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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McCartney, Cory, author.

Title: The Heisman Trophy : the story of an American icon and its winners / Cory McCartney.

Description: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2016]

Identifiers: LCCN 2016035167| ISBN 9781613219331 (Hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781613219348 (Ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Football players--United States--Biography. | Heisman Trophy--History. | College sports--United States--History--20th century. | National Collegiate Athletic Association--History.

Classification: LCC GV939.A1 M43 2016 | DDC 796.332/63--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016035167

Cover design by Tom Lau

Cover photo credit AP Images

Print ISBN: 978-1-61321-933-1

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-61321-934-8

Printed in the United States of America