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'''Dick Kazmaier''' (born [[November 23]], [[1930]]) played [[tailback]] for [[Princeton]] from 1949 through 1951, winning the [[Heisman Trophy]] at the end of his senior year. His skill in running, kicking, and passing made him a triple threat, and in his career at Princeton he had more than 4,000 yards, 20 tochdowns, and threw 35 touchdown passes. The Chicago Bears made him their first draft choice in 1952, but he opted not to play pro football. Instead, he attended Harvard Business School. He made the cover of Time magazine, and in his interview he stated, "I knew I could earn more money in business than I could in professional football...I had achieved everything I could achieve as an individual and as part of a team. What more could I want?" After spending three years in the Navy, he founded Kazmaier Associates, Inc., an investment firm.
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{{Infobox college football player
| name = Dick Kazmaier
| image = Dick Kazmaier 1951.jpg
| image_size = 140px
| alt =
| caption = Kazmaier, circa 1951
| pastschools =
* [[Princeton Tigers football|Princeton]] (1949–1951)
| currentnumber = 42
| currentposition = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]
| highschool = [[Maumee High School (Ohio)|Maumee]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|23}}
| birth_place = [[Maumee, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|08|01|1930|11|23}}
| death_place = [[Boston]], Massachusetts, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 171
| highlights =
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1950 Princeton Tigers football team|1950]])
* 2× [[Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy|Eastern champion]] (1950, 1951)
* [[Heisman Trophy]] (1951)
* [[Maxwell Award]] (1951)
* [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|AP Male Athlete of the Year]] (1951)
* [[UPI College Football Player of the Year|UPI Player of the Year]] (1951)
* [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year|''SN'' Player of the Year]] (1951)
* [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1951 College Football All-America Team|1951]])
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1950 College Football All-America Team|1950]])
* 2× First-team All-Eastern ([[1950 All-Eastern football team|1950]], [[1951 All-Eastern football team|1951]])
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| CFBHOF_year = 1966
}}


'''Richard William Kazmaier Jr.''' (November 23, 1930 – August 1, 2013) was an American businessman and [[Lieutenant (navy)|naval lieutenant]]. He played [[college football]] as a [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]] for the [[Princeton Tigers football|Princeton Tigers]] from 1949 through 1951 and was the winner of the 1951 [[Heisman Trophy]],<ref name=tbdkh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A1RIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=agAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4827%2C2432881 |work=Toledo Blade |location=(Ohio) |agency=Associated Press |title=Dick Kazmeier wins Heisman award |date=December 5, 1951 |page=37}}</ref><ref name=ppupwh>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PRQhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=144EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2481%2C2079600 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Kazmeier wins Heisman Trophy |date=December 5, 1951 |page=49}}</ref> the [[Maxwell Award]], and the [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|AP Male Athlete of the Year]].
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[[Category:1930 births|Kazmaier, Dick]]
==Early life and career==
[[Category:Ivy League football players|Kazmaier, Dick]]
Kazmaier was born November 23, 1930, in [[Toledo, Ohio]], the only child of Richard and Marian Kazmaier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dick Kazmaier; 1930-2013: Maumee star won Heisman|url=https://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2013/08/02/Maumee-star-won-Heisman.html|publisher=toledoblade.com|access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref> He graduated from [[Maumee High School (Ohio)|Maumee High School]] in [[Ohio]] in 1948. He played [[High school football|football]] (four years), [[basketball]] (four years), [[track and field]] (four years), [[baseball]] (four years) and [[golf]] (one year) earning a [[Varsity letter|letter]] each year in each sport. He was recruited by 23 colleges, most offering full scholarships.<ref>[http://www.maumee.k12.oh.us/maumeehs/Hall%20of%20Fame/richardkazmaier.html richardwkazmaier] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720195956/http://www.maumee.k12.oh.us/maumeehs/Hall%20of%20Fame/richardkazmaier.html |date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>
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[[Category:American football running backs|Kazmaier, Dick]]
A [[Halfback (American football)|halfback]], [[Placekicker|kicker]], and [[quarterback]] at [[Princeton University]], Kazmaier ended his career third all-time in [[Princeton Tigers football|Tigers]]' history with over 4,000 yards of [[Offense (sports)|offense]] and 55 [[touchdown]]s.
{{PeerNavbox | Title=[[Heisman Trophy]] Winner <br> 1951 | Prev=[[Vic Janowicz]] | Next=[[Billy Vessels]]}}

