Dick Kazmaier

American football player (1930–2013)

Dick Kazmaier

Kazmaier, c. 1951

No. 42
Position| Halfback
Personal information
Born:| (1930-11-23)November 23, 1930
Maumee, Ohio, U.S.
Died:| August 1, 2013(2013-08-01) (aged 82)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight| 171 lb (78 kg)
Career history
College|

* Princeton (1949–1951)

High school| Maumee
Career highlights and awards

* National champion (1950)
* 2× Eastern champion (1950, 1951)
* Heisman Trophy (1951)
* Maxwell Award (1951)
* AP Male Athlete of the Year (1951)
* UPI Player of the Year (1951)
* SN Player of the Year (1951)
* Unanimous All-American (1951)
* First-team All-American (1950)
* 2× First-team All-Eastern (1950, 1951)

College Football Hall of Fame (1966)

Richard William Kazmaier Jr. (November 23, 1930 – August 1, 2013) was an American businessman and naval lieutenant. He played college football as a halfback for the Princeton Tigers from 1949 through 1951 and was the winner of the 1951 Heisman Trophy,[1][2] the Maxwell Award, and the AP Male Athlete of the Year.

## Early life and career

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Kazmaier was born November 23, 1930, in Toledo, Ohio, the only child of Richard William Kazmaier Sr. (1903–1989) and Marian A. Kazmaier (née Greenlese; 1903–1957).[3] He graduated from Maumee High School in Ohio in 1948. He played football (four years), basketball (four years), track and field (four years), baseball (four years) and golf (one year) earning a letter each year in each sport. He was recruited by 23 colleges, most offering full scholarships.[4]

A halfback, kicker, and quarterback at Princeton University, Kazmaier ended his career third all-time in Tigers' history with over 4,000 yards of offense and 55 touchdowns.

As a senior in 1951, Kazmaier was a consensus All-American and won the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Trophy. He was named Ivy League Football Player of the Decade in 1960 and Time magazine ran his picture on its cover.[5] He was the last Heisman Trophy winner to play for an Ivy League institution.[6] Kazmaier graduated from Princeton in 1952 after completing a senior thesis titled "The Company and the Union: A Case Study".[7] The Chicago Bears selected him in the 1952 NFL draft, but he declined to play pro football, instead going to Harvard Business School. After spending three years in the U.S. Navy (1955–1957) and attaining the rank of lieutenant, he founded Kazmaier Associated Inc, an investment firm in Concord, Massachusetts.[8]

## Later life

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Kazmaier served as a director of the American Red Cross, director of the Ladies Professional Golfers Association, trustee of Princeton University, director of the Knight Foundation on Intercollegiate Athletics, chairman of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and president of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. The NCAA gave him its Silver Anniversary Award. He also received the National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award.[9]

In 2007, during a Maumee football game against Perrysburg, Kazmaier was honored by having his jersey number (#42) retired.[10] He also donated his Heisman Trophy to Maumee High School, where it is displayed inside a glass case in the main hallway.[11] The stadium at Maumee High School is named in his honor. His daughter, the late Patty Kazmaier-Sandt, was an All-Ivy member of the Princeton women's ice hockey team who died in 1990 at the age of 28 from a rare blood disease. The Patty Kazmaier Award, which was established by Kazmaier to memorialize his daughter, is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States at the annual Women's Frozen Four NCAA championship.[12]

## Personal

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Kazmaier died on August 1, 2013, in Boston from heart and lung disease at the age of 82.[13][14]

## Honors

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* 1950–1951: All-American in football
* 1951: Heisman Trophy winner
* 1951: Maxwell Award winner
* 1951: Named outstanding college football player by the Los Angeles Times, the Detroit Times, and the Cleveland Touchdown Club
* 1951: Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
* 1951: Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Athlete of the Year
* 1960: Ivy League Football Player of the Decade
* 1962: Voted to the Greater Toledo Athletic Hall of Fame
* 1969: Sports Illustrated's 1950s All Decade Team
* 1989: Walter Camp Distinguished American Award recipient
* 1993: National Football Foundation's Distinguished American Award in 1993
* 1998: Maumee High School renamed its football stadium in his honor.
* 2007: Jersey number (#21) officially retired at Maumee High School in Kazmaier's honor.
* 2008: Jersey number (#42) officially retired at Princeton University in Kazmaier's (and Bill Bradley's) honor. Bradley had grown up as a fan of Kazmaier and chose the number 42 in his honor.[15]

