The Mr. Football Award has been given out annually since 1987 to the player voted by the
Associated Press
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to be the best high school football player in the state of
Ohio
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.
Two players have won the award twice, Erick Howard and
Robert Smith. Three schools have had two different award winners,
Kenton High School,
Euclid High School
Euclid High School is a public high school in Euclid, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland in the northeast corner of Cuyahoga County. Originally named Euclid Senior High School, it was constructed in 1949 to replace the Euclid Central High S ...
, and
Mentor High School
Mentor High School is a public high school located in Mentor, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Mentor Exempted Village School District (informally, "Mentor Schools"). At one time, it was the largest high school in Ohio ba ...
, (
Euclid High School
Euclid High School is a public high school in Euclid, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland in the northeast corner of Cuyahoga County. Originally named Euclid Senior High School, it was constructed in 1949 to replace the Euclid Central High S ...
has three total awards), and
Kenton High School has the only brother pair to win,
Maty and
Ben Mauk
Gary Benjamin Mauk (born January 4, 1985) is a former American football quarterback. He completed his college football career in 2007 Cincinnati Bearcats football team, 2007 for the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Cincinnati Bearcats, Bearcat ...
.
Award winners by year
Schools with multiple winners
Colleges with multiple winners
References
Mr. Football awards
High school football in Ohio
1987 establishments in Ohio
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