Washington D . C . Touchdown Club The Washington D . C . Touchdown Club was started in 1935 with a passion for charity and sports . In the ensuing years the Club has benefited many local charities as well as providing scholarships to deserving student / athletes . The Touchdown Timmies , the club ' s trophies , are given each year to athletes who excelled in their respective arenas including professionals , college and scholastic players . Additionally , the Club provided monies to 15 charitable organizations each year . Recently , the name was changed to " Touchdown Club Charities of Washington , DC " . It was founded by a group of college football enthusiasts in 1935 , among them Dutch Bergman . The motto is " Children , Scholarship , and Community " . The Timmie Awards began with a formal dinner at the Willard Hotel in 1937 where All - American Quarterback Marshall Goldberg was honored as Best Player of the Year . Over the past sixty years , the club ' s dinner awards programs honoring of more than 200 outstanding college players and hundreds of professional high school athletes , have attracted celebrities from many fields and national media attention . Touchdown Club Founder . Arthur " Dutch " Bergman was a " man of a dozen talents and as many careers is gone . If ever there was anything Dutch Bergman could not do well , then he had never tried it . The handsome silver - haired man who died Friday night ( August 18 , 1972 ) got his wish — he never retired . At 77 he was still serving as the manager of the D . C . Armory and RFK Stadium . " - - Bob Addie , a Washington sports columnist . Bergman was an outstanding back with George Gipp on the Notre Dame teams of the 1920s . He was later assistant football coach at the University of Minnesota and the University of New Mexico , and head coach at Catholic University , winning their first Orange Bowl in 1936 , and head coach of the Eastern Division titlist Washington Redskins of 1943 . Dutch was also an Army flyer in World War I , a mining engineer , a top - level Government official , a sports writer , a broadcaster and , finally , manager of the D . C . Armory and RFK Stadium . The " Timmie Awards " are the name given to the awards that the club awarded beginning in 1946 . In addition to an NFL Player of the Year , they also award a Coach of the Year and administered the Washington Redskins team awards , among others . The club was the first to award a " MVP " award to a defensive player , Gene Brito , in 1955 . The Philadelphia Maxwell Club awarded a similar honor to Andy Robustelli in 1962 . NFL Player of the Year Awards . 1945 — Bob Waterfield , Cleveland Rams 1946 — Bill Dudley , Pittsburgh Steelers 1947 — Sammy Baugh , Washington Redskins 1948 — Sammy Baugh ( 2 ) , Washington Redskins 1949 — Steve Van Buren , Philadelphia Eagles ; Otto Graham , Cleveland Browns 1950 — Bob Waterfield , Los Angeles Rams 1951 — Otto Graham , Cleveland Browns 1952 — Lynn Chandnois , Pittsburgh Steelers 1953 — Lou Groza , Cleveland Browns 1954 — Norm Van Brocklin , Los Angeles Rams 1955 — Gene Brito , Washington Redskins 1956 — Frank Gifford , New York Giants 1957 — John Unitas , Baltimore Colts 1958 — Johnny Unitas ( 2 ) , Baltimore Colts and Jim Brown , Cleveland Browns 1959 — Charley Conerly , New York Giants 1960 — Norm Van Brocklin ( 2 ) , Philadelphia Eagles 1961 — Paul Hornung , Green Bay Packers 1962 — Y . A . Tittle , New York Giants 1963 — Jim Brown ( 2 ) , Cleveland Browns 1964 — Lenny Moore , Baltimore Colts 1965 — Pete Retzlaff , Philadelphia Eagles 1966 — Jim Nance , Boston Patriots , ( AFL ) ; Sonny Jurgensen , Washington Redskins , ( NFL ) 1967 — Lance Alworth , San Diego Chargers , ( AFL ) ; Johnny Unitas ( 3 ) , Baltimore Colts , ( NFL ) 1968 — Daryle Lamonica , Oakland Raiders , ( AFL ) ; Ray Nitschke , Green Bay Packers , ( NFL ) 1969 — Lance Alworth ( 2 ) , San Diego Chargers , ( AFL ) ; Sonny Jurgensen ( 2 ) , Washington Redskins , ( NFL ) 1970 — Fran Tarkenton , New York Giants 1971 — Billy Kilmer , Washington Redskins ; Jack Pardee , Washington Redskins 1972 — Larry Brown , Washington Redskins 1973 — O . J . Simpson , Buffalo Bills 1974 — Joe Greene , Pittsburgh Steelers 1975 — Fran Tarkenton ( 2 ) , Minnesota Vikings 1976 — Roger