Amos Alonzo Stagg Award

American football award

Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
Awarded forthe "individual, group or institution whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football."
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
History
First award1940
Most recentMel Tjeerdsma
Websitehttp://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=StaggAward
There is a separate "Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award".

The Amos Alonzo Stagg Award is presented annually by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the "individual, group or institution whose services have been outstanding in the advancement of the best interests of football". Recipients receive a plaque which is a replica of the one given to Stagg at the 1939 AFCA Convention in tribute to his 50 years of service to football. The purpose of the award is "to perpetuate the example and influence of Amos Alonzo Stagg".

The award is named in honor of Amos Alonzo Stagg, who was instrumental in founding the AFCA in the 1920s. Stagg is considered one of the great innovators and motivating forces in the early development of the game of football and had one of the longest head coaching tenures in the history of the college game.

Winners

  • 1940 Donald Herring Jr.
  • 1941 Butch Cowell (posthumously)
  • 1942 No award given
  • 1943 No award given
  • 1944 No award given
  • 1945 No award given
  • 1946 Grantland Rice
  • 1947 William Alexander
  • 1948 Gil Dobie, Pop Warner, Robert Zuppke
  • 1949 Dick Harlow
  • 1950 No award given
  • 1951 Tuss McLaughry
  • 1952 Bo McMillin
  • 1953 Lou Little
  • 1954 Dana X. Bible
  • 1955 Joseph J. Tomlin
  • 1956 No award given
  • 1957 Robert Neyland
  • 1958 Bernie Bierman
  • 1959 John Wilce
  • 1960 Harvey Harman

See also

References

  1. ^ "Longtime College Head Coach Dick Tomey to receive 2020 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award". American Football Coaches Association. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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