Paul Hornung Hometown: Louisville, KY High School: Flaget Height / Weight: 6-2 / 205 Position: Quarterback Award: Heisman Trophy '56

An outstanding all-around athlete who played quarterback, left halfback, fullback and safety, Hornung remains the only player from a losing team (Notre Dame finished 2-8 in '56) ever to win the Heisman Trophy. As a sophomore, Hornung served as the backup fullback and also averaged 6.1 points per contest while earning a basketball monogram. As a junior, he finished fourth nationally in total offense with 1,215 yards and fifth in the Heisman voting behind Ohio State's Hopalong Cassady. Hornung ran for one score, threw for another and intercepted two passes in a victory over fourth-ranked Navy and then brought the Irish from behind against Iowa with a TD pass and game-winning field goal in the final minutes. In a loss to USC, he threw and ran for 354 yards, an NCAA high that year. As a senior, he ranked second nationally in total offense (1,337 yards), accounted for more than half the Irish scoring-and converted 67 times on either third or fourth down as a junior and senior combined. A bonus pick of the Green Bay Packers, he led the NFL in scoring in 1959, '60, and '61. He retired after the '66 season, as physical problems kept him from joining New Orleans as an expansion pick. Hornung joined the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1985, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986. In addition to various business enterprises in Louisville, Hornung is involved in numerous television and radio broadcasts.

Hornung's Statistics

	Att.	Comp.	Int.	Yds.	TD	TC	Yds.	Avg.
1954	19	5	1	36	0	23	59	6.9
1955	103	46	10	743	9	92	472	5.1
1956	111	59	13	917	3	94	420	4.5
TOTAL	233	110	24	1696	12	209	1051	5.0

	Rec.	Yds.	Avg.	P Ret.	Yds.	KO Ret.	Yds.	Int.	Yds.
1954	0	0	0.0	1	6	1	58	3	94
1955	0	0	0.0	0	0	6	109	5	59
1956	3	26	8.7	4	63	16	496	2	59
TOTAL	3	26	8.7	5	69	23	663	10	212

	TD	PAT	FG	Pts
1954	2	6	0	18
1955	6	5	2	47
1956	7	14	0	56
TOTAL	15	25	2	121

1956 Heisman Voting
1. Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (1,066)
2. John Majors, Tennessee (994)
3. Tom McDonald, Oklahoma (973)
4. Gerry Tubbs, Oklahoma (724)
5. Jimmy Brown, Syracuse (561)
6. Ron Kramer, Michigan (518)
7. John Brodie, Stanford (281)
8. Jim Parker, Ohio State (248)
9. Kenny Ploen, Iowa (150)
10. Jon Arnett, USC (128)