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Very cool. I want to see that mini Brown Jug.
 

Maybe should have the Heisman, too.

1953 Heisman Trophy Voting

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Heisman Voting All Winners · Glossary · SHARE · Embed · CSV · PRE · LINK · ?
Rk Player School Class Pos 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Summary
1 John Lattner Notre Dame SR RB 384 283 132 1850 134 Att, 651 Yds, 4.9 Avg
2 Paul Giel Minnesota SR RB 366 295 106 1794 198 Att, 749 Yds, 3.8 Avg
3 Paul Cameron UCLA SR RB 44 89 134 444 134 Att, 672 Yds, 5.0 Avg

"Fighting Irish right halfback John Lattner gained Heisman fame in 1953 despite not leading his squad in rushing,
passing, receiving or scoring. However, Lattner contributed in all of those areas while adding 13 career
interceptions and excelling on kick returns. Lattner’s 1953 Heisman season included 651 yards rushing, nine
touchdowns, 204 yards receiving, 321 kickoff yard returns (two for touchdowns), 103 punt return yards and four
pass interceptions."

Giel had 749 yards rushing, 19 receiving, 590 passing, accounted for 14 TDs, punted 24 times, returned 23 kicks, intercepted 5 passes.
 

highwayman said:
Maybe should have the Heisman, too.

1953 Heisman Trophy Voting

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Heisman Voting All Winners · Glossary · SHARE · Embed · CSV · PRE · LINK · ?
Rk Player School Class Pos 1st 2nd 3rd Tot Summary
1 John Lattner Notre Dame SR RB 384 283 132 1850 134 Att, 651 Yds, 4.9 Avg
2 Paul Giel Minnesota SR RB 366 295 106 1794 198 Att, 749 Yds, 3.8 Avg
3 Paul Cameron UCLA SR RB 44 89 134 444 134 Att, 672 Yds, 5.0 Avg

"Fighting Irish right halfback John Lattner gained Heisman fame in 1953 despite not leading his squad in rushing,
passing, receiving or scoring. However, Lattner contributed in all of those areas while adding 13 career
interceptions and excelling on kick returns. Lattner’s 1953 Heisman season included 651 yards rushing, nine
touchdowns, 204 yards receiving, 321 kickoff yard returns (two for touchdowns), 103 punt return yards and four
pass interceptions."


Giel had 749 yards rushing, 19 receiving, 590 passing, accounted for 14 TDs, punted 24 times, returned 23 kicks, intercepted 5 passes.
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No kidding. I wonder if there was a controversy at the time?
 

My partners and I purchased a number of pieces from the Giel estate from a 2nd party well over a year ago now. I think it's great the family did this, but the timing is interesting.

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family had 4 options-
keep
sell
trash
give
they chose give. hats off to them!
 

The man who moved us to the Metrodome. Great Gopher on the field, but helped usher in the dark ages for the football team.
 

beavergopher said:
The man who moved us to the Metrodome. Great Gopher on the field, but helped usher in the dark ages for the football team.
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I am not sure you are old enough to heap that on Paul Giel. He was the AD from 1971-1989. He served under some of worst U of M Presidents who starved the Athletic Department, ridiculed it, and openly made mention of abandoning athletics all together. It began with one Malcom Moos 1967-1974. Followed by C. Peter McGrath 1974-1984. And finally 1985-1989 Kenneth Keller. Memorial Stadium had been neglected since the sixties and it would take millions to up date The bathrooms, isles, and bench seats were charmingly out dated and it was The Brickhouse. The powers that lead the Gophers to leave Memorial Stadium went beyond Giel to the big time backers like Harvey McKay, Sid, Pat Ruesse, The Star Tribune and the Dowtown Council. Giel was powerless to stop it, and tried to make the best of it.
 

Didn't someone recently link the 1953 Minnesota/Michigan game film?
 



Iceland12 said:
No kidding. I wonder if there was a controversy at the time?
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Yes, Lattner's win was controversial and the voting was the closest in Heisman history to date. Giel was the AP Player of the Year, the UPI Player of the Year, and Grantland Rice's Player of the Year (in Look Magazine's All-America issue). Rice, the dean of American sportswriters, wrote that Giel "goes down not only with the best in the Big Ten, like Red Grange and Tommy Harmon, but with the best in any section in any era." Notre Dame had only one loss, as I remember, and finished second to Maryland's nat'l champs. The Gophers were 4-4-1. That, and the Irish mystique, won it for Lattner.
 

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