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The Maxwell Award Collegiate Player of the Year Past Recipients

• 1937 Clinton E. Frank , Yale University
• 1938 Davey O'Brien , Texas Christian University
• 1939 Nile C. Kinnick , University of Iowa
• 1940 Tom Harmon , University of Michigan
• 1941 Bill Dudley , University of Virginia
• 1942 Paul V. Governali , Columbia University
• 1943 Robert H. Odell , University of Pennsylvania
• 1944 Glenn Davis , U.S. Military Academy
• 1945 Felix A. Blanchard , U.S. Military Academy
• 1946 Charles Trippi , University of Georgia
• 1947 Doak Walker , Southern Methodist University
• 1948 Charles Bednarik, University of Pennsylvania
• 1949 Leon Hart , University of Notre Dame
• 1950 Francis J. Bagnell , University of Pennsylvania
• 1951 Dick Kazmaier , Princeton University
• 1952 John Lattner, University of Notre Dame
• 1953 John Lattner , University of Notre Dame
• 1954 Ronald Beagle , U.S. Naval Academy
• 1955 Howard Cassidy , Ohio State University
• 1956 Tom McDonald , University of OklahomaThe University of Oklahoma OU is an institution of higher learning located in Norman, Oklahoma. The university was founded in 1890. It currently enrolls almost 29,000 students, has over 1,900 full-time faculty members, and offers 154 baccalaureate program
• 1957 Robert H. Reifsnyder , U.S. Naval Academy
• 1958 Peter J. Dawkins , U.S. Military Academy
• 1959 Richard J. Lucas , Pennsylvania State University
• 1960 Joseph Bellino , U.S. Naval Academy
• 1961 Robert E. Ferguson , Ohio State University
• 1962 Terry Baker , Oregon State University
• 1963 Roger Staubach, U.S. Naval Academy
• 1964 Glenn Ressler , Pennsylvania State University
• 1965 Tommy Nobis, Jr. , University of Texas
• 1966 James R. Lynch , University of Notre Dame
• 1967 Gary Beban , University of California, Los Angeles
• 1968 O.J. Simpson, University of Southern California
• 1969 Mike Reid , Pennsylvania State University
• 1970 Jim Plunkett, Stanford University
• 1971 Ed Marinaro , Cornell University
• 1972 Brad Van Pelt , Michigan State University
• 1973 John Cappelletti , Pennsylvania State University
• 1974 Steve Joachim , Temple University
• 1975 Archie Griffin, Ohio State University
• 1976 Tony Dorsett, University of Pittsburgh
• 1977 Ross Browner , University of Notre Dame
• 1978 Charles Fusina , Pennsylvania State University
• 1979 Charles White , University of Southern California
• 1980 Hugh Green, University of Pittsburgh
• 1981 Marcus Allen, University of Southern California
• 1982 Herschel Walker, University of Georgia
• 1983 Mike Rozier, University of Nebraska
• 1984 Doug Flutie, Boston College
• 1985 Chuck Long , University of Iowa
• 1986 Vinny Testaverde, University of Miami
• 1987 Don McPherson , Syracuse University
• 1988 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State University
• 1989 Anthony Thompson , Indiana University
• 1990 Ty Detmer, Brigham Young University
• 1991 Desmond Howard , University of Michigan
• 1992 Gino Torretta , University of Miami
• 1993 Charlie Ward , Florida State University
• 1994 Kerry Collins, Pennsylvania State University
• 1995 Eddie George, Ohio State University
• 1996 Danny Wuerffel , University of Florida
• 1997 Peyton Manning, University of Tennessee
• 1998 Ricky Williams, University of Texas
• 1999 Ron Dayne , University of Wisconsin
• 2000 Drew Brees, Purdue University
• 2001 Ken Dorsey , University of Miami
• 2002 Larry Johnson , Pennsylvania State University
• 2003 Eli Manning, University of Mississippi