thumbnail|a.j. mccarron  the maxwell award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and national collegiate athletic association head coaches and the membership of the maxwell football club to be the best football player in the united states. the award is named after robert "tiny" maxwell, a swarthmore college football player, coach and sportswriter. johnny lattner (1952â1953) and tim tebow (2007â2008) are the only players to have won the award twice. ==winners== {| class="wikitable sortable" !bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| year !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| player !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5"| school |-â19 |1937 || clint frank || yale |- |1938 || davey o'brien || tcu |- |1939 || nile kinnick || iowa |- |1940 || tom harmon || michigan |- |1941 || bill dudley || virginia |- |1942 || paul governali || columbia |- |1943 || bob odell || pennsylvania |- |1944 || glenn davis || army |- |1945 || felix blanchard || army |- |1946 || charley trippi || georgia |- |1947 || doak walker || smu |- |1948 || chuck bednarik || pennsylvania |- |1949 || leon hart || notre dame |- |1950 || reds bagnell || pennsylvania |- |1951 || dick kazmaier || princeton |- |1952 || johnny lattner || notre dame |- |1953 || johnny lattner || notre dame |- |1954 || ronald beagle || navy |- |1955 || howard cassady || ohio state |- |1956 || tommy mcdonald || oklahoma |- |1957 || bob reifsnyder || navy |- |1958 || pete dawkins || army |- |1959 || richie lucas || penn state |- |1960 || joe bellino || [[
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