NFF Gold Medal Recipients

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NFF Gold Medal Recipients
Name Name Title Alma Mater Year
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