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1960 Joe Bellino - Navy

Born and raised in Winchester, Mass., Bellino, nicknamed "The Winchester Rifle", was a three-sport star for Winchester High. He was good enough in baseball to be offered a contract out of high school by the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he chose to play football for Navy despite offers from Notre Dame and several Big Ten schools.

After a year in prep school, Bellino became an instant star for the Midshipmen. In his three years at Navy, he scored 31 touchdowns, rushed for 1,664 yards on 330 carries, returned 37 kicks for 833 more yards and altogether set 15 Naval Academy football records.In 1960, Bellino rushed for 834 yards and 15 touchdowns and scored another three touchdowns via pass receptions. He was a unanimous All-America selection and also the winner of the Maxwell Award. On November 29, 1960, he won the Heisman Trophy handily over Richie Lucas of Penn State, totaling 1,929 points to Lucas’ 613. 

In addition to his football exploits, Bellino was an outstanding catcher and outfielder on Navy baseball teams. He hit .428 in 22 games in 1959 and led the Eastern Intercollegiate League in stolen bases. He had a .320 average in 1960 and was the baseball team captain in 1961.

Joe Bellino’s number 27 jersey was retired by Navy after the 1960 season. Bellino was selected in the 19th round of the 1961 AFL Draft by the Boston Patriots. He decided to join the Patriots of the American Football League, and played three seasons, primarily as a kick returner. Due to his five-year commitment to the U.S. Navy following graduation, he remains the lowest drafted Heisman Trophy winner in the history of the National Football League. He then stayed in the Navy Reserves and reached the rank of Captain. 

Joe Bellino was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1977.

Joseph Michael Bellino
(March 13, 1938 - March 27, 2019)

9/17/1960 at Boston College
(W 22-7)

10/1/1960 at Washington
(W 15-14)

10/15/1960 vs. Air Force
(W 35-3)

10/29/1960 vs. Notre Dame
(W 14-7)

11/12/1960 vs. Virginia
(W 41-6)

9/24/1960 vs. Villanova
(W 41-7)

10/8/1960 vs. Southern Methodist (Oyster Bowl) 
(W 26-7)

10/22/1960 at Pennsylvania
(W 27-0)

11/5/1960 at Duke
(L 10-19)

11/12/1960 vs. Virginia
(Press Pass)

11/26/1960 vs. Army (Philadelphia Stadium)
(W 17-12)

1961 Ernie Davis - Syracuse

Born in New Salem, Penn., Davis moved to Elmira, New York, when he was 12 and soon revealed himself to be quite an athlete. He played baseball, basketball and football at Elmira Free Academy, earning high school All-American honors in the latter two sports. He was heavily recruited by some of college football’s top programs, but was swayed by NFL great Jim Brown, who convinced Davis that Syracuse, Brown’s alma mater, would be a welcoming place for a young black athlete. The 6-2, 211-pound Davis rushed for 686 yards and 10 touchdowns as a sophomore, earning the nickname “The Elmira Express” and the first of three All-America selections. Davis scored two touchdowns to help the Orangemen beat Texas, 23-14, in the Cotton Bowl as Syracuse won the national title.

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On Novenber 28, 1961, Davis became the first African American ever to win the coveted Heisman Trophy. He won it after a season in which he gained 823 yards on 150 carries, averaging 5.5 yards per carry. He scored 15 touchdowns and totaled 94 points, leading Syracuse in pass receiving with 16 catches for 157 yards. After graduating from college, Ernie was drafted first overall by Washington in the 1962 draft, but quickly traded to the Cleveland Browns. He signed for the (then) astronomical sum of $80,000. Shortly after signing and before he suited up for his first pro game, Ernie was struck down by leukemia. He died on May 18 ,1963, after a sixteen-month battle for survival.
Ernie Davis was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.

Ernest R. Davis
(December 14, 1939 - May 18, 1963)

9/23/1961 at Oregon State
(W 19-8)

10/7/1961 at Maryland
(L 21-22)

9/30/1961 vs. West Virginia
(full student ticket)
(W 29-14)

10/14/1961 at Nebraska
(student ticket)
(W 28-6)

10/21/1961 at Penn State
(L 0-14)

10/28/1961 vs. Holy Cross
(W 34-6)

10/28/1961 vs. Holy Cross
(full student ticket)
(W 34-6)

11/4/1961 vs. Pittsburgh
(W 28-9)

11/4/1961 vs. Pittsburgh
(full student ticket)
(W 28-9)

11/11/1961 vs. Colgate
(W 51-8)

11/18/1961 at Notre Dame
(L 15-17)

