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W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy

January 01, 1970

The W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy was awarded by the Helms Athletic Foundation from 1951 to 1978 to the outstanding college football player on the Pacific Coast. The recipient was determined based on votes cast by West Coast football writers and later broadcasters as well.[1][2] Award recipients include College Football Hall of Fame inductees, O. J. Simpson, Mike Garrett, Jim Plunkett, Joe Kapp, Craig Morton, Billy Kilmer, and Anthony Davis.

The Voit Trophy is presented to Bobby Garrett (left) in 1953.

History edit

The trophy was named after German American entrepreneur William J. Voit (1881–1946),[3] the founder of the W.J. Voit Rubber Company. Voit was one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world. Founded in 1922, the company developed and patented the first full-molded, all-rubber inflatable ball and the first needle-type air retention valves in the late 1920s.[3] Voit became a leading manufacturer of footballs and basketballs. In the 1950s and 1960s, a representative of the Voit organization presented the Voit Trophy at a banquet preceding the Rose Bowl game.[1][2][4][5][6][7][8] In 1969, a Los Angeles Times columnist wrote the following about the Voit Trophy tradition:

"Jim Plunkett was in Pasadena Monday to receive the 19th Annual Voit Memorial Trophy, which goes to the Pacific Coast's top player. The trophy stands nearly as high as most men who receive it, but Plunkett dwarfed the thing. ... The Voit Trophy, though, is an accurate mirror of later success in professional ball. Three of the NFL's top quarterbacks -- Joe Kapp, Billy Kilmer and Craig Morton -- all won it, as did such other pro players as Mike Garrett, Gary Beban and O. J. Simpson. Since the award was instituted in 1951, only one winner has failed to play pro ball of some sort."[9]

In addition to the notable NFL players to win the Voit Trophy, the runners-up in the Voit voting included such Hall of Fame players as John Brodie (Voit runner-up in 1956), Mel Renfro (Voit runner-up in 1963), and Hugh McElhenny (Voit runner-up in 1951).

Unlike the Pop Warner Trophy, awarded each year to the top senior football player on the West Coast, the Voit Trophy was open to underclassmen. Accordingly, four players received the Voit Trophy in multiple years. The multi-year winners of the award are USC Trojans running back Jon Arnett (1955 and 1956), Stanford Cardinal quarterback Jim Plunkett (1969 and 1970), and USC tailback Anthony Davis (1972 and 1974).

USC and Stanford athletes won the Voit Trophy more than those at any other school, with USC athletes taking the trophy nine times and Stanford athletes doing so six times.

In 1975, the Pac-10 Conference began awarding its own Player of the Year Awards for offense and defense. After the 1978 season, the Voit Trophy was discontinued.

Recipients edit

Recipients of the Voit Trophy are as follows:

Yesr Recipient Position School Votes Runner-up
1951 Bill McColl[2] End Stanford 31 Hugh McElhenny, Washington (27)
1952 Jim Sears[10] Halfback USC 53 Donn Moomaw, UCLA (45)
1953 Bobby Garrett[11] Quarterback Stanford 78 Paul Cameron, UCLA (42)
1954 Paul Larson[12] Back Cal 50 George Shaw,[13] Oregon (41)
1955 Jon Arnett[5] Back USC
1956 Jon Arnett[14] Back USC 72 John Brodie,[15] Stanford (55)
1957 Dick Wallen[16] End UCLA 60 Bob Newman, Wash. St. (30)
1958 Joe Kapp[17] Quarterback Cal 117 Dick Bass, College of the Pacific (36)
1959 Bob Schloredt[18] Quarterback Washington 110 Chris Burford,[19] Stanford (38)
1960 Billy Kilmer[20] Tailback UCLA Marlin McKeever,[21] USC
1961 Hugh Campbell[22] Wide Receiver Wash. St. 59 Terry Baker,[23] Oregon St. (33)
1962 Terry Baker[24] Quarterback Oregon St.
1963 Vern Burke[24] Split end Oregon St. Mel Renfro,[25] Oregon
1964 Craig Morton[26] Quarterback Cal
1965 Mike Garrett[14] Tailback USC Gary Beban,[27] UCLA (80)
1966 Pete Pifer[24] Fullback Oregon St. 102 Gary Beban,[28] UCLA (80)
1967 Gary Beban[29] Quarterback UCLA 163 O. J. Simpson,[30] USC (119)
1968 O. J. Simpson[14] Tailback USC 180 Bill Enyart,[31] Oregon St. (55)
1969 Jim Plunkett[32] Quarterback Stanford 128 Dennis Shaw,[33] San Diego St. (54)
1970 Jim Plunkett[34] Quarterback Stanford Dennis Dummit,[35] UCLA
1971 Don Bunce[36] Quarterback Stanford 81 Bernard Jackson, Wash. St. (72)
1972 Anthony Davis[37] Tailback USC 107 Charle Young, USC (32); Dan Fouts, Oregon (30)
1973
1974 Anthony Davis Tailback USC
1975 Chuck Muncie[38] Halfback Cal
1976 Ricky Bell[14] Tailback USC 120 Jeff Dankworth,[39] UCLA (31)
1977 Guy Benjamin[40] Quarterback Stanford
1978 Charles White[14] Tailback USC

