John Heisman
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"John William Heisman" was an American player and coach of American football/football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Oberlin College (1892, 1894), Buchtel College—now known as the University of Akron (1893–1894), Auburn University (1895–1899), Clemson University (1900–1903), Georgia Tech (1904–1919), the University of Pennsylvania (1920–1922), Washington & Jefferson Presidents football/Washington & Jefferson College (1923), and Rice University (1924–1927), compiling a career college football record of 186–70–18.

His 1917 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football/Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have been recognized as a College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS/national champion. Heisman was also the head basketball coach at Georgia Tech (1908–1909, 1912–1914), tallying a mark of 9–14, and the head baseball coach at Buchtel (1894), Clemson (1899–1904), and Georgia Tech (1904–1917), amassing a career college baseball record of 219–119–7.

He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. The Heisman Trophy, awarded annually to the season's most outstanding college football player, is named after him.

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When in doubt, punt!

To break training without permission is an act of treason.

Don't cuss. Don't argue with the officials. And don't lose the game.

When you find your opponent's weak spot, hammer it.