Staubach , Dallas Cowboys ( NFC ) ; Bert Jones , Baltimore Colts ( AFC ) 1977 — Walter Payton , Chicago Bears , ( NFC ) ; Craig Morton , Denver Broncos , ( AFC ) 1978 — Pat Haden , Los Angeles Rams , ( NFC ) ; Jim Zorn , Seattle Seahawks , ( AFC ) 1979 — Joe Theismann , Washington Redskins ( NFC ) ; Dan Fouts , San Diego Chargers ( AFC ) 1980 — Steve Bartkowski , Atlanta Falcons ( NFC ) ; Brian Sipe , Cleveland Browns ( AFC ) 1981 — Tony Dorsett , Dallas Cowboys ( NFC ) ; Ken Anderson , Cincinnati Bengals ( AFC ) 1982 — Mark Moseley , Washington Redskins ( NFC ) ; Dan Fouts ( 2 ) ; San Diego Chargers ( AFC ) 1983 — Eric Dickerson , Los Angeles Rams ( NFC ) ; Curt Warner , Seattle Seahawks ( AFC ) 1984 — Eric Dickerson ( 2 ) , Los Angeles Rams ( NFC ) ; Dan Marino , Miami Dolphins 1985 — Walter Payton ( 2 ) , Chicago Bears ( NFC ) ; Ken O ' Brien , New York Jets ( AFC ) 1986 — Lawrence Taylor , New York Giants ( NFC ) ; Al Toon , New York Jets ( AFC ) 1987 — Joe Montana , San Francisco 49ers ( NFC ) ; John Elway , Denver Broncos ( AFC ) 1988 — Roger Craig , San Francisco 49ers ( NFC ) ; Boomer Esiason , Cincinnati Bengals ( AFC ) 1989 — Joe Montana ( 2 ) , San Francisco 49ers ( NFC ) ; Christian Okoye , Kansas City Chiefs ( AFC ) 1990 — Barry Sanders , Detroit Lions ( NFC ) ; Jim Kelly , Buffalo Bills ( AFC ) 1991 — Mark Rypien , Washington Redskins ( NFC ) ; Thurman Thomas , Buffalo Bills ( AFC ) 1992 — Steve Young , San Francisco ( NFC ) ; Barry Foster , Pittsburgh Steelers ( AFC ) 1993 — Mark Stepnoski , Dallas Cowboys ( NFC ) ; Rod Woodson , Pittsburgh Steelers ( AFC ) 1994 — Steve Young , San Francisco 49ers ( NFC ) ; Junior Seau , San Diego Chargers ( AFC ) 1995 — Brett Favre , Green Bay Packers ( NFC ) ; Steve Bono , Kansas City Chiefs ( AFC ) 1996 — Kevin Greene , Carolina Panthers ( NFC ) ; Bruce Smith , Buffalo Bills ( AFC ) 1997 — Brett Favre ( 2 ) , Green Bay Packers ( NFC ) ; Terrell Davis , Denver Broncos ( AFC ) 1998 — Randall Cunningham , Minnesota Vikings ( NFC ) ; Terrell Davis ( 2 ) , Denver Broncos ( AFC ) 1999 — Kurt Warner , St . Louis Rams ( NFC ) ; Peyton Manning , Indianapolis Colts ( AFC ) 2000 — Marshall Faulk , St . Louis Rams ( NFC ) ; Rich Gannon , Oakland Raiders ( AFC ) 2001 — Kurt Warner ( 2 ) , St . Louis Rams ( NFC ) ; Rich Gannon ( 2 ) , Oakland Raiders ( AFC ) 2002 — Brett Favre ( 3 ) , Green Bay Packers ( NFC ) ; Rich Gannon ( 3 ) , Oakland Raiders ( AFC ) 2003 — Randy Moss , Minnesota Vikings ( NFC ) ; Jamal Lewis , Baltimore Ravens ( AFC ) 2004 — Donovan McNabb , Philadelphia Eagles ( NFC ) ; Peyton Manning ( 2 ) , Indianapolis Colts ( AFC ) 2005 — Shaun Alexander , Seattle Seahawks ( NFC ) ; Carson Palmer , Cincinnati Bengals ( AFC ) 2006 — Drew Brees , New Orleans Saints ( NFC ) ; LaDainian Tomlinson , San Diego Chargers ( AFC ) 2007 — Brett Favre ( 4 ) , Green Bay Packers ( NFC ) ; Tom Brady , New England Patriots ( AFC ) 2008 — Kurt Warner ( 3 ) , Arizona Cardinals ( NFC ) ; Peyton Manning ( 3 ) , Indianapolis Colts ( AFC ) 2009 — Brett Favre ( 5 ) , Minnesota Vikings ( NFC ) ; Peyton Manning ( 4 ) , Indianapolis Colts ( AFC ) Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy . 1939 — Ken Kavanaugh , E , LSU 1940 — Bob Suffridge , G , Tennessee Walter Camp Memorial Trophy . 1939 — Nile Kinnick , HB , Iowa 1959 — Billy Cannon , HB , LSU 1961 — Ernie Davis , HB , Syracuse 1962 — Jerry Stovall , HB , LSU 1963 — Roger Staubach , QB , Navy 1966 — Steve Spurrier , QB , Florida 1969 — Archie Manning , QB , Ole Miss Touchdown Club Charities Hall of Fame . Touchdown Club Charities hosts its own Football Hall of Fame . Starting in 2000 , the Club has decided to expand its Hall of Fame selection process to include the American public at large . The top 10 nominees will be presented to the public for election . The top five will be elected and inducted into the Hall of Fame at a date subsequent to the election . Distinguished individuals in the DC Touchdown Club Hall of Fame are players such as “ Dutch ” Bergman , George Preston Marshall , Knute Rockne , Bronko Nagurski , Jim Thorpe , Bobby Mitchell , Sammy Baugh , Walter Camp , Sonny Jurgenson , Red Grange and Johnny Unitas that are in the Hall of Fame . More recent inductees include Gene Upshaw and Larry Brown .