Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Awarded for	the college football player determined to be the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference
Presented by	Chicago Tribune
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Country	United States
First awarded	1924
Currently held by	Montee Ball
Official website	http://www.chicagotribune.com

The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the best player from the Big Ten Conference.^[1] The award has been presented annually since 1924, when Red Grange of Illinois was the award's first recipient.^[1]

The winner of the Silver Football is determined by a vote of Big Ten head football coaches.^[1] Each coach submits a two-player ballot with a first and second choice, and coaches cannot vote for players on their own team.^[1] The first-place vote receives two points and the second-place vote receives one point.^[1]

Coaches and media of the Big Ten also make annual selections for additional individual honors.

1 Recipients
- 1.1 Winners by school
2 See also
3 References

Recipients

See footnote^[1]

1924: Red Grange, Illinois
1925: Tim Lowry, Northwestern
1926: Benny Friedman, Michigan
1927: Ken Rouse, Chicago
1928: Chuck Bennett, Indiana
1929: Bill Glassgow, Iowa
1930: Wes Fesler, Ohio State
1931: Clarence Munn, Minnesota
1932: Harry Newman, Michigan
1933: Joe Laws, Iowa
1934: Pug Lund, Minnesota
1935: Jay Berwanger, Chicago
1936: Vern Huffman, Indiana
1937: Corbett Davis, Indiana
1938: Howard Weiss, Wisconsin
1939: Nile Kinnick, Iowa
1940: Tom Harmon, Michigan
1941: Jack Graf, Ohio State
1942: Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin
1943: Otto Graham, Northwestern
1944: Les Horvath, Ohio State
1945: Ollie Cline, Ohio State
1946: Alex Agase, Illinois
1947: Chalmers Elliott, Michigan
1948: Art Murakowski, Northwestern
1949: Red Wilson, Wisconsin
1950: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State
1951: Bill Reichardt, Iowa
1952: Paul Giel, Minnesota
1953: Paul Giel, Minnesota
1954: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin
1955: Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Ohio State
1956: Ken Ploen, Iowa
1957: Jim Pace, Michigan
1958: Randy Duncan, Iowa
1959: Bill Burrell, Illinois
1960: Tom Brown, Minnesota
1961: Sandy Stephens, Minnesota
1962: Ron Vander Kelen, Wisconsin
1963: Dick Butkus, Illinois
1964: Bob Timberlake, Michigan
1965: Jim Grabowski, Illinois
1966: Bob Griese, Purdue
1967: Leroy Keyes, Purdue

1968: Ron Johnson, Michigan
1969: Mike Phipps, Purdue
1970: Mike Adamle, Northwestern
1971: Eric Allen, Michigan State
1972: Otis Armstrong, Purdue
1973: Archie Griffin, Ohio State
1974: Archie Griffin, Ohio State
1975: Cornelius Greene, Ohio State
1976: Rob Lytle, Michigan
1977: Larry Bethea, Michigan State
1978: Rick Leach, Michigan
1979: Tim Clifford, Indiana
1980: Mark Herrmann, Purdue
1981: Art Schlichter, Ohio State
1982: Anthony Carter, Michigan
1983: Don Thorp, Illinois
1984: Keith Byars, Ohio State
1985: Chuck Long, Iowa
1986: Jim Harbaugh, Michigan
1987: Lorenzo White, Michigan State
1988: Anthony Thompson, Indiana
1989: Anthony Thompson, Indiana
1990: Nick Bell, Iowa
1991: Desmond Howard, Michigan
1992: Lee Gissendaner, Northwestern
1993: Brent Moss, Wisconsin
1994: Kerry Collins, Penn State
1995: Eddie George, Ohio State
1996: Orlando Pace, Ohio State
1997: Charles Woodson, Michigan
1998: Joe Germaine, Ohio State
1999: Ron Dayne, Wisconsin
2000: Drew Brees, Purdue
2001: Antwaan Randle El, Indiana
2002: Brad Banks, Iowa
2003: Chris Perry, Michigan
2004: Braylon Edwards, Michigan
2005: Michael Robinson, Penn State
2006: Troy Smith, Ohio State
2007: Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois
2008: Shonn Greene, Iowa
2009: Daryll Clark, Penn State and Brandon Graham, Michigan
2010: Denard Robinson, Michigan
2011: Montee Ball, Wisconsin

Winners by school

School	Winners
Michigan	17
Ohio State	15
Iowa	10
Wisconsin	8
Illinois	7
Indiana	7
Minnesota	6
Purdue	6
Northwestern	5
Michigan State	3
Penn State	3
Chicago	2

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rosenthal, Phil (December 3, 2009). "Chicago Tribune Silver Football, the Big Ten's MVP award, is headed to TV". Tower Ticker. Chicago Tribune. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/12/chicago-tribune-silver-football-the-big-tens-mvp-award-is-headed-to-tv.html. Retrieved 2011-01-29.

