Walter Camp 2013 “Player of the Year” Recipient and Nation’s Oldest “All-America Team” Will Be Announced Dec. 12
New Haven, CT – New Haven-based Walter Camp Football Foundation will be in the national spotlight on Thursday, December 12th.
The recipient of the 2013 Walter Camp Player of the Year award will be presented during the 6 p.m. edition of ESPN SportsCenter. Foundation President James Monico will present the Player of the Year award on behalf of the organization. The five finalists for the 2013 Player of the Year award are quarterbacks Jordan Lynch (Northern Illinois), Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), AJ McCarron (Alabama) and Jameis Winston (Florida State) along with running back Andre Williams (Boston College).
Click here for the list of previous Walter Camp Player of the Year winners
Later that evening, the Walter Camp All-America team, the nation’s oldest college football All-America squad, will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show (7 p.m. EST) in Orlando, Fla. It will be the 124th All-America team selected .
Click here for the complete list of Walter Camp All-America teams
The 2013 Walter Camp Player of the Year, Coach of the Year David Cutcliffe (Duke), and members of the All-America team will be honored at the organization’s national awards banquet on Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the Yale University Commons in New Haven. In addition, the Foundation will recognize three individuals – former Notre Dame and Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann (Distinguished American), former Penn State and Oakland Raider standout lineman Matt Millen (Man of the Year) and former North Carolina All-American Ken Huff (Alumnus of the Year) – with major awards. The Foundation is offering a “Holiday Ticket Promotion” for the National Awards Dinner. Buy two tickets for $450 (you save $150) before December 31. Please call (203) 288-CAMP (288-2267) for more information.
Walter Camp, “The Father of American Football,” first selected an All-America team in 1889. Camp – a former Yale University athlete and football coach – is also credited with developing play from scrimmage, set plays, the numerical assessment of goals and tries and the restriction of play to eleven men per side. The Walter Camp Football Foundation – a New Haven based all-volunteer group – was founded in 1967 to perpetuate the ideals of Camp and to continue the tradition of selecting annually an All-America team.
