Dwight D. |
Eisenhower |
34th President of the U.S. |
Army |
1958 |
Douglas |
MacArthur |
U.S. Army General/Early NFF Leader |
Army |
1959 |
Herbert C. |
Hoover |
31st President of the U.S. |
Stanford |
1960 |
Amos Alonzo |
Stagg |
Hall of Fame Coach and Player |
Yale |
1960 |
John F. |
Kennedy |
35th President of the U.S. |
Harvard |
1961 |
Byron “Whizzer” |
White |
U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
Colorado |
1962 |
Roger M. |
Blough |
Chairman & CEO of U.S. Steel |
Susquehanna (PA) |
1963 |
Donold B. |
Lourie |
Chairman, Quaker Oats Co. |
Princeton |
1964 |
Juan T. |
Trippe |
Chairman, Pan Am Airways |
Yale |
1965 |
Earl H. “Red” |
Blaik |
Hall of Fame Coach, Early NFF Leader |
Army |
1966 |
Frederick L. |
Hovde |
President at Purdue University |
Minnesota |
1967 |
Chester J. |
LaRoche |
NFF Chairman |
Yale |
1968 |
Richard M. |
Nixon |
37th President of the U.S. |
Whittier (CA) |
1969 |
Thomas J. |
Hamilton |
Pac-8 Conference Commissioner |
Navy |
1970 |
Ronald W. |
Reagan |
40th President of the U.S. |
Eureka (IL) |
1971 |
Gerald R. |
Ford |
38th President of the U.S. |
Michigan |
1972 |
John |
Wayne |
International Film Star |
Southern California |
1973 |
Gerald B. |
Zornow |
Chairman, Eastman Kodak |
Rochester (NY) |
1974 |
David C. |
Packard |
Chairman, Hewlett-Packard |
Stanford |
1975 |
Edgar B. |
Speer |
Chairman & CEO, U.S. Steel |
Pennsylvania |
1976 |
Louis H. |
Wilson |
Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps |
Millsaps (MS) |
1977 |
Vincent dePaul |
Draddy |
NFF Chairman |
Manhattan College |
1978 |
William P. |
Lawrence Jr. |
Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy |
Navy |
1979 |
Walter J. |
Zable |
Chairman, Cubic Corp. |
William & Mary |
1980 |
Justin W. |
Dart |
Chairman, Dart-Kraft Industries |
Northwestern |
1981 |
Jack |
Kemp |
U.S. Congressman |
Occidental (CA) |
1983 |
John F. |
McGillicuddy |
Chairman, Chemical Banking Corp. |
Princeton |
1984 |
William I. |
Spencer |
President, Citicorp |
Colorado College |
1985 |
William H. |
Morton |
President, American Express |
Dartmouth |
1986 |
Charles R. "Monk" |
Meyer |
U.S. Army General |
Army |
1987 |
Clinton E. |
Frank |
President, Clinton Frank Ad Agency |
Yale |
1988 |
Paul |
Brown |
Football Innovator & Coach |
Miami (OH) |
1989 |
Thomas H. |
Moorer |
U.S. Admiral |
Navy |
1990 |
George H.W. |
Bush |
41st President of the U.S. |
Yale |
1991 |
Donald R. |
Keough |
President, The Coca-Cola Co. |
Creighton |
1992 |
H. Norman |
Schwarzkopf |
U.S. Army General |
Army |
1993 |
Thomas S. |
Murphy |
Chairman, Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. |
Cornell |
1994 |
Harold |
Alfond |
Philanthropist & Founder, Dexter Shoe Co. |
|
1995 |
Eugene F. |
Corrigan |
ACC Commissioner |
Duke |
1996 |
Jackie |
Robinson |
First African-American MLB Player |
UCLA |
1997 |
John H. |
McConnell |
Founder, Worthington Industries |
Michigan State |
1998 |
Keith |
Jackson |
Legendary Broadcaster |
Washington State |
1999 |
Fred M. |
Kirby II |
Chairman, Alleghany Co. |
Lafayette |
2000 |
Billy Joe "Red" |
McCombs |
Communications Entrepreneur/Co-Founder of Clear Channel Communications |
Texas |
2001 |
George M. |
Steinbrenner III |
Principal Owner, New York Yankees |
Williams (MA) |
2002 |
Tommy R. |
Franks |
U.S Army General |
Texas |
2003 |
William V. |
Campbell |
Chairman, Intuit Inc. |
Columbia |
2004 |
Jon F. |
Hanson |
NFF Chairman |
Colgate |
2005 |
Bobby |
Bowden |
Hall of Fame Coach |
Samford |
2006 |
Joe |
Paterno |
Hall of Fame Coach |
Brown |
2006 |
Pete |
Dawkins |
Hall of Famer and Citigroup Vice Chairman |
Army |
2007 |
Roger |
Staubach |
Hall of Famer and Chairman & CEO, The Staubach Co. |
Navy |
2007 |
John |
Glenn |
U.S. Senator & Astronaut |
Muskingum (OH) |
2008 |
Bill |
Bowerman |
Co-Founder, Nike Inc. |
Oregon |
2009 |
Phil |
Knight |
Co Founder, Nike Inc. |
Oregon |
2009 |
Robert M. |
Gates |
U.S. Secretary of Defense |
William & Mary |
2011 |
Roscoe C. |
Brown Jr. |
Tuskegee Airman & Educator |
Springfield (MA) |
2012 |
Roger |
Goodell |
NFL Commissioner |
Washington & Jefferson (PA) |
2013 |
Dr. Thomas G. |
Catena |
Renowned Doctor & Global Humanitarian |
Brown |
2014 |
George M. |
Weiss |
NFF Vice Chairman |
Bowling Green |
2014 |
Dr. Condoleezza |
Rice |
66th U.S. Secretary of State |
Denver |
2015 |
Archie |
Manning |
NFF Chairman & Hall of Famer |
Mississippi |
2016 |
Aaron |
Feis |
High School Football Coach & Hero |
|
2018 |
Jason |
Seaman |
Middle School Teacher, Football Coach & Hero |
Southern Illinois |
2018 |
Mark |
Harmon |
Actor, Philanthropist & Former UCLA Quarterback |
UCLA |
2019 |