Helms Athletic Foundation

The Helms Athletic Foundation, founded in 1936, was a Los Angeles-based organization dedicated to the promotion of athletics and sportsmanship.^[2] Paul H. Helms was the organization's founder and benefactor,^[3] funding the foundation via his ownership of Helms Bakery.^[4] Bill Schroeder founded the organization with Helms and served as its managing director.^[5][6] The men were united in a love of amateur athletic competition.^[7]

Helms Athletic Foundation

Abbreviation	HAF[1]
Successor	LA84 Foundation
Formation	1936
Founders	Paul H. Helms Willrich R. (Bill) Schroeder
Purpose	Athletics, Sportsmanship
Headquarters	Los Angeles
Award(s)	Olympic Cup, 1961 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Court of Honor Helms, 1958 Schroeder, 1990

The organization became well known for presenting awards and trophies for local, national, and international competition, naming the Southern California Player of the Month and Year, national championships in college basketball and college football, Rose Bowl Player of the Game, Coach of the Year, Pacific Coast football player of the year, and other such awards for athletic achievement. Schroeder described himself in 1967 as a "committee of one" in selecting the championship teams.^[8] The organization dedicated Helms Hall in 1948, which housed a museum for sporting artifacts as well as the Helms Hall of Fame.

Following the death of Paul Helms in 1957 and the eventual closure of Helms Bakery in 1969, Schroeder sought new benefactors. The organization continued under a series of new sponsors as the United Savings–Helms Athletic Foundation, Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation, and First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation. Schroeder died in 1987. Under the direction of Peter Ueberroth the Helms Athletic Foundation collection, library, and archives were absorbed into the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, later renamed the LA84 Foundation.

History

Founding

Schroeder brought to the partnership a large personal collection of sports memorabilia.^[6][1] He sought a corporate sponsor to finance a hall of fame to house his collection and to present awards to local athletes.^[6][7]

The idea was taken seriously by Paul Helms, who was himself invested in athletics both personally and professionally.^[7][2] The bakery with which he made his fortune was a sponsor of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics,^[2] and "Helms Olympic Bread" continued to be associated with the competition. The organization was originally known as the Helms Olympic Athletic Foundation.

In 1936, with Helms' backing, Schroeder set to work from a rented office in downtown Los Angeles.^[7] As the organization's only employee, he issued frequent announcements of the selections he made for the Helms Athletic Foundation's various and numerous awards.^[9]

Helms Hall

The organization dedicated Helms Hall in 1948.^[9][1] The purpose-built building adjacent to Helms Bakery near Culver City housed a museum for the sports artifacts originally collected by Schroeder, as well as the Helms Hall of Fame.^[7]

Schroeder selected the organization's national champion teams and made All-America team selections in a number of college sports, including football and basketball.^[8] The Helms Foundation also operated a hall of fame for both college basketball and college football. Besides collegiate athletics, the organization operated halls of fame for professional football, Major League Baseball, the Pacific Coast League, basketball, fencing, golf, tennis, swimming, auto racing, track and field,^[10] and soaring.^[11]

Later years

After Paul Helms' death in 1957, his family continued supporting the organization until 1969, when the bakeries went out of business.^[12][5] Schroeder found a new benefactor in United Savings & Loan,^[12] and the organization's name became United Savings–Helms Athletic Foundation.^[13][14] United merged with Citizens Savings & Loan in 1973, when the organization became the Citizens Savings Athletic Foundation.^[12] It was again renamed in 1982 when First Interstate Bank assumed sponsorship, and it became the First Interstate Bank Athletic Foundation.^[15][16]

When the Helms Foundation dissolved, its historical holdings were absorbed into the collection of the Amateur Athletic Foundation, renamed the LA84 Foundation in 2007.

