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The Heisman Trophy is awarded annually by the Downtown Athletic Club to the top player in college football's highest division. While many of those who have hoisted the trophy named for football coach and pioneer John Heisman initially pursued careers in the NFL, the lives of these seven winners took much different paths:
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1935: first awardee jay berwanger passed on an nfl career, 1939: nile kinnick dies in wwii, 1945: doc blanchard pilots fighter planes in vietnam war, 1958: pete dawkins becomes a soldier and a scholar, 1961: ernie davis dies of leukemia, billy cannon was imprisoned for counterfeiting, heisman trophy winners, tom harmon played himself in a movie, national football league (nfl)
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