The Maxwell Memorial Football Club of Philadelphia has presented the Maxwell Award since 1937 to the nation's outstanding college football player.
The award is named for Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, who starred as a guard for the University of Chicago from 1902 through 1904 and at Swarthmore College in 1905.
Maxwell was killed in a car crash at the age of 37. The club named for him presents several other trophies, including the Bert Bell Award for the NFL player of the year, the Greasy Neale Award for the NFL coach of the year, the George Munger Award for the college coach of the year, and the Chuck Bednarik Award for the college defensive player of the year.
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| Year | Winner, School, Pos. |
| 1937 | Clinton Frank, Yale, HB |
| 1938 | Davey O'Brien, TCU, QB |
| 1939 | Nile Kinnick, Iowa, HB |
| 1940 | Tom Harmon, Michigan, HB |
| 1941 | Bill Dudley, Virginia, HB |
| 1942 | Paul Governali, Columbia, QB |
| 1943 | Bob Odell, Penn, HB |
| 1944 | Glenn Davis, Army, HB |
| 1945 | Doc Blanchard, Army, FB |
| 1946 | Charley Trippi, Georgia, HB |
| 1947 | Doak Walker, SMU, HB |
| 1948 | Chuck Bednarik, Penn, C |
| 1949 | Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E |
| 1950 | Reds Bagnell, Penn, HB |
| 1951 | Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, TB |
| 1952 | Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame, HB |
| 1953 | Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame, HB |
| 1954 | Ron Beagle, Navy, E |
| 1955 | Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, Ohio St., HB |
| 1956 | Tommy McDonald, Okla., HB |
| 1957 | Bob Reifsnyder, Navy, T |
| 1958 | Pete Dawkins, Army, HB |
| 1959 | Rich Lucas, Penn St., QB |
| 1960 | Joe Bellino, Navy, HB |
| 1961 | Bob Ferguson, Ohio St., HB |
| 1962 | Terry Baker, Oregon St., QB |
| 1963 | Roger Staubach, Navy, QB |
| 1964 | Glenn Ressler, Penn St., G |
| 1965 | Tommy Nobis, Texas, LB |
| 1966 | Jim Lynch, Notre Dame, LB |
| 1967 | Gary Beban, UCLA, QB |
| 1968 | O.J. Simpson, USC, HB |
| 1969 | Mike Reid, Penn St., DT |
| 1970 | Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB |
| 1971 | Ed Marinaro, Cornell, RB |
| 1972 | Brad Van Pelt, Michigan St., DB |
| 1973 | John Cappelletti, Penn St., RB |
| 1974 | Steve Joachim, Temple, QB |
| 1975 | Archie Griffin, Ohio St., RB |
| 1976 | Tony Dorsett, Pitt, RB |
| 1977 | Ross Browner, Notre Dame, DE |
| 1978 | Chuck Fusina, Penn St., QB |
| 1979 | Charles White, USC, RB |
| 1980 | Hugh Green, Pitt, DE |
| 1981 | Marcus Allen, USC, RB |
| 1982 | Herschel Walker, Georgia, RB |
| 1983 | Mike Rozier, Nebraska, RB |
| 1984 | Doug Flutie, Boston Col., QB |
| 1985 | Chuck Long, Iowa, QB |
| 1986 | V. Testaverde, Miami, FL, QB |
| 1987 | Don McPherson, Syracuse, QB |
| 1988 | Barry Sanders, Okla. St., RB |
| 1989 | Anthony Thompson, Indiana, RB |
| 1990 | Ty Detmer, BYU, QB |
| 1991 | Desmond Howard, Mich., WR |
| 1992 | Gino Torretta, Miami, FL, QB |
| 1993 | Charlie Ward, Florida St., QB |
| 1994 | Kerry Collins, Penn St., QB |
| 1995 | Eddie George, Ohio St., RB |
| 1996 | Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB |
| 1997 | Peyton Manning, Tennessee, QB |
| 1998 | Ricky Williams, Texas, RB |
| 1999 | Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB |
| 2000 | Drew Brees, Purdue, QB |
| 2001 | Ken Dorsey, Miami, FL, QB |
| 2002 | Larry Johnson, Penn St., HB |
| 2003 | Eli Manning, Mississippi, QB |
| 2004 | Jason White, Oklahoma, QB |
| 2005 | Vince Young, Texas, QB |
| 2006 | Brady Quinn, Notre Dame, QB |
| 2007 | Tim Tebow, Florida, QB |
| 2008 | Tim Tebow, Florida, QB |
| 2009 | Colt McCoy, Texas, QB |
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