Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Awarded for	the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference
Presented by	Chicago Tribune
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Country	United States
First awarded	1924
Currently held by	Denard Robinson
Official website	http://www.chicagotribune.com

The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the best player from the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The award has been presented annually since 1924, when Red Grange of Illinois was the award's first recipient.^[1]

The winner of the Silver Football is determined by a vote of Big Ten head football coaches.^[1] Each coach submits a two-player ballot with a first and second choice, and coaches cannot vote for players on their own team.^[1] The first-place vote receives two points and the second-place vote receives one point.^[1]

Coaches and media of the Big Ten also make annual selections for additional individual honors.

Recipients

See footnote^[1]

1924: Red Grange, Illinois 1925: Tim Lowry, Northwestern 1926: Benny Friedman, Michigan 1927: Ken Rouse, Chicago 1928: Chuck Bennett, Indiana 1929: Bill Glassgow, Iowa 1930: Wes Fesler, Ohio State 1931: Clarence Munn, Minnesota 1932: Harry Newman, Michigan 1933: Joe Laws, Iowa 1934: Pug Lund, Minnesota 1935: Jay Berwanger, Chicago 1936: Vern Huffman, Indiana 1937: Corbett Davis, Indiana 1938: Howard Weiss, Wisconsin 1939: Nile Kinnick, Iowa 1940: Tom Harmon, Michigan 1941: Jack Graf, Ohio State 1942: Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin 1943: Otto Graham, Northwestern 1944: Les Horvath, Ohio State 1945: Ollie Cline, Ohio State 1946: Alex Agase, Illinois 1947: Chalmers Elliott, Michigan 1948: Art Murakowski, Northwestern 1949: Red Wilson, Wisconsin 1950: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State 1951: Bill Reichardt, Iowa 1952: Paul Giel, Minnesota 1953: Paul Giel, Minnesota 1954: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin 1955: Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Ohio State 1956: Ken Ploen, Iowa 1957: Jim Pace, Michigan 1958: Randy Duncan, Iowa 1959: Bill Burrell, Illinois 1960: Tom Brown, Minnesota 1961: Sandy Stephens, Minnesota 1962: Ron Vander Kelen, Wisconsin 1963: Dick Butkus, Illinois 1964: Bob Timberlake, Michigan 1965: Jim Grabowski, Illinois 1966: Bob Griese, Purdue 1967: Leroy Keyes, Purdue

1968: Ron Johnson, Michigan 1969: Mike Phipps, Purdue 1970: Mike Adamle, Northwestern 1971: Eric Allen, Michigan State 1972: Otis Armstrong, Purdue 1973: Archie Griffin, Ohio State 1974: Archie Griffin, Ohio State 1975: Cornelius Greene, Ohio State 1976: Rob Lytle, Michigan 1977: Larry Bethea, Michigan State 1978: Rick Leach, Michigan 1979: Tim Clifford, Indiana 1980: Mark Herrmann, Purdue 1981: Art Schlichter, Ohio State 1982: Anthony Carter, Michigan 1983: Don Thorp, Illinois 1984: Keith Byars, Ohio State 1985: Chuck Long, Iowa 1986: Jim Harbaugh, Michigan 1987: Lorenzo White, Michigan State 1988: Anthony Thompson, Indiana 1989: Anthony Thompson, Indiana 1990: Nick Bell, Iowa 1991: Desmond Howard, Michigan 1992: Lee Gissendaner, Northwestern 1993: Brent Moss, Wisconsin 1994: Kerry Collins, Penn State 1995: Eddie George, Ohio State 1996: Orlando Pace, Ohio State 1997: Charles Woodson, Michigan 1998: Joe Germaine, Ohio State 1999: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 2000: Drew Brees, Purdue 2001: Antwaan Randle El, Indiana 2002: Brad Banks, Iowa 2003: Chris Perry, Michigan 2004: Braylon Edwards, Michigan 2005: Michael Robinson, Penn State 2006: Troy Smith, Ohio State 2007: Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois 2008: Shonn Greene, Iowa 2009: Daryll Clark, Penn State and Brandon Graham, Michigan 2010: Denard Robinson, Michigan

Winners by school

School	Winners
Michigan	17
Ohio State	15
Iowa	10
Illinois	7
Indiana	7
Wisconsin	7
Minnesota	6
Purdue	6
Northwestern	5
Michigan State	3
Penn State	3
Chicago	2

See also

• Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Rosenthal, Phil (December 3, 2009). "Chicago Tribune Silver Football, the Big Ten's MVP award, is headed to TV". Tower Ticker. Chicago Tribune. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/12/chicago-tribune-silver-football-the-big-tens-mvp-award-is-headed-to-tv.html. Retrieved 2011-01-29.