The wisdom of the people of football can often times transfer to daily life.
John Heisman was the guy they named the prestigous Heisman Award after. He coached at various colleges from 1892 through 1927.
John Heisman Image
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons is an image of Coach John Heisman while at Georgia Tech, circa 1918.
John Heisman
Born October 23, 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio - John Heisman, American football coach who was one of the top innovators for the game of football in history. Heisman is credited per the NFF’s website with helping to legalize the forward pass, originated the center snap, innovated the “hike” cadence to initiate a snap and for which the Heisman Trophy is named. John coached at various schools including Oberlin, Akron, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Penn, Washington and Jefferson, Auburn and Rice. He played every line position while he was a student athlete at Brown University. The National Football Foundation selected John Heisman to enter into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Of course the award given to the most recognozed top player in College Football each year is given at trophy that bears his name, the Heisman Trophy. That is how significant he was to the game.
