As part of the run-up to Super Bowl XLV — to be played in Arlington on Feb. 6, 2011 — the North Texas Host Committee has put together a list of the greatest 250 moments in the region’s football history. That history begins, according to them, with the 1912 game between Oklahoma and Texas in Fair Park (OU won, 21-6).
Fans will be able to vote on what they think are the greatest of those 250 nominated moments, and the top 100 will be revealed in the fall. The nomination list will be revealed at an event next Tuesday at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas. On hand will be Roger Staubach, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, Tony Dorsett, Daryl Johnston, and Craig James, among others. Why is the event at Woodrow? Because it’s the only public high school in the country to produce two Heisman Trophy winners (Davey O’Brien and Tim Brown).
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The Woodrow Wilson football program better be careful, Craig James could be attempting to make it his trifecta of shut down programs.
Actually, to paraphrase Mae West, “public” has nothing to do with it.
Woodrow Wilson is the only high school, public or private, to have produced two future Heisman winners (O’Brien at TCU and Brown at Notre Dame).
And scenes from “The Dirt Bike Kid” were filmed there! So it’s got that going for it, which is nice.
According to Woodrow’s wikipedia entry: Until 2004, Woodrow Wilson H.S. was the only U.S. high school to be the alma mater of two Heisman Trophy winners: Davey O’Brien and Tim Brown. In 2004, private Mater Dei High School of Santa Ana, California gained its second Heisman Trophy winner in Matt Leinart, leaving Woodrow Wilson H.S. still the only public high school in the U.S. with two Heisman winners.
Can someone confirm?
Woodrow might have Heisman awardees but Sunset has more All-Americans and the only current DISD school with a State Football Championship win. Old Oak Cliff High being the other. Even though Carter had Jostens cut rings for a State Championship, the trophy sits in Judson’s trophy case. Hopefully they will include alot of the old high school, SMU, TCU games. Some were really special.
According to the official Heisman website (http://www.heisman.com/handbook/notes-trivia.php): “Eddie George is the second Heisman winner who attended Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia. Vinny Testaverde preceded George at FUMA. This was the second time two Heisman winners attended the same prep school. Davey O’Brien and Tim Brown attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas.”
Alright, alright, alright…Mae West was wrong. Or I was. Or something.
I’d like to take the level of discourse around here up a notch by noting:
He said Woodrow.
That is all.
A wonderful story about Little Davey and his best friend, the massive All-American I.B. Hale – both 1935 Woodrow Wilson Wildcats who led TCU to its national championship:
http://www.magarchive.tcu.edu/articles/2000-01-CV2.asp
Recent Wildcat graduate Greg McCoy is now on the TCU team and is called ‘The Fastest Frog’ by their website. He totaled a career-high seven tackles (all solo) last night.
Woodrow has had many very privileged students but has also had very many underprivileged students (to quote “42nd Street” – “side by side, they’re glorified”) This may differ from the Heisman winners from private schools.