... and Michigan came to play, Jay Berwanger just stiff-armed them away.

"I wanted to go to a school that would give me a first-rate education in business so that I'd be prepared when the opportunities came," was his response.

College football's first Heisman Trophy winner would later also become the first player drafted into the NFL.

Jay Berwanger played college football for the University of Chicago, a school more well-known for producing educational giants than gridiron stars.

Little did he know that upon receipt of the award in 1935, his alma mater would relinquish its membership in the Big 10 four years later and abolish its program all together.

And even though Chicago reinstated football in the Division III le...

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