## See also

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* List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders
* List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders

## References

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1. ^ "Dick Kazmeier wins Heisman award". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 5, 1951. p. 37.
2. ^ "Kazmeier wins Heisman Trophy". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 5, 1951. p. 49.
3. ^ "Dick Kazmaier; 1930-2013: Maumee star won Heisman". toledoblade.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
4. ^ richardwkazmaier Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ World Almanac and Book of Facts 2005, at 978 (World Almanac Books, 2005).
7. ^ Kazmaier, Jr., Richard William. Princeton University. Department of Psychology (ed.). "The Company and the Union: A Case Study". `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
8. ^ "Illustrious Maumee graduate will present school with copy of his 1951 Heisman Trophy". toledoblade.com. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
9. ^ Litsky, Frank (August 1, 2013). "Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
10. ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly 11/19/2008 http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2008/11/19/pages/1716/
11. ^ Maumee City Schools News Archived 2007-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ "The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award". usahockey.com/. Archived from the original on August 2, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
13. ^ "Former Princeton standout, Heisman winner Dick Kazmaier dies". trentonian.com. August 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
14. ^ Litsky, Frank (August 1, 2013). "Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82". The New York Times.
15. ^ Tomlinson, Brett. "A number like no other; Princeton retires No. 42 in honor of Kazmaier ’52 and Bradley ’65", Princeton Alumni Weekly, November 19, 2008. Accessed September 13, 2021. "As children playing football on a churchyard in Crystal City, Mo., Bill Bradley ’65 and his friends took turns emulating collegiate gridiron stars. Bradley, for a Midwestern boy, had a curious favorite. 'Other kids wanted to be "Hopalong" Cassady of Ohio State,' he recalled. 'I wanted to be Dick Kazmaier ['52] of Princeton.' ... The two stars shared a common uniform number — 42 — worn, in the words of Director of Athletics Gary Walters ’67, 'with uncommon distinction.'"

## External links

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* College Football Hall of Fame profile

* Heisman Trophy profile

Dick Kazmaier—awards, and honors

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Heisman Trophy winners

* 1935: Berwanger
* 1936: Kelley
* 1937: Frank
* 1938: O'Brien
* 1939: Kinnick
* 1940: Harmon
* 1941: B. Smith
* 1942: Sinkwich
* 1943: Bertelli
* 1944: Horvath
* 1945: Blanchard
* 1946: G. Davis
* 1947: Lujack
* 1948: D. Walker
* 1949: Hart
* 1950: Janowicz
* 1951: Kazmaier
* 1952: Vessels
* 1953: Lattner
* 1954: Ameche
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: Hornung
* 1957: Crow
* 1958: Dawkins
* 1959: Cannon
* 1960: Bellino
* 1961: E. Davis
* 1962: Baker
* 1963: Staubach
* 1964: Huarte
* 1965: Garrett
* 1966: Spurrier
* 1967: Beban
* 1968: Simpson
* 1969: Owens
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Sullivan
* 1972: Rodgers
* 1973: Cappelletti
* 1974: A. Griffin
* 1975: A. Griffin
* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Campbell
* 1978: Sims
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Rogers
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: B. Jackson
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: Brown
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Ware
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Howard
* 1992: Torretta
* 1993: Ward
* 1994: Salaam
* 1995: George
* 1996: Wuerffel
* 1997: Woodson
* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Weinke
* 2001: Crouch
* 2002: Palmer
* 2003: J. White
* 2004: Leinart
* 2005: Bush
* 2006: T. Smith
* 2007: Tebow
* 2008: Bradford
* 2009: Ingram II
* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Griffin III
* 2012: Manziel
* 2013: Winston
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: Henry
* 2016: L. Jackson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Murray
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: D. Smith
* 2021: Young
* 2022: C. Williams
* 2023: Daniels
* 2024: Hunter