11/25/1961 at Boston College
(W 28-13)

1961 Student Season Ticket Book (complete)

1962 Terry Baker - Oregon State

Born in Pine River, Minn., Baker attended Jefferson High in Portland, Ore., where he was a three-year letter winner in basketball and baseball. Football, however, was Baker’s most dominant sport. Baker played quarterback and tailback and led his team to a 23–0 record with two state titles in his last two seasons. Baker attended Oregon State where he played both basketball and football. On the gridiron, Baker was a talented dual-threat, passing for 863 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for 610 yards and five scores as a 1960 sophomore. As a junior, Baker threw for 875 yards and rushed for 375 and had a combined seven scores. As a senior in 1962, Baker threw for 1,723 yards and 15 scores and rushed for 538 yards and nine TDs as the Beavers finished 8-2 and ranked 16th in the polls.

On November 27, 1962, Baker won the Heisman Trophy for his achievements. He was the first player from a school west of Texas to win the award.

Terry Wayne Baker
(May 5, 1941)

In addition to winning the Heisman, he also won the Maxwell Award and the W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy, was a consensus first team All-American and was named the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. His Heisman in tow, Baker led OSU to a 6-0 victory over Villanova in the Liberty Bowl. The only score was Baker’s 99-yard touchdown run, which is still an NCAA record.But Baker wasn’t through with his college career at that point. He later joined the Beaver basketball team as a senior and averaged 13.4 points to help his team make the 1963 Final Four. He is still the only athlete to win the Heisman and appear in the NCAA Final Four in basketball. Baker graduated OSU with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1963 and then was selected as the first overall pick of that year’s NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams. He played with the Rams for three seasons while earning a J.D. at USC’s Law School.

Terry Baker was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

9/29/1962 at Iowa
(L 8-28)

9/22/1962 vs. Iowa State
(Field Pass, ticket still wanted)
(W 39-35)

10/6/1962 at Stanford
(W 27-0)

10/13/1962 vs. Washington
(L 13-14)

10/27/1962 vs. West Virginia
(W 51-22)

10/20/1962 vs. College of the Pacific
(Field Pass, ticket still wanted)
(W 40-6)

11/3/1962 at Washington State
(W 18-12)

11/10/1962 at Idaho
(Field Pass, ticket still wanted)
(W 32-0)

11/24/1962 vs. Oregon
(W 20-17)

11/17/1962 vs. Colorado State
(Field Pass, ticket still wanted)
W 25-14)

1963 Roger Staubach - Navy

Known as “Roger the Dodger,” all Staubach did as a junior quarterback was lead Navy to a ranking of second in the country and a berth in the Cotton Bowl, where he set Bowl records for pass completions (21-of-31) and yards passing (228). The Midshipmen posted wins over West Virginia, Michigan, Notre Dame and Maryland that season. He completed 106 passes in 161 attempts for 1,474 yards, while earning consensus All-America honors, as well as the Maxwell Trophy and Walter Camp Memorial Trophy. On November 26, 1963 he was awarded the Heisman Trophy. At one time, Staubach, who was hampered by injuries in his senior season of 1964, had set 28 Naval Academy records in football. After four years in the U. S. Navy, including a tour in Vietnam, Staubach joined the Dallas Cowboys and led that team to unprecedented heights earning the nicknames "Captain America" and "Captain Comeback"

1963 Staubach.jpg

Roger Thomas Staubach
(February 5, 1942)

Again, displaying the daring play he had shown at Navy, Staubach directed the Cowboys to 23 fourth-quarter comeback wins, 14 in the final two minutes of a game or in overtime. He played 11 season with the Cowboys and led them to the Super Bowl four times, including world championships in 1972 and 1978. The Cowboys were 90-31 with Staubach as their starting quarterback.Among his awards were the NFL Players Association Most Valuable Player and The Sporting News NFL Player of the Year in 1971, Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl VI (1972), Washington Touchdown Club NFC Player of the Year in 1976 and 1978, NFC Pro Bowl selection five times, the Vince Lombardi Sportsman of the Year Award in 1975, NFL Players’ Association NFC Offensive Player of the Year (1978), and the Byron “Whizzer” White Humanitarian Award in 1979. Staubach was elected into the Pro Football Hall of fame in 1985 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1981.

