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John Heisman was the head football coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta from 1904 to 1919. He led Georgia Tech to the first of its four national championships in 1917 and posted a career record of 102-29-7 in sixteen seasons.

From Heroes of the Heisman Trophy, by B. Libby

John Heisman

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