As a senior in [[1951 college football season|1951]], Kazmaier was a [[1951 College Football All-America Team#Consensus All-Americans|consensus]] [[1951 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] and won the [[Maxwell Award]] and the [[Heisman Trophy]].<!-- ([[John McGillicuddy]] was Kazmaier's fellow football player and roommate at Princeton.)--> He was named Ivy League Football Player of the Decade in 1960 and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine ran his picture on its cover.<ref>[http://www.heisman.com/winners/d-kazmaier51.html Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804044621/http://www.heisman.com/winners/d-kazmaier51.html |date=2009-08-04 }}</ref> He was the last Heisman Trophy winner to play for an Ivy League institution.<ref>''World Almanac and Book of Facts 2005'', at 978 (World Almanac Books, 2005).</ref> Kazmaier graduated from Princeton in 1952 after completing a senior thesis titled "The Company and the Union: A Case Study".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kazmaier|first=Jr., Richard William|editor-last=Princeton University. Department of Psychology|title=The Company and the Union: A Case Study|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp015x21tf971|language=en}}</ref> The [[Chicago Bears]] selected him in the [[1952 NFL Draft]], but he declined to play pro football, instead going to [[Harvard Business School]]. After spending three years in the [[United States Navy|U.S.&nbsp;Navy]] (1955–1957) and attaining the rank of [[Lieutenant (navy)|lieutenant]], he founded Kazmaier Associated Inc, an investment firm in [[Concord, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Illustrious Maumee graduate will present school with copy of his 1951 Heisman Trophy|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/South/2007/08/30/Illustrious-Maumee-graduate-will-present-school-with-copy-of-his-1951-Heisman-Trophy.html|publisher=toledoblade.com|access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref>

==Later life==
Kazmaier served as a director of the [[American Red Cross]], director of the [[LPGA|Ladies Professional Golfers Association]], [[trustee]] of Princeton University, director of the [[Knight Commission|Knight Foundation on Intercollegiate Athletics]], chairman of the [[President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition]] under Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[George H. W. Bush]] and president of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. The NCAA gave him its [[Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)|Silver Anniversary Award]]. He also received the [[National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/sports/ncaafootball/dick-kazmaier-a-heisman-winner-who-passed-on-the-nfl-dies-at-82.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2 August 2013|first=Frank|last=Litsky|date=1 August 2013}}</ref>

In 2007, during a [[Maumee, Ohio|Maumee]] football game against [[Perrysburg, Ohio|Perrysburg]], Kazmaier was honored by having his jersey number (#42) retired.<ref>Princeton Alumni Weekly 11/19/2008 http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2008/11/19/pages/1716/</ref> He also donated his [[Heisman Trophy]] to [[Maumee High School (Ohio)|Maumee High School]], where it is displayed inside a glass case in the main hallway.<ref>[http://www.maumee.k12.oh.us/news/ Maumee City Schools News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070924075209/http://www.maumee.k12.oh.us/news/ |date=2007-09-24 }}</ref> The stadium at [[Maumee High School (Ohio)|Maumee High School]] is named in his honor. His daughter, the late [[Patty Kazmaier-Sandt]], was an [[Ivy League|All-Ivy]] member of the Princeton women's ice hockey team who died in 1990 at the age of 28 from a rare blood disease. The [[Patty Kazmaier Award]], which was established by Kazmaier to memorialize his daughter, is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States at the annual [[Women's Frozen Four]] [[National Collegiate women's ice hockey championship|NCAA championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award |url=http://www.usahockey.com/Wireframes/WireframeOne.aspx?pageid=307666&nav=AF_07&detailednews=yes&usahockeytype=ICE&id=192446&ekfxmen_noscript=1&ekfxmensel= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802042602/http://www.usahockey.com/Wireframes/WireframeOne.aspx?pageid=307666&nav=AF_07&detailednews=yes&usahockeytype=ICE&id=192446&ekfxmen_noscript=1&ekfxmensel= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2013 |publisher=usahockey.com/ |access-date=2 August 2013 }}</ref>

