End, Notre Dame, 1946–49
Leon Hart
- Born
- Nov 2, 1928, in Pennsylvania
- Died
- Sep 24, 2002, in South Bend, Indiana
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Leon Hart played end at Notre Dame (1946–49). He won the 1949 Heisman Trophy and the 1949 Maxwell Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1948 and 1949. The Detroit Lions took Hart first overall in the 1950 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
At a glance
Honors
- 1949Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1973College Football Hall of Fame
- 1948, 1949Consensus All‑American
- 1949Maxwell Award
- 1949Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
Team titles: National champions, 1946, 1947 and 1949
All-America: consensus 1948 and 1949; FWAA first team 1947
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
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.
In the NFL
Pro Bowl: 1951 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 1951
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1951; United Press first team 1951; United Press second team 1954, 1956.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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