Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards
1982
Coach of the Year Award
Jerry Stovall
LSU
1981
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Naugatuck
Player of the Year Award
Marcus Allen
USC – RB
Man of the Year Award
Capt. Otto Graham
Northwestern
Distinguished American Award
Red Grange
Illinois
CT Player of the Year
Richard Diana
Yale
Coach of the Year Award
Jackie Sherrill
Pittsburgh
1980
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Trumbull
Player of the Year Award
Hugh Green
Pittsburgh – DE
Man of the Year Award
Gale Sayers
Kansas
Distinguished American Award
George Halas
Illinois
Distinguished American Award
Hon. Alexander Haig
U.S.M.A.
Coach of the Year Award
Vincent Dooley
Georgia
1979
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Newington
Player of the Year Award
Charles White
USC – RB
Man of the Year Award
Hon. Jack Kemp
Occidental College
Distinguished American Award
Sonny Werblin
Rutgers
Coach of the Year Award
John Mackovic
Wake Forest
1978
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Amity (Woodbridge)
Player of the Year Award
Billy Sims
Oklahoma – RB
Man of the Year Award
Floyd Little
Syracuse
Distinguished American Award
James Crowley
Notre Dame
Distinguished American Award
Donald Miller
Notre Dame
Coach of the Year Award
Warren Powers
Missouri
1977
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Trumbull
Player of the Year Award
Ken MacAfee
Notre Dame – TE
Man of the Year Award
Fred Dunlap
Colgate
Coach of the Year Award
Lou Holtz
Arkansas
1976
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Fitch (Groton)
Player of the Year Award
Tony Dorsett
Pittsburgh – RB
Man of the Year Award
Edward Krause
Notre Dame
Coach of the Year Award
Frank Burns
Rutgers
1975
Player of the Year Award
Archie Griffin
Ohio State – RB
Man of the Year Award
Col. Peter Dawkins
U.S.M.A.
Coach of the Year Award
Frank Kush
Arizona State
1974
Player of the Year Award
Archie Griffin
Ohio State – RB
Man of the Year Award
Jake Gaither
Knoxville College
Coach of the Year Award
Barry Switzer
Oklahoma
1973
Player of the Year Award
John Cappelletti
Penn State – RB
Man of the Year Award
Hugh Daugherty
Syracuse
Coach of the Year Award
Johnny Majors
Pittsburgh
1972
Player of the Year Award
Johnny Rodgers
Nebraska – RB
Man of the Year Award
Clinton Frank
Yale
Coach of the Year Award
Joe Paterno
Penn State
1971
Player of the Year Award
Pat Sullivan
Auburn – QB
Man of the Year Award
Col. Felix “Doc” Blanchard
U.S.M.A.
Coach of the Year Award
Robert Devaney
Nebraska
1970
Player of the Year Award
Jim Plunkett
Stanford – QB
Man of the Year Award
Harry Kipke
Michigan
Coach of the Year Award
Bob Blackman
Dartmouth
1969
Player of the Year Award
Steve Owens
Oklahoma – RB
Man of the Year Award
Pete Rozelle
San Francisco
Coach of the Year Award
Bo Schembechler
Michigan
1968
Player of the Year Award
O.J. Simpson
USC – RB
Man of the Year Award
Teddy Blair
Yale
Coach of the Year Award
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
1967
Player of the Year Award
O.J. Simpson
USC – RB
Man of the Year Award
Hamilton Fish
Harvard
Coach of the Year Award
John Pont
Indiana
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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