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The version of the picture from the cited article looks much better than the one we have. Perhaps we could swap, or someone could adjust the contrast on the existing one? I bet it'd just take running Auto Contrast in Photoshop. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 15:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Factual Item?

At Oberlin, Heisman was a player/coach. This team photo of the 1892 team shows Heisman in uniform.Speck22 (talk) 01:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why the Heisman Trophy?

Why is the trophy named after him? Of all the coaches and players in the early era of college football (Walter Camp, Pop Warner, Fielding Yost, Knute Rockne), many of whom had more of an impact on the game, why Heisman? Just asking.

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 ==Factual Item?==
 At Oberlin, Heisman was a player/coach. [http://omp.ohiolink.edu/OMP/Previews;jsessionid=B419CA6486DE2D979808C626E7412768?oid=585728&count=1&results=12&fieldname=xml&sort=thedate&searchstatus=1&hits=1&searchmark=0&searchstring=&format=yourscrap&searchtype=kw&scrapid=5831 This team photo] of the 1892 team shows Heisman in uniform.[[User:Speck22|Speck22]] ([[User talk:Speck22|talk]]) 01:39, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
+== Why the Heisman Trophy? ==
+Why is the trophy named after him? Of all the coaches and players in the early era of college football (Walter Camp, Pop Warner, Fielding Yost, Knute Rockne), many of whom had more of an impact on the game, why Heisman? Just asking.