Abstract
Football would not be what it is today without the genius of John William Heisman. He is the Father of the Forward Pass, the champion of the center snap, the audible, and the use of the scoreboard. His name lives on in the eponymous trophy annually awarded to the best college football player for the past eight decades. And it's fair to say that John Heisman would not have become the player and coach that he was without the experience he gained in Western Pennsylvania.
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