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* t
* e

Maxwell Award winners

* 1937: Frank
* 1938: O'Brien
* 1939: Kinnick
* 1940: Harmon
* 1941: Dudley
* 1942: Governali
* 1943: Odell
* 1944: G. Davis
* 1945: Blanchard
* 1946: Trippi
* 1947: D. Walker
* 1948: Bednarik
* 1949: Hart
* 1950: Bagnell
* 1951: Kazmaier
* 1952: Lattner
* 1953: Lattner
* 1954: Beagle
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: McDonald
* 1957: Reifsnyder
* 1958: Dawkins
* 1959: Lucas
* 1960: Bellino
* 1961: Ferguson
* 1962: Baker
* 1963: Staubach
* 1964: Ressler
* 1965: Nobis
* 1966: Lynch
* 1967: Beban
* 1968: Simpson
* 1969: Reid
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Marinaro
* 1972: Van Pelt
* 1973: Cappelletti
* 1974: Joachim
* 1975: Griffin
* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Browner
* 1978: Fusina
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Green
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: Long
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: McPherson
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Thompson
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Howard
* 1992: Torretta
* 1993: Ward
* 1994: Collins
* 1995: George
* 1996: Wuerffel
* 1997: P. Manning
* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Brees
* 2001: Dorsey
* 2002: Johnson
* 2003: E. Manning
* 2004: J. White
* 2005: V. Young
* 2006: Quinn
* 2007: Tebow
* 2008: Tebow
* 2009: McCoy
* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Luck
* 2012: Te'o
* 2013: McCarron
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: Henry
* 2016: Jackson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Tagovailoa
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: Smith
* 2021: B. Young
* 2022: C. Williams
* 2023: Penix Jr.
* 2024: Jeanty

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* t
* e

Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year

* 1931: Pepper Martin
* 1932: Gene Sarazen
* 1933: Carl Hubbell
* 1934: Dizzy Dean
* 1935: Joe Louis
* 1936: Jesse Owens
* 1937: Don Budge
* 1938: Don Budge
* 1939: Nile Kinnick
* 1940: Tom Harmon
* 1941: Joe DiMaggio
* 1942: Frank Sinkwich
* 1943: Gunder Hägg
* 1944: Byron Nelson
* 1945: Byron Nelson
* 1946: Glenn Davis
* 1947: Johnny Lujack
* 1948: Lou Boudreau
* 1949: Leon Hart
* 1950: Jim Konstanty
* 1951: Dick Kazmaier
* 1952: Bob Mathias
* 1953: Ben Hogan
* 1954: Willie Mays
* 1955: Howard Cassady
* 1956: Mickey Mantle
* 1957: Ted Williams
* 1958: Herb Elliott
* 1959: Ingemar Johansson
* 1960: Rafer Johnson
* 1961: Roger Maris
* 1962: Maury Wills
* 1963: Sandy Koufax
* 1964: Don Schollander
* 1965: Sandy Koufax
* 1966: Frank Robinson
* 1967: Carl Yastrzemski
* 1968: Denny McLain
* 1969: Tom Seaver
* 1970: George Blanda
* 1971: Lee Trevino
* 1972: Mark Spitz
* 1973: O. J. Simpson
* 1974: Muhammad Ali
* 1975: Fred Lynn
* 1976: Bruce Jenner
* 1977: Steve Cauthen
* 1978: Ron Guidry
* 1979: Willie Stargell
* 1980: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
* 1981: John McEnroe
* 1982: Wayne Gretzky
* 1983: Carl Lewis
* 1984: Carl Lewis
* 1985: Dwight Gooden
* 1986: Larry Bird
* 1987: Ben Johnson
* 1988: Orel Hershiser
* 1989: Joe Montana
* 1990: Joe Montana
* 1991: Michael Jordan
* 1992: Michael Jordan
* 1993: Michael Jordan
* 1994: George Foreman
* 1995: Cal Ripken Jr.
* 1996: Michael Johnson
* 1997: Tiger Woods
* 1998: Mark McGwire
* 1999: Tiger Woods
* 2000: Tiger Woods
* 2001: Barry Bonds
* 2002: Lance Armstrong
* 2003: Lance Armstrong
* 2004: Lance Armstrong
* 2005: Lance Armstrong
* 2006: Tiger Woods
* 2007: Tom Brady
* 2008: Michael Phelps
* 2009: Jimmie Johnson
* 2010: Drew Brees
* 2011: Aaron Rodgers
* 2012: Michael Phelps
* 2013: LeBron James
* 2014: Madison Bumgarner
* 2015: Stephen Curry
* 2016: LeBron James
* 2017: Jose Altuve
* 2018: LeBron James
* 2019: Kawhi Leonard
* 2020: LeBron James
* 2021: Shohei Ohtani
* 2022: Aaron Judge
* 2023: Shohei Ohtani
* 2024: Shohei Ohtani

