The
Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States
college football
interior lineman by the Football
Writers Association of America. It is named after
John H. Outland. Outland was one of only a few
players in history ever to be named All-America at two positions,
John Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in 1898 at
tackle and consensus All-America honors at halfback in 1899.
In the
fall of 1895, John Outland entered the University of
Kansas
never having played football in his life, but while
watching practice one afternoon, he was seen by the varsity
captain, who induced him to put on a uniform. Three days
later, he was playing on the varsity team.
After a 6-1 season, he
transferred to the University of Pennsylvania
where he found his home. From 1897-1899,
Outland and Hall of Fame teammate
Truxton
Hare led Penn to a 35-4-3 record. Outland obtained his medical
degree and was a surgeon during World War I, rising to the rank of
major.
He
tried his hand at coaching at Franklin &
Marshall College
in 1900, Kansas in 1901, and Washburn
1904-05.
Outland had always contended that football tackles and guards
deserved greater recognition and conceived the Outland Trophy as a
means of providing this recognition. Today, the Outland Trophy is
recognized as one of the nation's most prestigious awards, given to
the nation's most outstanding interior lineman.
Winners
Trophies won by school
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