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Walter Camp Announces Five Finalists for 2009 Player of the Year Award
Three quarterbacks headline the list of finalists for the Walter Camp Football Foundation 2009 Player of the Year award
The 2009 Walter Camp Player of the Year recipient, who is voted on by the Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors, will be presented live on Thursday, December 10 during the 6 p.m. edition of ESPN SportsCenter.
McCoy (Texas) and Smith (USC) Earn Final Walter Camp Player of the Week Honors
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending November 28 - the final weekly selections for the 2009 season.
This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
Vereen (Cal) and Hogue (Syracuse) Earn Walter Camp Player of the Week Honors
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending November 21.
This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation
Walter Camp Announces 15 “Players to Watch” for 2009 Player of the Year Award
Last year’s recipient, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, headlines the 15-player list, which includes four quarterbacks, four running backs, four wide receivers and three defensive standouts.
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of fifteen “Players to Watch” for its 2009 Player of the Year award, the fourth-oldest college football award in the nation.
ABC News’ “Good Morning America” Anchor Robin Roberts Named Distinguished American
Robin Roberts, accomplished student-athlete, media personality, author, and breast-cancer survivor, is the 2009 recipient of the Walter Camp Football Foundation “Distinguished American” Award.
The Walter Camp “Distinguished American” award is presented each year to an individual who has utilized his or her talents to attain great success in business, private life or public service and who may have accomplished that which no other has done. He or she may have a record of dedication to mankind that should not pass unrecognized and a life that has been dedicated to the preservation of the American ideal. The recipient need not have participated in football but must be one who understands its lesson of self-denial, cooperation and teamwork, and one who is a person of honesty, integrity and dedication. He or she must be a leader, an innovator, even a pioneer, who has reached a degree of excellence that distinguishes him or her from contemporaries, as well as someone who lives within the principles of Walter Camp.
McCluster (Ole Miss) and Burney (North Carolina) Named National Players of the Week
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending November 14.
This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
Gerhart (Stanford) and Heyward (Ohio State) Named Walter Camp Players of the Week
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending November 7.
This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
Masoli (Oregon) and Crick (Nebraska) Named Walter Camp Players of the Week
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 31.
This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
NFL Hall-of-Famer John Elway Named Walter Camp’s “Man of the Year”
Former Stanford University and Denver Broncos standout will be honored on January 16
Former Stanford University and Denver Broncos standout quarterback John Elway is the recipient of the Walter Camp Football Foundation’s “Man of the Year” award. Elway joins a distinguished list of former “Man of the Year” winners, including Roger Staubach (Navy), Gale Sayers (Kansas), Dick Butkus (Illinois) and last year’s recipient Morten Andersen (Michigan State).
Spiller (Clemson) and Smith (Iowa State) Named Walter Camp Players of the Week
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Bowl Championship Subdivision National Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for games ending October 24.
This is the sixth year that the Walter Camp Football Foundation will honor one offensive and one defensive player as its national Bowl Subdivision player of the week during the regular season. Recipients are selected by a panel of national media members and administered by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
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"Walter Camp was one of the giants of football in the United States. He stands with Stagg, Rockne, Thorpe, Warner, Heffelfinger in the imprint they made upon the game. He stands first among them, for it was he who sired the game as it is played in the United States, the game that evolved from the rugby football of England. He played in the first Yale-Harvard game of rugby in 1876. From then on, his was the fertile, inventive mind and guiding leadership that brought about the evolution of the American style of football."
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