The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best

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interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the

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. It is named after

John H. Outland John Henry Outland (March 17, 1871 – March 24, 1947) was an American football player and coach. He played football at Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the University of Kansas, and the University of Pennsylvania. He was twice named an All-Ame ...

. One of only a few players ever to be named an All-American at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in 1898 as a tackle and consensus honors as a halfback in 1899. Outland had always contended that football tackles and

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deserved greater recognition and conceived the Outland Trophy as a means of providing this recognition. In 1988,

Jim Ridlon James Arthur Ridlon (born July 11, 1934) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football and college lacrosse at Syracuse University. After footbal ...

was commissioned to design and sculpt the Outland Trophy. A member of the National College Football Awards Association, the award has become one of college football's most prestigious.

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External links

Outland Trophy website
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