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gophers Favored In Writers' Poll". Los Angeles Times. 1961-12-27. (Trophy presented in 1961 by Voit Rubber vice president Mel Barton)
  2. ^ a b c "Tribe's McColl Captures First Voit Trophy". Los Angeles Times. 1951-12-20.
  3. ^ a b "Voit History". Voit.
  4. ^ Jack Geyer. "Wizard of Odds: Troy Favored by 7 Points, but Hill Calls Game Even". Los Angeles Times. (Voit president Willard Voit, son of the trophy's namesake, presented the 1952 trophy)
  5. ^ a b "Jon Arnett Awarded Voit Trophy As Coast's Best Football Player". Los Angeles Times. 1955-12-28. (Willard Voit presented the 1955 award.)
  6. ^ Jack Geyer (1956-12-18). "Luncheon: Iowa Rugged, Says Team's Line Coach". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Jack Geyer (1957-12-24). "Hayes Scoffs At Big Odds On Buckeyes". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Al Wolf (1959-12-29). "Bowl Coaches Refuse To Sing Blues". Los Angeles Times. (Voit national sales manager Mike Kelly and Rose Bowl Queen present 1959 trophy.)
  9. ^ Dwight Chapin (1969-12-31). "He Could Use The Money: Plunkett Reveals He Was Never Close To Accepting Pro Offer". Los Angeles Times.
  10. ^ "Sears Selected for Voit Award". Los Angeles Times. 1952-12-12.
  11. ^ "Bobby Garrett Awarded Voit Football Trophy". Los Angeles Times. 1953-12-03.
  12. ^ "Voit Trophy Goes To Cal's Paul Larson". Los Angeles Times. 1954-12-15.
  13. ^ "Paul Larson Wins Voit Grid Trophy". Los Angeles Times. 1954-12-08.
  14. ^ a b c d e "USC Rips It: Voit Trophy Winners". petecarroll.com.
  15. ^ "Arnett Wins Voit Grid Award". Los Angeles Times. 1956-12-12.
  16. ^ "UCLA's Wallen Voted Winner of Voit Trophy". Los Angeles Times. 1957-12-19.
  17. ^ "Kapp Winner of Voit Trophy". Los Angeles Times. 1958-12-09.
  18. ^ Al Wolf (1959-12-24). "Huskies Pack Twin Wallop in Backfield". Los Angeles Times.
  19. ^ "Bob Schloredt Named Top West Coast Player". Los Angeles Times. 1959-12-24.
  20. ^ "Kilmer Winner of Voit Trophy". Los Angeles Times. 1960-12-08.
  21. ^ Braven Dyer (1960-12-29). "Sports Parade: Nicholas Likes Huskies' Speed". Los Angeles Times.
  22. ^ "2003 Cougar Football: History and Awards, p. 172" (PDF). Washington State University.
  23. ^ AP (1961-12-20). "Cougar Gets Voit Trophy". Portland Oregonian.
  24. ^ a b c "OSU Player Accolades" (PDF). Oregon State University.
  25. ^ "Beavers' Burke Shades Renfro for Voit Award". Los Angeles Times. 1963-12-10.
  26. ^ "Craig Morton Wins Voit Trophy". Fresno Bee. 1964-12-10.
  27. ^ "Garrett Wins Voit Award As Top Player". Los Angeles Times. 1965-12-07.
  28. ^ "Pete Pifer Captures W.J. Voit Memorial Trophy". Portland Oregonian. 1966-12-07.
  29. ^ "Beban Named Best Player on Coast". Los Angeles Times. 1967-12-05.
  30. ^ AP (1967-12-05). "Beban Wins Voit Award". Portland Oregonian.
  31. ^ "O. J. Voit Winner by a Landslide". Los Angeles Times. 1968-12-10.
  32. ^ "Tribe Tosser Takes Voit Trophy: Plunkett Is Named Best Gridder On Coast". The Times (San Mateo, CA).
  33. ^ AP (1969-12-30). "Jim Plunkett Receives Voit". Portland Oregonian.
  34. ^ "Voit Award Won By Jim Plunkett". Los Angeles Times. 1970-12-09.
  35. ^ AP (1970-12-09). "Plunkett Bags Voit Trophy". Portland Oregonian.
  36. ^ "Bunce Winner of Voit Trophy". Los Angeles Times. 1971-12-15.
  37. ^ "USC's Davis Voted Top Player On Coast". Los Angeles Times. 1972-12-27.
  38. ^ "Muncie Wins Voit Award". Los Angeles Times. 1975-12-20.
  39. ^ AP (1976-12-11). "Voit Award Voted Bell". Portland Oregonian.
  40. ^ "Names in the News". Los Angeles Times. 1977-12-22.

