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Maxwell Award
Awarded for	being judged the best football player in the United States
Presented by	Maxwell Football Club
Country	United States
First awarded	1937
Currently held by	Tim Tebow
Official Website	http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/

The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best football player in the United States. United States. The award is named for Robert W. Maxwell, a college football player, coach and sportswriter. Tim Tebow and John Lattner are the only two players to win the award twice.

[edit] Winners

Year	Player	School
1937	Clinton E. Frank	Yale
1938	Davey O'Brien	TCU
1939	Nile Kinnick	Iowa
1940	Tom Harmon	Michigan
1941	Bill Dudley	Virginia
1942	Paul V. Governali	Columbia
1943	Robert H. Odell	Pennsylvania
1944	Glenn Davis	Army
1945	Felix A. Blanchard	Army
1946	Charles Trippi	Georgia
1947	Doak Walker	SMU
1948	Charles Bednarik	Pennsylvania
1949	Leon Hart	Notre Dame
1950	Reds Bagnell	Pennsylvania
1951	Dick Kazmaier	Princeton
1952	John Lattner	Notre Dame
1953	John Lattner	Notre Dame
1954	Ronald Beagle	Navy
1955	Howard "Hopalong" Cassady	Ohio State
1956	Tommy McDonald	Oklahoma
1957	Robert H. Reifsnyder	Navy
1958	Peter J. Dawkins	Army
1959	Richie Lucas	Penn State
1960	Joe Bellino	Navy
1961	Bob Ferguson	Ohio State
1962	Terry Baker	Oregon State
1963	Roger Staubach	Navy
1964	Glenn Ressler	Penn State
1965	Tommy Nobis	Texas
1966	Jim Lynch	Notre Dame
1967	Gary Beban	UCLA
1968	O.J. Simpson	USC
1969	Mike Reid	Penn State
1970	Jim Plunkett	Stanford
1971	Ed Marinaro	Cornell
1972	Brad Van Pelt	Michigan State
1973	John Cappelletti	Penn State
1974	Steve Joachim	Temple
1975	Archie Griffin	Ohio State
1976	Tony Dorsett	Pittsburgh
1977	Ross Browner	Notre Dame
1978	Charles Fusina	Penn State
1979	Charles White	USC
1980	Hugh Green	Pittsburgh
1981	Marcus Allen	USC
1982	Herschel Walker	Georgia
1983	Mike Rozier	Nebraska
1984	Doug Flutie	Boston College
1985	Chuck Long	Iowa
1986	Vinny Testaverde	Miami
1987	Don McPherson	Syracuse
1988	Barry Sanders	Oklahoma State
1989	Anthony Thompson	Indiana
1990	Ty Detmer	BYU
1991	Desmond Howard	Michigan
1992	Gino Torretta	Miami
1993	Charlie Ward	Florida State
1994	Kerry Collins	Penn State
1995	Eddie George	Ohio State
1996	Danny Wuerffel	Florida
1997	Peyton Manning	Tennessee
1998	Ricky Williams	Texas
1999	Ron Dayne	Wisconsin
2000	Drew Brees	Purdue
2001	Ken Dorsey	Miami
2002	Larry Johnson	Penn State
2003	Eli Manning	Ole Miss
2004	Jason White	Oklahoma
2005	Vince Young	Texas
2006	Brady Quinn	Notre Dame
2007	Tim Tebow	Florida
2008	Tim Tebow	Florida

[edit] Winners by school

School	Winners
Penn State	7
Notre Dame	6
Navy	4
Ohio State	4
Army	3
Miami	3
Pennsylvania	3
Texas	3
USC	3
Florida	3
Georgia	2
Iowa	2
Michigan	2
Oklahoma	2
Pittsburgh	2
BYU	1
Wisconsin	1
Boston College	1
Columbia	1
Cornell	1
Florida State	1
Indiana	1
Michigan State	1
Nebraska	1
Oklahoma State	1
Ole Miss	1
Oregon State	1
Princeton	1
Purdue	1
Rutgers	1
SMU	1
Stanford	1
Syracuse	1
TCU	1
Temple	1
Tennessee	1
UCLA	1
Virginia	1
Yale	1

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[edit] External links

Maxwell Club website

College football awards
Best player awards: Heisman Memorial Trophy Maxwell Award • Walter Camp Award • AP Player of the Year
Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defenseman) Chuck Bednarik Award (Defenseman) Dave Rimington Trophy (Center) Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker) Doak Walker Award (Running back) William V. Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete) Fred Biletnikoff Award (Wide receiver) Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back) John Mackey Award (Tight end)	Johnny Unitas Award (Senior quarterback) Lombardi Award (Lineman/linebacker) Lott Trophy (Defenseman) Lou Groza Award (Placekicker) Manning Award (Quarterback) Outland Trophy (Interior lineman) Ray Guy Award (Punter) Sammy Baugh Trophy (Quarterback) Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive end) Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian-athlete)
Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year • Home Depot Coach of the Year Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year • Walter Camp Coach of the Year AFCA Coach of the Year • Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award • Broyles Assistant Coach of the Year AP Coach of the Year
Walter Payton Award (Div. I FCS offensive player) • Buck Buchanan Award (Div. I FCS defenseman) Eddie Robinson Award (Div. I FCS coach)
Big 12 awards • Big East awards • Big Ten awards (MVP) • MAC awards • Pac-10 awards • SEC awards
Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) • Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) • Melberger Award (Div. III) • Rawlings Award (NAIA)

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[edit] Winners

[edit] Winners by school

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[edit] External links