Heisman Hoopers: Will There Be Another Versatile Player Like Charlie Ward?

At least three Heisman Trophy winners in three straight decades - 1940s, 1950s and 1960s - are among the football players who also competed in college basketball. But Florida State's Charlie Ward (1993) is the only such multi-sport athlete in the last 50 years to achieve the feat.

At a time when basketball and football seasons overlap, you might want to know three Heisman recipients in a 10-year span from 1947 through 1956 were from Notre Dame. Following is an alphabetical list of Heisman Trophy winners who played varsity basketball at some point in their college careers:

Heisman Winner Year School Where Also Played BKB FB Pos.
Terry Baker 1962 Oregon State QB
Ernie Davis 1961 Syracuse HB
Glenn Davis 1946 Army FB
Tom Harmon 1940 Michigan HB
Paul Hornung 1956 Notre Dame QB
Dick Kazmaier 1951 Princeton HB
Larry Kelley 1936 Yale E
Nile Kinnick 1939 Iowa HB
Johnny Lattner 1953 Notre Dame HB
Johnny Lujack 1947 Notre Dame QB
Roger Staubach 1963 Navy QB
Doak Walker 1948 Southern Methodist HB
Charlie Ward 1993 Florida State QB