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Running back, Ohio State, 1952–55
Hopalong Cassady
- Born
- Mar 2, 1934, in Columbus, Ohio
- Died
- Sep 20, 2019
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Hopalong Cassady played running back at Ohio State (1952–55). He won the 1955 Heisman Trophy and the 1955 Maxwell Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1954 and 1955. The Detroit Lions took Cassady in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 1956 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.
At a glance
Honors
- 1955Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1979College Football Hall of Fame
- 1953Second-team All-Big Ten
- 1954, 1955Consensus All‑American
- 1954, 1955First-team All-Big Ten
- 1954Third in the Heisman vote
- 1955Maxwell Award
Team titles: National champions, 1954; Big Ten champions, 1954 and 1955
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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