==Personal==
Kazmaier died on August 1, 2013, in [[Boston]] from heart and lung disease at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Princeton standout, Heisman winner Dick Kazmaier dies|date=August 2013 |url=http://www.trentonian.com/article/20130801/SPORTS02/130809953/-1/SPORTS/former-princeton-standout-heisman-winner-dick-kazmaier-dies#full_story|publisher=trentonian.com|access-date=2 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/sports/ncaafootball/dick-kazmaier-a-heisman-winner-who-passed-on-the-nfl-dies-at-82.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Frank | last=Litsky | title=Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82 | date=1 August 2013}}</ref>

==Honors==
*1950–1951: [[All-America]]n in [[College football|football]]
*1951: [[Heisman Trophy]] winner
*1951: [[Maxwell Award]] winner
*1951: Named outstanding college football player by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', the ''[[Detroit Times]]'', and the Cleveland Touchdown Club
*1951: [[Associated Press]] Male Athlete of the Year
*1951: [[Philadelphia Sports Writers Association]] Athlete of the Year
*1960: [[Ivy League]] Football Player of the Decade
*1962: Voted to the [[Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area|Greater Toledo]] Athletic Hall of Fame
*1969: ''[[Sports Illustrated]]''{{'}}s 1950's All Decade Team
*1989: [[Walter Camp Distinguished American Award]] recipient
*1993: [[National Football Foundation]]'s Distinguished American Award in 1993
*1998: Maumee High School renamed its football stadium in his honor.
*2007: Jersey number (#21) officially retired at Maumee High School in Kazmaier's honor.
*2008: Jersey number (#42) officially retired at Princeton University in Kazmaier's (and [[Bill Bradley]]'s) honor. Bradley had grown up as a fan of Kazmaier and chose the number 42 in his honor.<ref>Tomlinson, Brett. [https://paw.princeton.edu/article/number-no-other "A number like no other; Princeton retires No. 42 in honor of Kazmaier ’52 and Bradley ’65"], ''[[Princeton Alumni Weekly]]'', November 19, 2008. Accessed September 13, 2021. "As children playing football on a churchyard in Crystal City, Mo., Bill Bradley ’65 and his friends took turns emulating collegiate gridiron stars. Bradley, for a Midwestern boy, had a curious favorite. 'Other kids wanted to be "Hopalong" Cassady of Ohio State,' he recalled. 'I wanted to be Dick Kazmaier ['52] of Princeton.'&nbsp;... The two stars shared a common uniform number — 42 — worn, in the words of Director of Athletics Gary Walters ’67, 'with uncommon distinction.'"</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders]]
* [[List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|1764}}
* {{Heisman|dick-kazmaier}}

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Revision as of 03:39, 16 March 2024

Dick Kazmaier
Kazmaier, circa 1951
No. 42
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1930-11-23)November 23, 1930
Maumee, Ohio, U.S.
Died:August 1, 2013(2013-08-01) (aged 82)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight171 lb (78 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolMaumee
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame (1966)

Richard William Kazmaier Jr. (November 23, 1930 – August 1, 2013) was an American businessman and naval lieutenant. He played college football as a halfback for the Princeton Tigers from 1949 through 1951 and was the winner of the 1951 Heisman Trophy,[1][2] the Maxwell Award, and the AP Male Athlete of the Year.