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The Sporting News College Football Player of the Year winners

* 1942: Sinkwich
* 1943: Bertelli
* 1944: Horvath
* 1945: Blanchard
* 1946: G. Davis
* 1947: Lujack
* 1948: D. Walker
* 1949: Hart
* 1950: Janowicz
* 1951: Kazmaier
* 1952: Vessels
* 1953: Lattner
* 1954: Cassady
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: McDonald
* 1957: Crow
* 1958: Cannon
* 1959: Cannon
* 1960: Bellino
* 1961: Ferguson
* 1962: Baker
* 1963: Staubach
* 1964: Butkus
* 1965: Anderson & Grabowski
* 1966: Spurrier
* 1967: Beban
* 1968: Simpson
* 1969: Owens
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Sullivan & Marinaro
* 1972: B. Jones
* 1973: Hicks
* 1974: A. Griffin
* 1975: A. Griffin
* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Campbell
* 1978: Sims
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Green
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: B. Jackson
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: Brown
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Hagen
* 1990: Ismail
* 1991: Howard
* 1992: M. Jones
* 1993: Ward
* 1994: Salaam
* 1995: Frazier
* 1996: Wuerffel
* 1997: Woodson
* 1998: R. Williams
* 1999: Dayne
* 2000: Weinke
* 2001: Crouch
* 2002: Palmer
* 2003: J. White
* 2004: A. Smith
* 2005: Bush
* 2006: T. Smith
* 2007: Tebow
* 2008: Harrell, Bradford & McCoy
* 2009: Ingram II
* 2010: Newton
* 2011: Griffin III
* 2012: Manziel
* 2013: Winston
* 2014: Mariota
* 2015: Mayfield
* 2016: L. Jackson
* 2017: Mayfield
* 2018: Tagovailoa
* 2019: Burrow
* 2020: D. Smith
* 2021: Young
* 2022: C. Williams
* 2023: Daniels
* 2024: Hunter

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UPI College Football Player of the Year winners

* 1950: Janowicz
* 1951: Kazmaier
* 1952: Vessels
* 1953: Giel
* 1954: Ameche
* 1955: Cassady
* 1956: Majors
* 1957: Crow
* 1958: Cannon
* 1959: Cannon
* 1960: Bellino
* 1961: Ferguson
* 1962: Baker
* 1963: Staubach
* 1964: Huarte
* 1965: Garrett
* 1966: Spurrier
* 1967: Simpson
* 1968: Simpson
* 1969: Owens
* 1970: Plunkett
* 1971: Marinaro
* 1972: Rogers
* 1973: Cappelletti
* 1974: Griffin
* 1975: Griffin
* 1976: Dorsett
* 1977: Campbell
* 1978: Sims
* 1979: C. White
* 1980: Green
* 1981: Allen
* 1982: H. Walker
* 1983: Rozier
* 1984: Flutie
* 1985: Jackson
* 1986: Testaverde
* 1987: Brown
* 1988: Sanders
* 1989: Ware
* 1990: Detmer
* 1991: Howard

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1951 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Backfield|

* QB Babe Parilli
* HB Johnny Karras
* HB Dick Kazmaier
* HB Hank Lauricella

Line|

* E Bob Carey
* E Bill McColl
* T Don Coleman
* T Jim Weatherall
* G Les Richter
* G Bob Ward
* C Dick Hightower

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National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award recipients