Chicago Tribune Silver Football (Big Ten Conference football MVP)

1924: Grange
1925: Lowry
1926: Friedman
1927: Rouse
1928: Bennet
1929: Glassgow
1930: Fesler
1931: Munn
1932: Newman
1933: Laws
1934: Lund
1935: Berwanger
1936: Huffman
1937: Davis
1938: Weiss
1939: Kinnick
1940: Harmon
1941: Graf
1942: Schreiner
1943: O. Graham
1944: Horvath
1945: Cline
1946: Agase
1947: Elliott
1948: Murakowski
1949: Wilson
1950: Janowicz
1951: Reichardt
1952: Giel
1953: Giel
1954: Ameche
1955: Cassady
1956: Ploen
1957: J. Pace
1958: Duncan
1959: Burrell
1960: Brown
1961: Stephens
1962: Vander Kelen
1963: Butkus
1964: Timberlake
1965: Grabowski
1966: Griese
1967: Keyes
1968: Johnson
1969: Phipps
1970: Adamle
1971: Allen
1972: Armstrong
1973: Griffin
1974: Griffin
1975: C. Greene
1976: Lytle
1977: Bethea
1978: Leach
1979: Clifford
1980: Herrmann
1981: Schlichter
1982: Carter
1983: Thorp
1984: Byars
1985: Long
1986: Harbaugh
1987: White
1988: Thompson
1989: Thompson
1990: Bell
1991: Howard
1992: Gissendaner
1993: Moss
1994: Collins
1995: George
1996: O. Pace
1997: Woodson
1998: Germaine
1999: Dayne
2000: Brees
2001: Randle El
2002: Banks
2003: Perry
2004: Edwards
2005: M. Robinson
2006: Smith
2007: Mendenhall
2008: S. Greene
2009: Clark & B. Graham
2010: D. Robinson
2011: Ball

Big Ten Conference football

Legends Division	Iowa Hawkeyes • Michigan Wolverines • Michigan State Spartans • Minnesota Golden Gophers • Nebraska Cornhuskers • Northwestern Wildcats

Leaders Division	Illinois Fighting Illini • Indiana Hoosiers • Ohio State Buckeyes • Penn State Nittany Lions • Purdue Boilermakers • Wisconsin Badgers

Former team	Chicago Maroons

Championships & awards	List of Big Ten Conference football champions • Big Ten Football Championship Game • Big Ten Conference football individual honors • Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Seasons	2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

College football awards

Overall trophies	Heisman Memorial Trophy (1935) • Maxwell Award (1937) • Walter Camp Award (1967)

Overall media awards	AP Player of the Year (1998) • SN Player of the Year (1942)

Positional awards	Bronko Nagurski Trophy (Defenseman) • Chuck Bednarik Award (Defenseman) • Dave Rimington Trophy (Center) • Davey O'Brien Award (Quarterback) • Dick Butkus Award (Linebacker) • Doak Walker Award (Running back) • Fred Biletnikoff Award (Wide receiver) • Jim Thorpe Award (Defensive back) • John Mackey Award (Tight end) • Lombardi Award (Lineman/linebacker) • Lott Trophy (Defenseman) • Lou Groza Award (Placekicker) • Manning Award (Quarterback) • Outland Trophy (Interior lineman) • Ray Guy Award (Punter) • Ted Hendricks Award (Defensive end)

Other national player awards	Chic Harley Award (Best player) • Archie Griffin Award (Best player) • Bill Willis Trophy (Defensive lineman) • Jack Lambert Trophy (Linebacker) • Jack Tatum Trophy (Defensive back) • Jim Brown Trophy (Running back) • Jim Parker Trophy (Offensive lineman) • Paul Hornung Award (Most versatile) • Sammy Baugh Trophy (Quarterback) • Paul Warfield Trophy (Wide receiver) • Johnny Unitas Award (Senior quarterback)

All-Americans	College Football All-America Team

Head coaching awards	AFCA Coach of the Year (1935) • Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year (1957) • SN Coach of the Year (1963) • Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1967) • Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year (1976) • Woody Hayes Trophy (1977) • Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986) • Home Depot Coach of the Year (1994) • AP Coach of the Year (1998) • Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2006) • Bobby Bowden Coach of the Year Award (2009) • Defunct: Joseph V. Paterno Award (2010) (formerly the George Munger Award (1989))

Assistant coaching awards	Broyles Award (Assistant Coach of the Year) • AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year

Conference awards	ACC awards • Big 12 awards • Big East awards • Big Ten awards (MVP) • MAC awards • Pac-12 awards • SEC awards • Defunct: SWC awards

Division I FCS awards	Walter Payton Award (Div. I FCS offensive player) • Buck Buchanan Award (Div. I FCS defenseman) • Jerry Rice Award (Div. I FCS freshman) • Eddie Robinson Award (Div. I FCS coach)

Other divisions/associations	Harlon Hill Trophy (Div. II) • Gagliardi Trophy (Div. III) • Melberger Award (Div. III) • Rawlings Award (NAIA)

Academic, inspirational, and versatility awards	Academic All-America of the Year (Student-athlete) • Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award • William V. Campbell Trophy (Student-athlete) • Wuerffel Trophy (Humanitarian-athlete) • Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (Student-athlete) • Burlsworth Trophy (Walk-on) • Rudy Award (inspirational/motivational)

Service awards	Amos Alonzo Stagg Award • Walter Camp Alumni of the Year • Walter Camp Man of the Year • National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award • National Football Foundation Gold Medal Winners • Theodore Roosevelt Award

Regional awards	Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award (New England Sportsmanship)

Halls of fame	College Football Hall of Fame

Chicago Tribune Silver Football

Contents

Recipients

Winners by school

See also

References