Roger Staubach, of the United States Naval Academy, won College Football's top individual award in 1963. He was the last player from one of the service academies to win this prestigious award. Rather than immediately go into a lucrative professional career, he first served our country in Vietnam. He joined the Dallas Cowboys in 1969 and played 11 seasons. He was enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame in 1985.

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