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Who Won Doak Walker Award?
College Football Awards – Doak Walker Award
| Doak Walker Award | ||
|---|---|---|
| YEAR | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| 2017 | Bryce Love | Stanford |
| 2016 | D’Onta Foreman | Texas |
| 2015 | Derrick Henry | Alabama |
What college did Doak Walker play for?
Southern Methodist University
Doak Walker/College
Is Doak Walker still alive?
Deceased (1927–1998)
Doak Walker/Living or Deceased
What position did Doak Walker play?
Running back
HalfbackPlacekickerPunterReturn specialist
Doak Walker/Position
What number did Doak Walker Wear?
37SMU Mustangs football / Running back, Punter, Halfback.
Doak Walker/Number
When did Doak Walker play football?
1950Detroit Lions
1945SMU Mustangs football
Doak Walker/Dates joined
Did Doak Walker win the Heisman Trophy?
Walker captured SMU’s first Heisman in 1948 while leading the Mustangs to a 9-1-1 record and a 10th-place poll finish. He is the second junior to win the award. Born in Dallas, Texas, Ewell Doak Walker lettered in five sports at Highland Park High.
How old is Doak Walker?
71 years (1927–1998)
Doak Walker/Age at death
Doak Walker, the 1948 Heisman Trophy winner and one of college football’s legendary heroes, died yesterday at Routt Hospital in Steamboat Springs, Colo. He was 71. The cause was complications from the paralysis he suffered in a skiing accident last Jan. 30 in Steamboat Springs, where he lived, the hospital said.