Dec. 4, 1956

Exactly five years to the day after Kazmaier's triumph, another Golden Boy wins the Heisman. Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung becomes the only player from a losing team (2-8) to ever win the trophy.

Hornung edges out Tennessee's Johnny Majors and Oklahoma's Tommy McDonald. Syracuse's Jim Brown finishes fifth.

Hornung was second in the nation on offense, while leading the Irish in rushing, passing, scoring, kickoff returns, punt returns, punting, playing time and passes broken up. In the 22-year history of the award, he is the third Notre Dame quarterback (Angelo Bertelli and Johnny Lujack are the others) and the fifth Irish player (Leon Hart and Johnny Lattner) to win it.

Dec. 4, 1982

As a freshman, Herschel Walker finished third in the Heisman voting (behind George Rogers and Hugh Green). As a sophomore, the muscular running back came in second (behind Marcus Allen). Today, the arithmetical progression continues, and the Georgia junior wins the award, beating out Stanford quarterback John Elway and SMU running back Eric Dickerson.

With his 1,752 yards rushing, the 6-foot-2, 220-pounder was the nation's second leading runner (behind Oklahoma State's Earnest Anderson). After gaining only 20 yards on 11 carries in the opener when he played with a cast on his fractured right thumb, Walker ran for at least 124 yards in each of his 10 other games.

At the ceremony in New York, Walker is touched by the segments on the late Ernie Davis and when John Cappelletti donated his trophy to his younger brother, Joey, who was dying of leukemia. "I hope I can walk with people like them," Walker says about the former Heisman winners.

Though Walker says he will play his senior year at Georgia, he will change his mind and sign with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League.