Joseph W. Kelly Award
East Catholic (Manchester)
Player of the Year Award
Tim Brown
Notre Dame – WR
Man of the Year Award
Levi Jackson
Yale
Distinguished American Award
Weeb Ewbank
Miami University
CT Player of the Year
Bill Romanowski
Boston College
Coach of the Year Award
Don MacPherson
Syracuse
Alumni Award
Mike Reid
Notre Dame
1986
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Trumbull
Player of the Year Award
Vinny Testaverde
University of Miami – QB
Man of the Year Award
Willie Davis
Grambling
Distinguished American Award
Tom Landry
Texas
CT Player of the Year
Richard Comizio
UPenn
Coach of the Year Award
Jimmy Johnson
University of Miami
Alumni Award
Joe Greene
North Texas State
1985
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Hillhouse (New Haven)
Player of the Year Award
Bo Jackson
Auburn – RB
Man of the Year Award
Rocky Bleier
Notre Dame
Distinguished American Award
Bob Hope
N/A
CT Player of the Year
Tom Patton
Holy Cross
Coach of the Year Award
Fisher DeBerry
U.S.A.F.A.
1984
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Middletown
Player of the Year Award
Doug Flutie
Boston College – QB
Man of the Year Award
Don Shula
John Carroll
Distinguished American Award
Maj. Gen. Bill Carpenter
U.S.M.A.
Coach of the Year Award
Joe Morrison
South Carolina
1983
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Ansonia
Player of the Year Award
Mike Rozier
Nebraska – RB
Man of the Year Award
Roger Staubach
Navy
Distinguished American Award
Tom Harmon
Michigan
CT Player of the Year
Steve Young
BYU – QB
Coach of the Year Award
Mike White
Illinois
1982
Joseph W. Kelly Award
St. Joseph’s (Trumbull)
Player of the Year Award
Herschel Walker
Georgia – RB
Man of the Year Award
Merlin Jay Olsen
Utah State
Distinguished American Award
Eddie Robinson
Grambling
CT Player of the Year
Mike Marshall
Sourthern Connecticut State University
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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