9/21/1963 at West Virginia
(W 51-7)

9/21/1963 at West Virginia (Press Pass)

9/28/1963 vs. William & Mary 
(W 28-0)

10/11/1963 at Southern Methodist
(L 28-32)

10/26/1963 vs. Pittsburgh
(W 24-12)

11/9/1963 vs. Maryland
(W 42-7)

10/5/1963 at Michigan
(W 26-13)

10/18/1963 vs. VMI (Oyster Bowl)
(W 21-12)

11/2/1963 at Notre Dame
(W 35-14)

11/16/1963 at Duke
(W 38-25)

11/30/1963 vs. Army (Philadelphia Stadium)
(game played 12/7/1983 due to John Kennedy assassination)
(W 21-15)

1964 John Huarte - Notre Dame

Born and raised in Orange County, California, Huarte was a star quarterback at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, from which he graduated in 1961.

He chose to attend Notre Dame, but barely registered on the radar for the Irish in his first two seasons, attempting just 50 total passes in two seasons as Notre Dame went a combined 7-12.
But Huarte took over the starting job as a 1964 senior and enjoyed a magical year. He threw for 2,062 yards and 16 touchdowns and ranked third nationally in total offense as the Irish finished 9-1 and fell just short of the national title. Huarte also ran for three other touchdowns in 1964. Huarte was named the United Press International player of the year and a consensus first-team All-American.

On November 24, 1964, John Huarte was awarded the Heisman Trophy. Until 1964, a Notre Dame quarterback had never completed 100 passes in a season, but Huarte had 114 completions. His passing yardage total easily passed the previous Irish season record of 1,374 by Bob Williams in 1949. A second-round draft selection of the New York Jets, Huarte played with Boston, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Kansas City and Chicago, as well as the Memphis Grizzlies in the  World Football League. He retired from professional football in 1975.

Once out of football Huarte began his own highly-successful tile business, Arizona Tile, that specialized in tile, marble and granite countertops and became the largest importer of granite in North America.

John Huarte was elected into the College Football Hall 0f Fame in  2005.

John Gregory Huarte
(May 20, 1944)

1964 Huarte 9.26_edited.jpg

9/26/1964 at Wisconsin
(W 31-7)

10/10/1964 at Air Force
(W 34-7)

10/24/1964 vs. Stanford
(W 28-6)

11/7/1964 at Pittsburgh
(W 17-15)

11/21/1964 vs. Iowa
(W 28-0)

10/3/1964 vs. Purdue
(W 34-15)

10/17/1964 vs. U.C.L.A.
(W 24_0)

10/31/1964 at Navy
(W 40-0)

11/14/1964 vs. Michigan State
(W 34-7)

11/28/1964 at Southern California
(L 17-20)

1964 Huarte 12.3_edited.jpg

12/9/1964 Heisman Trophy presentation (full ticket)

1965 Mike Garrett - USC

Garrett was born in Los Angeles where he was a 1962 graduate of Roosevelt High. A two-way back, he was the L.A. City Player of the Year as a 1961 senior while also showing great promise as a baseball player.

The 5-9, 180-pound Garrett signed with USC and, after sitting out his freshman year per NCAA rules, he made an immediate impact for the Trojans. As a sophomore, Garrett rushed for 833 yards and scored three times. As a junior, he rushed for 948 yards and nine touchdowns while also catching 17 passes for 227 yards and a score.

Garrett had a mighty senior campaign, rushing for 1,440 yards while scoring 17 touchdowns (two on punt returns), as the Trojans went 7-2-1 and finished ninth in the polls. For his efforts, Mike Garrett was awarded the Heisman Trophy on November 23, 1965.

His career rushing total of 3,221 yards was among the best totals in NCAA history at the time. Besides his rushing gains, Garrett career totals also included 36 receptions, 43 punt returns, 30 kickoff returns and six pass attempts (two of which went for scores). He scored 30 touchdowns in his career and tallied over 4,500 all-purpose yards. Garrett was a second round pick in the 1966 draft and played four years for the Kansas City Chiefs and four more with the San Diego Chargers. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Chiefs in 1970. He returned to his alma mater as an associate athletic director and was later named Athletic Director in 1993, a position he held until 2010. He was also the Athletic Director at Langston College.