January 01, 1970
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The W J Voit Memorial Trophy was awarded by the Helms Athletic Foundation from 1951 to 1978 to the outstanding college football player on the Pacific Coast The recipient was determined based on votes cast by West Coast football writers and later broadcasters as well 1 2 Award recipients include College Football Hall of Fame inductees O J Simpson Mike Garrett Jim Plunkett Joe Kapp Craig Morton Billy Kilmer and Anthony Davis The Voit Trophy is presented to Bobby Garrett left in 1953 Contents 1 History 2 Recipients 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editThe trophy was named after German American entrepreneur William J Voit 1881 1946 3 the founder of the W J Voit Rubber Company Voit was one of the oldest sporting goods companies in the world Founded in 1922 the company developed and patented the first full molded all rubber inflatable ball and the first needle type air retention valves in the late 1920s 3 Voit became a leading manufacturer of footballs and basketballs In the 1950s and 1960s a representative of the Voit organization presented the Voit Trophy at a banquet preceding the Rose Bowl game 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 In 1969 a Los Angeles Times columnist wrote the following about the Voit Trophy tradition Jim Plunkett was in Pasadena Monday to receive the 19th Annual Voit Memorial Trophy which goes to the Pacific Coast s top player The trophy stands nearly as high as most men who receive it but Plunkett dwarfed the thing The Voit Trophy though is an accurate mirror of later success in professional ball Three of the NFL s top quarterbacks Joe Kapp Billy Kilmer and Craig Morton all won it as did such other pro players as Mike Garrett Gary Beban and O J Simpson Since the award was instituted in 1951 only one winner has failed to play pro ball of some sort 9 In addition to the notable NFL players to win the Voit Trophy the runners up in the Voit voting included such Hall of Fame players as John Brodie Voit runner up in 1956 Mel Renfro Voit runner up in 1963 and Hugh McElhenny Voit runner up in 1951 Unlike the Pop Warner Trophy awarded each year to the top senior football player on the West Coast the Voit Trophy was open to underclassmen Accordingly four players received the Voit Trophy in multiple years The multi year winners of the award are USC Trojans running back Jon Arnett 1955 and 1956 Stanford Cardinal quarterback Jim Plunkett 1969 and 1970 and USC tailback Anthony Davis 1972 and 1974 USC and Stanford athletes won the Voit Trophy more than those at any other school with USC athletes taking the trophy nine times and Stanford athletes doing so six times In 1975 the Pac 10 Conference began awarding its own Player of the Year Awards for offense and defense After the 1978 season the Voit Trophy was discontinued Recipients editRecipients of the Voit Trophy are as follows Yesr Recipient Position School Votes Runner up 1951 Bill McColl 2 End Stanford 31 Hugh McElhenny Washington 27 1952 Jim Sears 10 Halfback USC 53 Donn Moomaw UCLA 45 1953 Bobby Garrett 11 Quarterback Stanford 78 Paul Cameron UCLA 42 1954 Paul Larson 12 Back Cal 50 George Shaw 13 Oregon 41 1955 Jon Arnett 5 Back USC 1956 Jon Arnett 14 Back USC 72 John Brodie 15 Stanford 55 1957 Dick Wallen 16 End UCLA 60 Bob Newman Wash St 30 1958 Joe Kapp 17 Quarterback Cal 117 Dick Bass College of the Pacific 36 1959 Bob Schloredt 18 Quarterback Washington 110 Chris Burford 19 Stanford 38 1960 Billy Kilmer 20 Tailback UCLA Marlin McKeever 21 USC 1961 Hugh Campbell 22 Wide Receiver Wash St 59 Terry Baker 23 Oregon St 33 1962 Terry Baker 24 Quarterback Oregon St 1963 Vern Burke 24 Split end Oregon St Mel Renfro 25 Oregon 1964 Craig Morton 26 Quarterback Cal 1965 Mike Garrett 14 Tailback USC Gary Beban 27 UCLA 80 1966 Pete Pifer 24 Fullback