Dec. 10, 1935

University of Chicago halfback Jay Berwanger receives the first Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, signifying that he is the best college player east of the Mississippi River. By the next year, the award will be known as the Heisman Trophy -- named after the late John Heisman, the DAC's first director of athletics and a famed football coach -- and it will go to the best player in the country.

Of the 107 players against whom Berwanger competed against in 1935, 104 named him the best halfback.

With the first selection of the 1936 draft, the Philadelphia Eagles will select Berwanger, who rushed for 1,839 yards in his career. But he will pass on pro football and after World War II he will launch a successful business career that will make him a millionaire.