2007 WCFF Awards
Player of the Year Award
Darren McFadden
Arkansas – RB
Man of the Year Award
Dick Butkus
Illinois
Distinguished American Award
Frank Broyles
Georgia Tech
CT Player of the Year
Mike McLeod
Yale – RB
Coach of the Year Award
Mark Mangino
Kansas
Alumni Award
Ray Guy
Southern Mississippi
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Ansonia HS
41st Walter Camp Weekend and Annual Awards Dinner
Some of the finest college football players in the nation along with some special guests will be in New Haven for some special events hosted by the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
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1993
Distinguished American Award
Rev. Theodore Hesburgh
C.S.C.
CT Player of the Year
Chris Zingo
Cornell
Coach of the Year Award
Terry Bowden
Auburn
Alumni Award
Archie Griffin
Ohio State
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Cheshire
1992
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Cheshire
Player of the Year Award
Gino Torretta
University of Miami – QB
Man of the Year Award
Bob Griese
Purdue
Distinguished American Award
Carm Cozza
Yale
CT Player of the Year
Curtis Eller
Villanova
Coach of the Year Award
Gene Stallings
Alabama
Alumni Award
Kellen Winslow
Missouri
1991
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Notre Dame (West Haven)
Player of the Year Award
Desmond Howard
Michigan – WR
Man of the Year Award
Melvin Blount
Southern
Distinguished American Award
Susan St. James/Alexander Kroll
NA/Rutgers
CT Player of the Year
Corey Vincent
Holy Cross
Coach of the Year Award
Bobby Bowden
Florida State
Alumni Award
Steve Owens
Oklahoma
1990
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Derby
Player of the Year Award
Raghib “Rocket” Ismail
Notre Dame – WR
Man of the Year Award
Nicholas Buoniconti
Notre Dame
Distinguished American Award
Tex Schramm
Texas
CT Player of the Year
Rob Thomson
Syracuse
Coach of the Year Award
Bobby Ross
Georgia Tech
Alumni Award
Thomas Jackson
Louisville
1989
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Ansonia
Player of the Year Award
Anthony Thompson
Indiana – RB
Distinguished American Award
Burt Reynolds/Richard Kazmaier
Florida State/Princeton
CT Player of the Year
Terry Wooden
Syracuse
Coach of the Year Award
Bill McCartney
Colorado
Alumni Award
Dr. Tom Casanova
LSU
1988
Stratford
Player of the Year Award
Barry Sanders
Oklahoma State – RB
Man of the Year Award
Andy Robustelli
Arnold College
Distinguished American Award
Sid Luckman/Y.A. Tittle
Columbia/LSU
CT Player of the Year
Glenn Antrum
UCONN
Coach of the Year Award
Don Nehlen
West Virginia
Alumni Award
Alan Page
Notre Dame
1987
Joseph W. Kelly Award
East Catholic (Manchester)
Player of the Year Award
Tim Brown
Notre Dame – WR
Man of the Year Award
Levi Jackson
Yale
Distinguished American Award
Weeb Ewbank
Miami University
CT Player of the Year
Bill Romanowski
Boston College
Coach of the Year Award
Don MacPherson
Syracuse
Alumni Award
Mike Reid
Notre Dame
1986
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Trumbull
Player of the Year Award
Vinny Testaverde
University of Miami – QB
Man of the Year Award
Willie Davis
Grambling
Distinguished American Award
Tom Landry
Texas
CT Player of the Year
Richard Comizio
UPenn
Coach of the Year Award
Jimmy Johnson
University of Miami
Alumni Award
Joe Greene
North Texas State
1985
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Hillhouse (New Haven)
Player of the Year Award
Bo Jackson
Auburn – RB
Man of the Year Award
Rocky Bleier
Notre Dame
Distinguished American Award
Bob Hope
N/A
CT Player of the Year
Tom Patton
Holy Cross
Coach of the Year Award
Fisher DeBerry
U.S.A.F.A.
1984
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Middletown
Player of the Year Award
Doug Flutie
Boston College – QB
Man of the Year Award
Don Shula
John Carroll
Distinguished American Award
Maj. Gen. Bill Carpenter
U.S.M.A.
Coach of the Year Award
Joe Morrison
South Carolina
1983
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Ansonia
Player of the Year Award
Mike Rozier
Nebraska – RB
Man of the Year Award
Roger Staubach
Navy
Distinguished American Award
Tom Harmon
Michigan
CT Player of the Year
Steve Young
BYU – QB
Coach of the Year Award
Mike White
Illinois
1982
Joseph W. Kelly Award
St. Joseph’s (Trumbull)
Player of the Year Award
Herschel Walker
Georgia – RB
Man of the Year Award
Merlin Jay Olsen
Utah State
Distinguished American Award
Eddie Robinson
Grambling
CT Player of the Year
Mike Marshall
Sourthern Connecticut State University
Coach of the Year Award
Jerry Stovall
LSU
1981
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Naugatuck
Player of the Year Award
Marcus Allen
USC – RB
Man of the Year Award
Capt. Otto Graham
Northwestern
Distinguished American Award
Red Grange
Illinois
CT Player of the Year
Richard Diana
Yale
Coach of the Year Award
Jackie Sherrill
Pittsburgh
1980
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Trumbull
Player of the Year Award
Hugh Green
Pittsburgh – DE
Man of the Year Award
Gale Sayers
Kansas
Distinguished American Award
George Halas
Illinois
Distinguished American Award
Hon. Alexander Haig
U.S.M.A.
Coach of the Year Award
Vincent Dooley
Georgia
1979
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Newington
Player of the Year Award
Charles White
USC – RB
Man of the Year Award
Hon. Jack Kemp
Occidental College
Distinguished American Award
Sonny Werblin
Rutgers
Coach of the Year Award
John Mackovic
Wake Forest
1978
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Amity (Woodbridge)
Player of the Year Award
Billy Sims
Oklahoma – RB
Man of the Year Award
Floyd Little
Syracuse
Distinguished American Award
James Crowley
Notre Dame
Distinguished American Award
Donald Miller
Notre Dame
Coach of the Year Award
Warren Powers
Missouri
1977
Joseph W. Kelly Award
Trumbull
About the Foundation
Walter Camp was one of the giants of football in the United States. 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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