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The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best
Outland Trophy website
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interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-American at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in 1898 as a tackle and consensus honors as a halfback in 1899. Outland had always contended that football tackles and guards deserved greater recognition and conceived the Outland Trophy as a means of providing this recognition. In 1988, Jimmy Ridlon was commissioned to design and sculpt the Outland Trophy. A member of the National College Football Awards Association, the award has become one of college football's most prestigious.
Winners
See also
* Lombardi Award * Rimington Trophy * UPI Lineman of the Year (College)References
External links
Outland Trophy website
{{College football award navbox College football national player awards Awards established in 1946 1946 establishments in the United States