Mike Garrett was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

Michael Lockett Garrett
(April 12, 1944)

9/17/1965 vs. Minnesota
(T 20-20)

10/2/1965 vs. Oregon State
(W 26-12)

9/25/1965 at Wisconsin
(W 26-6)

10/9/1965 at Washington
(W 34-0)

10/16/1965 vs. Stanford
(W 14-0)

11/6/1965 at California
(W 35-0)

11/20/1965 vs. U.C.L.A.
(L 16-20)

12/2/1965 Heisman Trophy Presentation
(Les Horvath's Dais guest ticket)

10/23/1965 at Notre Dame
(L 7-28)

11/13/1965 vs. Pittsburgh
(W 28-0)

11/27/1965 vs. Wyoming
(W 56-6)

12/2/1965 Heisman Trophy Presentation ticket

1966 Steve Spurrier - Florida

The 6-2, 203-pound, Spurrier became the Gators’ starting quarterback in 1964 and he had a solid debut season by throwing for 943 yards and six touchdowns while leading Florida to a 7-3 record. As a 1965 junior, he passed for 1,893 yards and 14 touchdowns as the Gators went 7-4. Spurrier finished ninth in that year’s Heisman vote. His senior year was a special one. Spurrier threw for 2,012 yards and 16 touchdowns as Florida finished the regular season with an 8-2 record and a No. 11 ranking in the polls. Spurrier closed out his three-year, thirty-one-game college career with 4,848 passing yards and 37 touchdowns, breaking numerous school and conference records. In addition to winning the Walter Camp Award as a senior, he was also a unanimous All-American. Steve Spurrier was awarded the Heisman Trophy on November 22, 1966. Spurrier was the third overall pick in the 1967 draft by the San Francisco 49ers,

where he played for nine years, spelling John Brodie as quarterback in 1972 and leading the ‘49ers to a third-consecutive NFC West Title.

A head coach at the collegiate level since 1987, he was 20-13-1 at Duke and won the ACC Championship in 1989. While head coach at Florida, his team won the SEC Championship in 1990, ’91, ’93-’96, 2000 and the National Championship in 1996. He became the first Heisman winner to coach another Heisman winner when Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel won the award in 1996. After Florida, he coached the Washignton Redskins in the NFL before returning to coach South Carolina.

Spurrier is a member of the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.

Steve Spurrier was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.

Stephen Orr Spurrier
(April 20, 1945)

9/17/1966 vs. Northwestern
(W 43-7)

10/1/1966 at Vanderbilt
(W 13-0)

10/15/1966 at North Carolina
(W 17-0)

10/29/1966 vs. Auburn
(W 30-27)

11/12/1966 vs. Tulane (full student ticket)
(W 31-10)

9/24/1966 vs. Mississippi State
(W 28-7)

10/8/1966 at Florida State
(W 22-19)

10/22/1966 at L.S.U. (youth ticket)
(W 28-7)

11/5/1966 vs. Georgia
(L 10-27)

11/26/1966 vs. Florida (full ticket)
(L 16-21)

1967 Gary Beban - UCLA

Beban – known as “The Great One” – passed and ran his way to UCLA’s first Heisman while leading the Bruins to a 7-2-1 record and a No. 10 national ranking.

Born in San Francisco, Beban graduated in 1964 from Sequoia High in Redwood City, Calif. He starred as a single-wing tailback for Sequoia, earning all-league honors in both 1962 and 1963.

Beban signed with UCLA and was brilliant in his first season starting as a 1965 sophomore, passing for 1,483 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for 590 yards and 14 scores as the Bruins went 8-2-1, won the Rose Bowl over Michigan State and finished fifth in the polls. As a 1966 junior, Beban threw for 1,245 yards and six scores and rushed for 454 yards and 10 TDs as the Bruins went 9-1 and again finished fifth in the polls. He also finished fourth in the Heisman vote.

Beban led UCLA to a great start as a senior. The Bruins jumped to a 7-0-1 record and a No. 2 national ranking behind his leadership. He threw for 1,359 yards and eight touchdowns while rushing for 227 and 11 scores, but UCLA missed out on a possible national title by losing a hard-fought 21-20 decision to USC. Nonetheless, Beban was given the Heisman over USC’s O.J. Simpson as a testament to his overall skill set and career accomplishments. On November 28, 1967, Gary Beban was awarded the Heisman Trophy. He was a second-round selection (30th overall) of the Los Angeles Rams in the 1968 draft. He was later traded to the Washington Redskins and played a couple years with the team before joining CB Commercial, the nation’s leading full-service real estate organization. 

Gary Beban was elected to the College Hall of Fame in 1988.