Oregon St 102 Gary Beban 28 UCLA 80 1967 Gary Beban 29 Quarterback UCLA 163 O J Simpson 30 USC 119 1968 O J Simpson 14 Tailback USC 180 Bill Enyart 31 Oregon St 55 1969 Jim Plunkett 32 Quarterback Stanford 128 Dennis Shaw 33 San Diego St 54 1970 Jim Plunkett 34 Quarterback Stanford Dennis Dummit 35 UCLA 1971 Don Bunce 36 Quarterback Stanford 81 Bernard Jackson Wash St 72 1972 Anthony Davis 37 Tailback USC 107 Charle Young USC 32 Dan Fouts Oregon 30 1973 1974 Anthony Davis Tailback USC 1975 Chuck Muncie 38 Halfback Cal 1976 Ricky Bell 14 Tailback USC 120 Jeff Dankworth 39 UCLA 31 1977 Guy Benjamin 40 Quarterback Stanford 1978 Charles White 14 Tailback USCSee also editPop Warner TrophyReferences edit a b Gophers Favored In Writers Poll Los Angeles Times 1961 12 27 Trophy presented in 1961 by Voit Rubber vice president Mel Barton a b c Tribe s McColl Captures First Voit Trophy Los Angeles Times 1951 12 20 a b Voit History Voit Jack Geyer Wizard of Odds Troy Favored by 7 Points but Hill Calls Game Even Los Angeles Times Voit president Willard Voit son of the trophy s namesake presented the 1952 trophy a b Jon Arnett Awarded Voit Trophy As Coast s Best Football Player Los Angeles Times 1955 12 28 Willard Voit presented the 1955 award Jack Geyer 1956 12 18 Luncheon Iowa Rugged Says Team s Line Coach Los Angeles Times Jack Geyer 1957 12 24 Hayes Scoffs At Big Odds On Buckeyes Los Angeles Times Al Wolf 1959 12 29 Bowl Coaches Refuse To Sing Blues Los Angeles Times Voit national sales manager Mike Kelly and Rose Bowl Queen present 1959 trophy Dwight Chapin 1969 12 31 He Could Use The Money Plunkett Reveals He Was Never Close To Accepting Pro Offer Los Angeles Times Sears Selected for Voit Award Los Angeles Times 1952 12 12 Bobby Garrett Awarded Voit Football Trophy Los Angeles Times 1953 12 03 Voit Trophy Goes To Cal s Paul Larson Los Angeles Times 1954 12 15 Paul Larson Wins Voit Grid Trophy Los Angeles Times 1954 12 08 a b c d e USC Rips It Voit Trophy Winners petecarroll com Arnett Wins Voit Grid Award Los Angeles Times 1956 12 12 UCLA s Wallen Voted Winner of Voit Trophy Los Angeles Times 1957 12 19 Kapp Winner of Voit Trophy Los Angeles Times 1958 12 09 Al Wolf 1959 12 24 Huskies Pack Twin Wallop in Backfield Los Angeles Times Bob Schloredt Named Top West Coast Player Los Angeles Times 1959 12 24 Kilmer Winner of Voit Trophy Los Angeles Times 1960 12 08 Braven Dyer 1960 12 29 Sports Parade Nicholas Likes Huskies Speed Los Angeles Times 2003 Cougar Football History and Awards p 172 PDF Washington State University AP 1961 12 20 Cougar Gets Voit Trophy Portland Oregonian a b c OSU Player Accolades PDF Oregon State University Beavers Burke Shades Renfro for Voit Award Los Angeles Times 1963 12 10 Craig Morton Wins Voit Trophy Fresno Bee 1964 12 10 Garrett Wins Voit Award As Top Player Los Angeles Times 1965 12 07 Pete Pifer Captures W J Voit Memorial Trophy Portland Oregonian 1966 12 07 Beban Named Best Player on Coast Los Angeles Times 1967 12 05 AP 1967 12 05 Beban Wins Voit Award Portland Oregonian O J Voit Winner by a Landslide Los Angeles Times 1968 12 10 Tribe Tosser Takes Voit Trophy Plunkett Is Named Best Gridder On Coast The Times San Mateo CA AP 1969 12 30 Jim Plunkett Receives Voit Portland Oregonian Voit Award Won By Jim Plunkett Los Angeles Times 1970 12 09 AP 1970 12 09 Plunkett Bags Voit Trophy Portland Oregonian Bunce Winner of Voit Trophy Los Angeles Times 1971 12 15 USC s Davis Voted Top Player On Coast Los Angeles Times 1972 12 27 Muncie Wins Voit Award Los Angeles Times 1975 12 20 AP 1976 12 11 Voit Award Voted Bell Portland Oregonian Names in the News Los Angeles Times 1977 12 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title W J Voit Memorial Trophy amp oldid 1218536169, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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