Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome Walter Camp Award. Back then, the only other national player awards were the Heisman and Outland Trophy (won by Browner in 1976). Today, there are more than a dozen individual prizes, including three alone at quarterback with the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, Davey O���Brien Award and Manning Award. Plus, in 2005, the Touchdown Club of Columbus honored Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn with the Sammy Baugh Trophy. In terms of most AllAmericans on one Notre Dame team, the 1966 national champions had far and away the most with 12. Six different players on that 1966 edition received at least two NCAA-recognized firstteam All-America notices: running back Nick Eddy (third in the Heisman), linebacker Jim Lynch (Maxwell Award winner), offensive guard Tom Regner, and defensive linemen Alan Page, Pete Duranko and Kevin Hardy. Six others were on several second- or third- team ballots: wide receiver Jim Seymour, offensive tackle Paul Seiler, center George Goeddeke, safety Tom Schoen, fullback Larry Conjar and quarterback Terry Hanratty. Until Te���o this season, the record for most national awards won in a career by a Notre Dame player was four by Johnny Lattner: the 1952 and 1953 Maxwell Awards, the 1953 Timmie Award, which was presented by the Washington, D.C., Touchdown Club to the college back of the year, and the 1953 Heisman Trophy. Four others won three major awards apiece: ��� Leon Hart (1949) ��� Heisman, Maxwell and Associated Press Male Athlete Of The Year. ��� Ross Browner (1977) ��� Outland (1976), Lombardi and Maxwell. ��� Tim Brown (1987) ��� Heisman, Walter Camp and Timmie. ��� Brady Quinn (2006) ��� Sammy Baugh (2005), Maxwell and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm. Coach Of The Year Once you are National Coach of the Year at Notre Dame���s Brian Kelly became the first head coach to win ESPN/The Home Depot Coach of the Year honors twice. He won this season and after a 12-0 run at Cincinnati in 2009. photo by joe raymond Notre Dame, a la Brian Kelly in 2012, the unwritten rule is you can���t win it again. That���s because unbeaten records and national title contention become the daunting expectation. ��� Frank Leahy (1941) ��� Was the American Football Coaches Association (later Kodak) Coach of the Year after an 8-0-1 debut ��� but never won it again despite four national titles and a fifth unbeaten season. ��� Ara Parseghian (1964) ��� Named Coach of the Year by the Foot-