* 1966: Carpenter
* 1969: MacLeish
* 1970: Lombardi
* 1971: Boyden
* 1972: Holland
* 1973: No award
* 1974: Hope
* 1975: Hesburgh
* 1976: Van Fleet
* 1977: Joyce
* 1978: No award
* 1979: Galbreath
* 1980: Russell
* 1981: Werblin
* 1982: Silver Anniversary (all honored) – Brown, Davis, Kemp, Ron Kramer, Swink
* 1983: Hess & Stewart
* 1984: Nelson
* 1985: Flynn
* 1986: Toner
* 1987: Sewell
* 1988: Rodgers
* 1989: Krause
* 1990: Rozelle
* 1991: Paterno
* 1992: Mara
* 1993: Kazmaier
* 1994: Bolden
* 1995: Osborne
* 1996: Monan, S.J
* 1997: No award
* 1998: Roy Kramer
* 1999: No award
* 2000: Decio
* 2001: Frank
* 2002: Young
* 2003: Khayat
* 2004: Casciola
* 2005: Page
* 2006: Tillman
* 2007: Bleier
* 2008: Pickens
* 2009: Payne
* 2010: Brokaw
* 2011: Roberts
* 2012: Bodenheimer
* 2013: Odierno
* 2014: No award
* 2015: Byrne, Tew & White
* 2016: McRaven

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Princeton Tigers starting quarterbacks

* D. P. Morgan
* P. T. Kimball
* Richard Hodge
* J. Hancock
* Edgar Allan Poe (1889)
* Philip King (1891–1893)
* William Ward (1894)
* Billy Suter
* F. L. Smith (1896)
* John Baird (1897)
* A. V. Duncan
* Ralph Hutchinson
* A. E. Meier
* C. J. Freeman
* F. G. Pearson
* J. Roy Vetterlein
* Edward Dillon (1906–1907)
* Frank Bergin
* Ballou (1910)
* Hobey Baker
* Frank Murrey (1918)
* John Strubing (1919)
* Donold Lourie (1920–1921)
* John P. Gorman
* Dan Caulkins
* Dutch Hendrian
* David Allerdice (1939–1940)
* Dick Kazmaier (1951)
* Ron Landeck (1965)
* Scott MacBean (1969)
* Rod Plummer (1970)
* Fred Dalzell (1972)
* Ron Beible (1973–1975)
* Kirby Lockhart (1977)
* Ken Barrett (1978)
* Mark Lockenmeyer (1980)
* Bob Holly (1981)
* Brent Woods (1982)
* Doug Butler (1983–1985)
* Jason Garrett (1987–1988)
* Joel Sharp (1989–1990)
* Chad Roghair (1991)
* Joel Foote (1992–1993)
* Brock Harvey (1995)
* Harry Nakielny (1997)
* John Burnham (1998)
* David Splithoff (2000–2002)
* Matt Verbit (2002–2004)
* Jeff Terrell (2005–2006)
* Bill Foran (2007)
* Greg Mroz (2007)
* Brian Anderson (2007–2008)
* Tommy Wornham (2009–2011)
* Andrew Dixon (2010)
* Connor Kelley (2010)
* Quinn Epperly (2011–2014)
* Connor Michelsen (2012–2014)
* Chad Kanoff (2015–2017)
* John Lovett (2018)
* Kevin Davidson (2018–2019)
* Cole Smith (2021)
* Blake Stenstrom (2022–2023)

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Chicago Bears 1952 NFL draft selections

* Jim Dooley
* Eddie Macon
* Bill McColl
* Herman Clark
* Jack Hoffman
* Fred Williams
* Ed Brown
* Joe Fortunato
* Bill Bishop
* Billy Jurney
* Bobby Cross
* Bill Miller
* Andy Kozar
* Rich Athan
* Gale Galloway
* Dick Kazmaier
* Bob Spears
* John Carroll
* Tommy O'Connell
* Ken Reidenbach
* Jimmy Lesane
* Ted Daffer
* Dick Gregory
* Paul Nestor
* Dick Mundinger
* Bob Stoddard
* Bucky McElroy
* Bob Reid
* Karney Scioscia
* Teddy Riggs
* Bob Shemonski

Authority control databases

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