height_ft death_date birth_date pfr weight_lbs databasefootball death_place collegehof number image college playing_years birth_place awards playing_team position height_in probowls article_title draftedround draftedyear
6 24 september 2002 2 november 1928 hartle01 257 hartleo01 south bend , indiana 40036 82 leon hart.jpg notre dame 1950 -- 1957 pittsburgh , pennsylvania 1949 heisman trophy detroit lions end 5 1951 leon hart
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leon hart

leon joseph hart -lrb- november 2 , 1928 -- september 24 , 2002 -rrb- was an american football end .
he won the heisman trophy and the maxwell award while at the university of notre dame in 1949 and played in the national football league -lrb- nfl -rrb- for eight seasons , from 1950 to 1957 , with the detroit lions .
hart holds the distinction of being the only lineman to win three college football national championships and three nfl championships .
he is the last of only two lineman ever to win the heisman trophy .
also , he is one of only two players , along with angelo bertelli to win the heisman trophy , a national championship , and be the first overall pick in the nfl draft all in the same one-year span , until cam newton did so in 2011 .
hart was raised in turtle creek , pennsylvania , near pittsburgh .
