Heisman Trophy Winners

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The list of nominees for this year's Heisman Trophy was announced the other day, and I don't know about you, but the most interesting nominee isn't AJ, Tre, Johnny, Jordan, or Andre. It's Jameis. Where did that come from? I cannot find anything on it, and if you don't know anything about me yet, you should know that when my curiosity is piqued, a post usually happens. What other great names can we find among Heisman Trophy winners?

One more thing about the current nominees... AJ's given name is Raymond Anthony McCarron, Jr. I love surprises.

On to the list. Here are the names of past Heisman Trophy winners. Maybe you college-football-loving parents out there can find a gem that works for you...

1935 - John Jacob "Jay" Berwanger (Chicago)
1936 - Lawrence Morgan "Larry" Kelley (Yale)
1937 - Clinton E. "Clint" Frank (Yale)
1938 - Robert David "Davey" O'Brien (Texas Christian University)
1939 - Nile Clarke Kinnick, Jr. (Iowa)
1940 - Thomas Dudley "Tom" Harmon (Michigan)
1941 - Bruce P. Smith (Minnesota)
1942 - Frank Francis Sinkwich, Sr. (Georgia)
1943 - Angelo Bortolo Bertelli (Notre Dame)
1944 - Leslie "Les" Horvath (Ohio State)
1945 - Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (Army)
1946 - Glenn Woodward Davis (Army)
1947 - John Christopher "Johnny" Lujack, Jr. (Notre Dame)
1948 - Ewell Doak "Doak" Walker, Jr. (Southern Methodist University)
1949 - Leon Joseph Hart (Notre Dame)
1950 - Victor Felix "Vic" Janowicz (Ohio State)
1951 - Richard William "Dick" Kazmaier, Jr. (Princeton)
1952 - Billy Vessels (Oklahoma)
1953 - John Joseph "Johnny" Lattner (Notre Dame)
1954 - Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche (Wisconsin)
1955 - Howard Albert Cassady (Ohio State)
1956 - Paul Vernon Hornung (Notre Dame)
1957 - John David Crow (Texas A&M)
1958 - Peter Miller "Pete" Dawkins (Army)
1959 - William Abb "Billy" Cannon (Louisiana State University)
1960 - Joseph Michael "Joe" Bellino (Navy)
1961 - Ernest "Ernie" Davis (Syracuse)
1962 - Terry Wayne Baker (Oregon State)
1963 - Roger Thomas Staubach (Navy)
1964 - John Gregory Huarte (Notre Dame)
1965 - Michael Lockett Garrett (University of Southern California)
1966 - Stephen Orr "Steve" Spurrier (Florida)
1967 - Gary Joseph Beban (University of California Los Angeles)
1968 - Orenthal James "O.J." Simpson (University of Southern California)
1969 - Loren Everett "Steve" Owens (Oklahoma)
1970 - James William "Jim" Plunkett (Stanford)
1971 - Patrick Joseph "Pat" Sullivan (Auburn)
1972 - Johnny Steven Rodgers (Nebraska)
1973 - John Cappelletti (Penn State)
1974 & 1975 - Archie Mason Griffin (Ohio State)
1976 - Anthony Drew "Tony" Dorsett (Pittsburgh)
1977 - Earl Christian Campbell (Texas)
1978 - Billy Ray Sims (Oklahoma)
1979 - Charles Raymond White (University of Southern California)
1980 - George Washington Rogers (South Carolina)
1981 - Marcus LeMarr Allen (University of Southern California)
1982 - Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia)
1983 - Michael T. "Mike" Rozier (Nebraska)
1984 - Douglas Richard "Doug" Flutie (Boston College)
1985 - Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson (Auburn)
1986 - Vincent Frank "Vinny" Testaverde (Miami)
1987 - Timothy Donell "Tim" Brown (Notre Dame)
1988 - Barry Sanders (Oklahoma State)
1989 - Andre Ware (Houston)
1990 - Ty Hubert Detmer (Brigham Young University)
1991 - Desmond Kevin Howard (Michigan)
1992 - Gino Louis Torretta (Miami)
1993 - Charlie Ward, Jr. (Florida State)
1994 - Rashaan Iman Salaam (Colorado)
1995 - Edward Nathan "Eddie" George, Jr. (Ohio State)
1996 - Daniel Carl "Danny" Wuerffel (Florida)
1997 - Charles Woodson (Michigan)
1998 - Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams, Jr. (Texas)
1999 - Ronald "Ron" Dayne (Wisconsin)
2000 - Christopher Jon "Chris" Weinke (Florida State)
2001 - Eric Eugene Crouch (Nebraska)
2002 - Carson Hilton Palmer (University of Southern California)
2003 - Jason White (Oklahoma)
2004 - Matthew Stephen "Matt" Leinart (University of Southern California)
2005 - Reginald Alfred "Reggie" Bush, Jr. (University of Southern California) *vacated
2006 - Troy James Smith (Ohio State)
2007 - Timothy Richard "Tim" Tebow (Florida)
2008 - Samuel Jacob "Sam" Bradford (Oklahoma)
2009 - Mark Ingram, Jr. (Alabama)
2010 - Cameron Jerrell "Cam" Newton (Auburn)
2011 - Robert Lee Griffin III (Baylor)
2012 - Jonathan Paul "Johnny" Manziel (Texas A&M)

It's probably no surprise that the most popular Heisman Trophy winner name is John/Jonathon/Johnny.

What name catches your eye on this list? I couldn't help but be diverted by Nile.

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