Editing Heisman Trophy (section)

==Winners==
{{Main|List of Heisman Trophy winners}}
[[USC Trojans football|USC]] has the most Heisman trophies won with eight; Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame each have seven; Ohio State has had six different players win the award. The closest margin of votes was in 2009 between winner [[Mark Ingram II]] of [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] and [[Toby Gerhart]] of [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]].<ref name="stiffarm">{{cite web|last=Chisholm|first=Kari|title=A plea to sportswriters for statistical accuracy |url=http://www.stiffarmtrophy.com/2011/12/08/plea-sportswriters-statistical-accuracy/|work=Stiff Arm Trophy|access-date=11 December 2011|archive-date=7 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107054130/http://www.stiffarmtrophy.com/2011/12/08/plea-sportswriters-statistical-accuracy/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ten Heisman Trophy winners are in the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/heisman-hall-of-famers/ |title=Heisman Trophy winners in the HOF |publisher=profootballhof.com |access-date=February 19, 2008 |archive-date=February 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213220058/http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/story.jsp?story_id=1992 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/heroes-of-the-game/years/ |title=Heroes of the Game |access-date=January 17, 2016 |archive-date=January 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118140212/http://www.profootballhof.com/heroes-of-the-game/years/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and four winners have also been named Most Valuable Player in a [[Super Bowl]].<!-- [[Roger Staubach]], [[Jim Plunkett]], [[Marcus Allen]], and [[Desmond Howard]].--> Some winners have gone on to play in other professional sports, including [[Bo Jackson]] in baseball and [[Charlie Ward]] in basketball. [[Pete Dawkins]] and [[Dick Kazmaier]] are the only winners not to pursue a professional sports career: Dawkins had a career with the [[United States Army]], where he achieved the rank of [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]], while Kazmaier attended [[Harvard Business School]], founded a consulting company specializing in sports marketing, and chaired the [[President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition]] in 1988–89.

===Trophy===
[[File:Cappelletti Heisman Trophy crop 1.jpg|thumb|The Heisman Trophy]]
The trophy itself, designed by sculptor [[Frank Eliscu]], is modeled after [[Ed Smith (running back)|Ed Smith]], a leading player in 1934 for the now-defunct [[NYU Violets|New York University]] football team.<ref name="info">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=3145185 |title=From the legendary to the little-known, Heisman history is never dull |publisher=ESPN |first=John D. |last=Lukacs |date=December 7, 2007 |access-date=February 19, 2008 |archive-date=December 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211230441/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3145185 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Heisman Trophy Design |url=https://www.heisman.com/about-the-heisman/heisman-trophy-design/ |website=Heisman |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> The trophy is made out of cast [[bronze]], is {{convert|13.5|in|cm}} tall, {{convert|14|in|cm}} long, {{convert|16|in|cm}} in width and weighs {{convert|45|lb|kg}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heisman.com/about-the-heisman/heisman-trophy-design/|title=Heisman Trophy Design|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412190539/https://www.heisman.com/about-the-heisman/heisman-trophy-design/|url-status=live}}</ref> Eliscu had asked Smith, his former George Washington High School classmate, to pose for a commissioned sculpture of a football player. Smith did not realize until 1982 that the sculpture had become the Heisman Trophy. The Downtown Athletic Club presented Smith with a Heisman Trophy of his own in 1985.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harmon |first1=Jim |title=Striking a Pose for Posterity |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1988/12/05/striking-a-pose-for-posterity-ed-smith-learned-late-in-life-that-he-was-the-very-model-of-college-football-excellence |newspaper=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; Si.com |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref>

From its inception in 1935, the statue was cast by [[Dieges & Clust]] in New York (and later Providence, Rhode Island) until 1980, when Dieges and Clust was sold to [[Herff Jones]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hornreich Collection of U.S. & World Medal Plaques Robert T. Dieges (Dieges & Clust) |url=https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/CoinView.aspx?sc=321042 |website=NGC Collectors Society |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref> For a time until at least 2008, the statues were cast by [[Roman Bronze Works]] in New York.<ref name="foundry">{{cite news |title=Winning One Heisman Is Tough Enough, And Tebow Has His|first=Joey|last=Johnston |newspaper=Tampa Tribune |date=December 14, 2008 }}</ref> Since 2005 the trophy has been made by MTM Recognition in [[Del City, Oklahoma]].<ref name="Tracy-2017">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/sports/heisman-trophy.html |title='No Two Are Exactly the Same': How the Heisman Trophy Is Made |last=Tracy |first=Marc |date=December 7, 2017 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212171006/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/sports/heisman-trophy.html |url-status=live }}</ref>