John David Crow was the Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...

 winner and halfback

Halfback (American football)

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 from Texas A&M University

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 in 1957. He was not one of the "Junction Boys

Junction Boys

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," since he was a freshman in the 1954 season and thus ineligible to play under NCAA rules at the time, but played for Bear Bryant

Bear Bryant

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 at Texas A&M and later played professional football for the Chicago & St. Louis Cardinals

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 and the San Francisco 49ers

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 between 1958 and 1968. Crow received the annual "Len Eshmont Award" on two occasions, 1966 and 1967.