Trivia questions of the day (1 Viewer)

[Chase Stuart]

1) Name the only guy to win the Heisman, an NFL MVP, a college national championship and a professional football championship?

2) Name the other five guys to win the Heisman, a college national championship and a professional football championship?

To be clear, I'm considering a college national championship to mean a guy who was not redshirted on a team that was selected as champion by at least one major source.

 

[identikit]

1) Jim Brown

 

[Leroy Hoard]

1) Desmond Howard

 

[cheese]

1) Desmond Howard

NFL MVP? Or are we guessing at the other 5 now?Jim Brown isn't a bad guess, but I think he was too early to win that Syracuse title.Possibly Paul Hornung?

 

[LarryAllen'sJockstrap]

1 - Marcus Allen

 

[David Yudkin]

Marcus Allen for 1.

 

[Chase Stuart]

Brown never won a Heisman -- his replacement, Ernie Davis, was the first black player to win the Heisman.

Howard never won an NFL MVP. Hornung did win one, although it was entirely unjustified

Howard, Hornung and Brown all failed to win a college championship as well. Notre Dame claims 11 national championships in football, none in the '50s (Hornung won the Heisman in '56.) Several organizations did name the Fighting Irish the national champions in 1953, although neither the AP nor the Coaches Poll placed ND at #1. Regardless, in '53 Hornung was a redshirt freshman (the NCAA did not allow freshman to play until 1972).

 

[Chase Stuart]

Marcus Allen is correct. He also can add SB MVP and HOF to his resume, giving him six pretty badass rings/awards/jackets. Heisman, college national champion, SB champion, NFL MVP, SB MVP, HOFer.

 

[Sweet Love]

For the other five?:

Roger Staubach

Jim Plunkett

Tony Dorsett

 

[JohnDoe]

For the other 5

Reggie Bush

Tony Dorsett

 

[Chase Stuart]

Complete list:

1) Glenn Davis - Mr. Outside won the Heisman for Army in 1946; Army was named AP Champ in '44 and '45 and was named champion by many sources in '47. Davis, a halfback, had a short career, but his second and final season came as a member of the 1951 LA Rams title team. Was the #2 pick.

2) Leon Hart - won Heisman in 1949, won two AP titles for Notre Dame, as the Irish won in '47 and '49. Hart, a two-way end, was a starter for the '52 and '53 Detroit Lions championship teams. Was also the #1 overall selection.

3) Billy Cannon - helped LSU win the mythical national championship as a junior and then won the Heisman as a senior. Was famously signed by the NFL immediately following his last college football game, but then went to the AFL. He was the first pick of the Los Angeles Rams but went to the Houston Oilers of the AFL where he was a key member of the AFL's first two champions. In '61 he had his best season as a RB, leading the league in rushing yards and YPC and also chipping in with 586 receiving yards.

4) Tony Dorsett - as a senior, he guided Pitt to an undefeated national championship season and ran away with the Heisman honors that year. Dorsett was the #2 pick for the Cowboys, where he won rookie of the year honors and won the Super Bowl with the Cowboys.

5) Marcus Allen - was a backup as a freshman on the 1978 USC national championship team. He won the Heisman in '81 and was the 10th pick in the 1982 draft. Allen won the AP rookie of the year award in '82, before winning the Super Bowl and SB MVP in 1983. Allen later won the NFL AP MVP award in 1985, and was inducted into the HOF in 2003.

6) Reggie Bush - won a disputed national championship as a true freshman; won an undisputed championship as a sophomore. Won the Heisman as a junior. Was the #2 pick in the draft and won the Super Bowl with the Saints four years later.