The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference. The award has been presented annually since 1924, when Red Grange of Illinois was the award's first recipient. The winner of the Silver Football is determined by a vote of Big Ten coaches, the Big Ten Conference office, and the Chicago Tribune staff. Each school of the Big Ten submits the MVP for that school's team, and the vote is performed on the list of team MVPs. Coaches and media of the Big Ten also make annual selections for additional individual honors. [edit] Recipients - 1924: Red Grange, Illinois
- 1925: Tim Lowry, Northwestern
- 1926: Benny Friedman, Michigan
- 1927: Ken Rouse, Chicago
- 1928: Chuck Bennett, Indiana
- 1929: Bill Glassgow, Iowa
- 1930: Wes Fesler, Ohio State
- 1931: Clarence Munn, Minnesota
- 1932: Harry Newman, Michigan
- 1933: Joe Laws, Iowa
- 1934: Pug Lund, Minnesota
- 1935: Jay Berwanger, Chicago
- 1936: Vernon Huffman, Indiana
- 1937: Corbett Davis, Indiana
- 1938: Howard Weiss, Wisconsin
- 1939: Nile Kinnick, Iowa
- 1940: Tom Harmon, Michigan
- 1941: Jack Graf, Ohio State
- 1942: Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin
- 1943: Otto Graham, Northwestern
- 1944: Les Horvath, Ohio State
- 1945: Ollie Cline, Ohio State
- 1946: Alex Agase, Illinois
- 1947: Chalmers Elliott, Michigan
- 1948: Art Murakowski, Northwestern
- 1949: Red Wilson, Wisconsin
- 1950: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State
- 1951: Bill Reichardt, Iowa
- 1952: Paul Giel, Minnesota
- 1953: Paul Giel, Minnesota
- 1954: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin
- 1955: Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Ohio State
- 1956: Ken Ploen, Iowa
- 1957: Jim Pace, Michigan
- 1958: Randy Duncan, Iowa
- 1959: Bill Burrell, Illinois
- 1960: Tom Brown, Minnesota
- 1961: Sandy Stephens, Minnesota
- 1962: Ron VanderKelen, Wisconsin
- 1963: Dick Butkus, Illinois
- 1964: Bob Timberlake, Michigan
- 1965: Jim Grabowski, Illinois
- 1966: Bob Griese, Purdue
| - 1967: Leroy Keyes, Purdue
- 1968: Ron Johnson, Michigan
- 1969: Mike Phipps, Purdue
- 1970: Mike Adamle, Northwestern
- 1971: Eric Allen, Michigan State
- 1972: Otis Armstrong, Purdue
- 1973: Archie Griffin, Ohio State
- 1974: Archie Griffin, Ohio State
- 1975: Cornelius Greene, Ohio State
- 1976: Rob Lytle, Michigan
- 1977: Larry Bethea, Michigan State
- 1978: Rick Leach, Michigan
- 1979: Tim Clifford, Indiana
- 1980: Mark Herrmann, Purdue
- 1981: Art Schlichter, Ohio State
- 1982: Anthony Carter, Michigan
- 1983: Don Thorp, Illinois
- 1984: Keith Byars, Ohio State
- 1985: Chuck Long, Iowa
- 1986: Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
- 1987: Lorenzo White, Michigan State
- 1988: Anthony Thompson, Indiana
- 1989: Anthony Thompson, Indiana
- 1990: Nick Bell, Iowa
- 1991: Desmond Howard, Michigan
- 1992: Lee Gissendaner, Northwestern
- 1993: Brent Moss, Wisconsin
- 1994: Kerry Collins, Penn State
- 1995: Eddie George, Ohio State
- 1996: Orlando Pace, Ohio State
- 1997: Charles Woodson, Michigan
- 1998: Joe Germaine, Ohio State
- 1999: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
- 2000: Drew Brees, Purdue
- 2001: Antwaan Randle El, Indiana
- 2002: Brad Banks, Iowa
- 2003: Chris Perry, Michigan
- 2004: Braylon Edwards, Michigan
- 2005: Michael Robinson, Penn State
- 2006: Troy Smith, Ohio State
- 2007: Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois
- 2008: Shonn Greene, Iowa
| [edit] Winners by school | School | Winners | | Ohio State | 15 | | Michigan | 15 | | Iowa | 10 | | Illinois | 7 | | Indiana | 7 | | Wisconsin | 7 | | Minnesota | 6 | | Purdue | 6 | | Northwestern | 5 | | Michigan State | 3 | | Chicago | 2 | | Penn State | 2 |
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