Early life and career

Kazmaier was born November 23, 1930, in Toledo, Ohio, the only child of Richard and Marian Kazmaier.[3] He graduated from Maumee High School in Ohio in 1948. He played football (four years), basketball (four years), track and field (four years), baseball (four years) and golf (one year) earning a letter each year in each sport. He was recruited by 23 colleges, most offering full scholarships.[4]

A halfback, kicker, and quarterback at Princeton University, Kazmaier ended his career third all-time in Tigers' history with over 4,000 yards of offense and 55 touchdowns.

As a senior in 1951, Kazmaier was a consensus All-American and won the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Trophy. He was named Ivy League Football Player of the Decade in 1960 and Time magazine ran his picture on its cover.[5] He was the last Heisman Trophy winner to play for an Ivy League institution.[6] Kazmaier graduated from Princeton in 1952 after completing a senior thesis titled "The Company and the Union: A Case Study".[7] The Chicago Bears selected him in the 1952 NFL Draft, but he declined to play pro football, instead going to Harvard Business School. After spending three years in the U.S. Navy (1955–1957) and attaining the rank of lieutenant, he founded Kazmaier Associated Inc, an investment firm in Concord, Massachusetts.[8]

Later life

Kazmaier served as a director of the American Red Cross, director of the Ladies Professional Golfers Association, trustee of Princeton University, director of the Knight Foundation on Intercollegiate Athletics, chairman of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and president of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. The NCAA gave him its Silver Anniversary Award. He also received the National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award.[9]

In 2007, during a Maumee football game against Perrysburg, Kazmaier was honored by having his jersey number (#42) retired.[10] He also donated his Heisman Trophy to Maumee High School, where it is displayed inside a glass case in the main hallway.[11] The stadium at Maumee High School is named in his honor. His daughter, the late Patty Kazmaier-Sandt, was an All-Ivy member of the Princeton women's ice hockey team who died in 1990 at the age of 28 from a rare blood disease. The Patty Kazmaier Award, which was established by Kazmaier to memorialize his daughter, is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States at the annual Women's Frozen Four NCAA championship.[12]

Personal

Kazmaier died on August 1, 2013, in Boston from heart and lung disease at the age of 82.[13][14]

Honors

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dick Kazmeier wins Heisman award". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. December 5, 1951. p. 37.
  2. ^ "Kazmeier wins Heisman Trophy". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 5, 1951. p. 49.
  3. ^ "Dick Kazmaier; 1930-2013: Maumee star won Heisman". toledoblade.com. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. ^ richardwkazmaier Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ World Almanac and Book of Facts 2005, at 978 (World Almanac Books, 2005).
  7. ^ Kazmaier, Jr., Richard William. Princeton University. Department of Psychology (ed.). "The Company and the Union: A Case Study". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Illustrious Maumee graduate will present school with copy of his 1951 Heisman Trophy". toledoblade.com. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ^ Litsky, Frank (1 August 2013). "Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  10. ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly 11/19/2008 http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2008/11/19/pages/1716/
  11. ^ Maumee City Schools News Archived 2007-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award". usahockey.com/. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Former Princeton standout, Heisman winner Dick Kazmaier dies". trentonian.com. August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  14. ^ Litsky, Frank (1 August 2013). "Dick Kazmaier, a Heisman Winner Who Passed on the N.F.L., Dies at 82". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Tomlinson, Brett. "A number like no other; Princeton retires No. 42 in honor of Kazmaier ’52 and Bradley ’65", Princeton Alumni Weekly, November 19, 2008. Accessed September 13, 2021. "As children playing football on a churchyard in Crystal City, Mo., Bill Bradley ’65 and his friends took turns emulating collegiate gridiron stars. Bradley, for a Midwestern boy, had a curious favorite. 'Other kids wanted to be "Hopalong" Cassady of Ohio State,' he recalled. 'I wanted to be Dick Kazmaier ['52] of Princeton.' ... The two stars shared a common uniform number — 42 — worn, in the words of Director of Athletics Gary Walters ’67, 'with uncommon distinction.'"

External links

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