Dick Kazmaier

Dick Kazmaier

College Football Hall of Fame

Dick Kazmaier (born November 23, 1930) went to Maumee High School in Maumee, Ohio and played tailback for Princeton University from 1949 through 1951, winning the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award at the end of his senior year. His skills in running, kicking, and passing made him a triple threat, and in his career at Princeton he had more than 4,000 yards, 20 touchdowns, and 35 touchdown passes. The Chicago Bears selected him in the 1952 NFL Draft, but he elected not to play professional football. Instead, he attended Harvard Business School. He made the cover of TIME, 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.

Also, Dick Kazmaier returned to his almamater Maumee High School on Friday September 21, 2007 to donate his 2nd heisman trophy (the first was donated to Princton) to the school. In light of this donation, which also made Maumee the 7th High School in the nation to be awarded a heisman trophy, Maumee retired his number 21 which was the number dick wore in his years at Princton and Maumee.