Gary Joseph Beban
(August 5, 1946)

9/16/1967 vs. Tennessee
(W 20-16)

9/30/1967 at Washington State
(W 51-23)

10/14/1967 vs. California
(W 37-14)

11/4/1967 vs. Oregon State
(T 16-16)

11/18/1967 at U.S.C.
(L 20-21)

9/23/1967 at Pittsburgh
(W 40-8)

10/7/1967 at Penn State
(W 17-15)

10/21/1967 at Stanford
(W 21-16)

11/11/1967 vs. Washington
(W 48-0)

11/25/1967 vs. Syracuse (full ticket)
(L 14-32)

12/7/1967 Heisman Trophy Presentation ticket

1968 O.J. Simpson - USC

Born in San Francisco, Simpson graduate from Galileo High in 1965 as a star running back, defensive back and track athlete. He attended City College of San Francisco for his first two seasons and was named a junior college All-American as a running back in 1966 (he is the first of three Heisman winners to attend junior college). Nicknamed "The Juice", Simpson, one of the greatest backs in football history, both in college and in the professional ranks. He captured USC’s second Heisman (and second in four years) while setting the NCAA single-season rushing mark in 1968. The 6-2, 210-pound Simpson transferred to USC in the spring of 1967. The following fall, Simpson led the nation in rushing with 1,543 yards and scored 13 touchdowns to help lead USC to a 10-1 record and the national title. He finished second in the Heisman to UCLA’s Gary Beban.

As a senior, Simpson ran wild, logging 1,709 yards and scoring 22 touchdowns in the regular season as USC went 9-0-1 and finished second in the polls. He carried the ball an NCAA-record 334 times. On November 26, 1968, O. J. Simpson was awarded the Heisman Trophy. Not surprisingly, Simpson cruised to the '68 Heisman Trophy, winning by a record margin of 1,750 points over second place finisher Leroy Keyes of Purdue. 

Simpson was selected as the first overall pick in the 1969 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills and had a great football career. He became the first pro player to rush for over 2,000 yards when he gained 2,003 in 1973 in just 14 games. He later went on to be seen on television and movie screens regularly and was a sports broadcaster for NBC and ABC.

O. J. Simpson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985

He was also elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

Orenthal James Simpson
(July 9, 1947 - April 10, 2024)

9/21/1968 at Minnesota
(W 29-20)

10/5/1968 vs. Miami
(W 28-3)

10/19/1968 vs. Washington
(W 14-7)

9/28/1968 at Northwestern
(W 24-7)

10/12/1968 at Stanford
(W 27-24)

11/2/1968 at Oregon
(W 20-13)

11/9/1968 vs. California
(W 35-17)

11/16/1968 vs. Oregon State (full ticket)
(W 17-13)

11/23/1968 at U.C.L.A (full ticket)
(W 28-16)

11/30/1968 vs. Notre Dame
(T 21-21)

1969 Steve Owens - Oklahoma

The 6-2, 215-pounder was born in Gore, Oklahoma, but raised in Miami, Oklahoma, where he was a standout at Miami High.

Owens signed with the University of Oklahoma and became a power back for the Sooners. He ravaged defenses from 1967-69, setting four conference records of the day. He totaled 869 yards and 13 scores in 1967 and 1,536 yards and 21 touchdowns in 1968.

OU’s workhorse carried the ball 358 times in 1969 for 1,523 yards while scoring 23 touchdowns (a school record). Playing on a 1969 squad that had been hurt badly by graduation in 1968, Owens carried the load for the Sooner offense. Owens had two 200-plus yard games while leading the Sooners to a 6-4 season. For his efforts, on November 25, 1969 Steve Owens was awarded the Heisman Trophy. Owens left a mark on the OU record book. He is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 57 touchdowns during his career.  

Owens holds the record for the most carries in a game (55) and career (958). He finished his career with 4,041 yards on the ground, the third most in school history.

The Detroit Lions drafted Owens in the first round, the 19th selection of the 1970 NFL draft. He was the first Lion to gain over 1,000 yards in a season and was an All-Pro selection in 1971 and 1972. In 1991, Owens was named to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and was the Walter Camp Foundation Alumnus of the Year. Owens was inducted into the Orange Bowl Hall of Honor in 1992. Owens served as Oklahoma’s Athletic Director from 1996 to 1998. Owens founded Steve Owens Associates and Steve Owens Insurance Group, both of which offer a full range of insurance and service related products. 

Steve Owens was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991.

Loren Everett "Steve" Owens
(December 9, 1947)

9/20/1969 at Wisconsin
(W 48-21)

9/27/1969 vs. Pittsburgh
(W 37-8)

10/11/1969 vs. Texas (Red River Shootout - full ticket)
(L 17-27)

10/18/1969 vs. Colorado
(W 42-30)

11/1/1969 vs. Iowa State
(W 37-14)

10/25/1969 at Kansas State
(L 21-59)

11/8/1969 at Missouri
(L 10-44)

11/15/1969 vs. Kansas (full ticket)
(W 31-15)

11/22/1969 vs. Nebraska
(L 14-44)

11/29/1969 at Oklahoma State
(W 28-27)

1969 Oklahoma Season Ticket Book

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