National championship selections

Basketball The champions from 1900–01 through 1918–19 were selected retroactively in 1957.[17] Those from 1919–20 through 1941–42 were selected retroactively in 1943.[3][18][17] The Helms Foundation began releasing Schroeder's national championship selections for college basketball in 1943, when in February 1943 it published his retroactive picks for the national champion for each year from the 1919–20 through 1941–42 seasons.[3][18][17] Later in 1943, Schroeder picked a national basketball champion for the 1942–43 season, and he continued to select national basketball champions for the Helms Foundation annually through the 1981–82 season, its final year of selections.[19] In 1957, the Helms Foundation also released Schroeder's retroactive picks for the college basketball champions for the 1900–1901 through 1918–19 seasons.[17] The retroactive Helms national championships from 1900–01 through 1941–42 were the opinions of one person about teams that played during an era when, due to factors outside their control (e.g., minimal schedules, lack of intersectional play, differing rule interpretations, minimal statistics), it is difficult to know or assess the relative strength of the teams.[19][self-published source?] The National Invitation Tournament began play in 1938 and the NCAA tournament in 1939; until at the least the mid-1950s, the NIT was widely considered the more prestigious of the two.[20] When Schroeder made his first set of retroactive championship picks in February 1943, he chose the NIT winner as the national champion for 1938 and 1939; for 1940, he chose USC (which won neither tournament that year); and for 1941 and 1942 he chose the NCAA Tournament winners as the national champion. After he began making annual picks in 1943, he selected the NCAA Tournament winner in every year except 1944 (when he picked undefeated Army, which won neither tournament) and 1954 (when he picked undefeated Kentucky, which won neither tournament). Thus, through the final Helms selection in 1982, NCAA Tournament winners Oregon (1939), Indiana (1940), Utah (1944), and La Salle (1954) were the only NCAA champions that were not also Helms champions. Some schools claim a Helms selection as a national championship.[a] Year Team Record National Collegiate Champions[17] (Part I, published 1957) 1900–01 Yale 10–4 1901–02 Minnesota 15–0 1902–03 Yale 15–1 1903–04 Columbia 17–1 1904–05 Columbia 19–1 1905–06 Dartmouth 16–2 1906–07 Chicago 21–2 1907–08 Chicago 23–2 1908–09 Chicago 12–0 1909–10 Columbia 11–1 1910–11 St. John's 14–0 1911–12 Wisconsin 15–0 1912–13 Navy 9–0 1913–14 Wisconsin 15–0 1914–15 Illinois 16–0 1915–16 Wisconsin 20–1 1916–17 Washington State 25–1 1917–18 Syracuse 16–1 1918–19 Minnesota 13–0 National Collegiate Champions[3] (Part II, published February 1943) 1919–20 Penn 21–1 1920–21 Penn 21–2 1921–22 Kansas 16–2 1922–23 Kansas 17–1 1923–24 North Carolina 26–0 1924–25 Princeton 21–2 1925–26 Syracuse 19–1 1926–27 Notre Dame 19–1 1927–28 Pittsburgh 21–0 1928–29 Montana State 36–2 1929–30 Pittsburgh 23–2 1930–31 Northwestern 16–1 1931–32 Purdue 17–1 1932–33 Kentucky 21–3 1933–34 Wyoming 26–4 1934–35 NYU 19–1 1935–36 Notre Dame 22-2-1 1936–37 Stanford 25–2 1937–38 Temple 23–2 1938–39 Long Island 23-0 1939–40 USC 20–3 1940–41 Wisconsin 20–3 1941–42 Stanford 27–4 Contemporary annual selections 1942–43[21] Wyoming 31–2 1943–44[22] Army 15–0 1944–45[23] Oklahoma A&M 27–4 1945–46[24] Oklahoma A&M 31–2 1946–47[25] Holy Cross 27–3 1947–48[26] Kentucky 36–3 1948–49[27] Kentucky 32–2 1949–50[28] CCNY 24–5 1950–51[29] Kentucky 32–2 1951–52 Kansas 28–3 1952–53[30] Indiana 23–3 1953–54[31] Kentucky 25–0 1954–55 San Francisco 28–1 1955–56 San Francisco 29–0 1956–57 North Carolina 32–0 1957–58[32] Kentucky 23–6 1958–59 California 25–4 1959–60 Ohio State 25–3 1960–61 Cincinnati 27–3 1961–62 Cincinnati 29–2 1962–63 Loyola (IL) 29–2 1963–64 UCLA 30–0 1964–65 UCLA 28–2 1965–66[33] Texas Western 28–1 1966–67 UCLA 30–0 1967–68 UCLA 29–1 1968–69 UCLA 29–1 1969–70 UCLA 28–2 1970–71 UCLA 29–1 1971–72 UCLA 30–0 1972–73 UCLA 30–0 1973–74 NC State 30–1 1974–75 UCLA 28-3 1975–76 Indiana 32–0 1976–77[34] Marquette 25–7 1977–78 Kentucky 30–2 1978–79 Michigan State 26–6 1979–80 Louisville 33–3 1980–81 Indiana 26–9 1981–82[35] North Carolina 32–2 Source

Football The NCAA recognizes the Helms Athletic Foundation as a "major selector" of college football national championships in their official records book.[36] The champions for 1883 through 1941 were published in August 1942.[37][38] Year Team Record Retrospective selections (1942)[37][38] 1883 Yale 8–0 1884 Yale 8–0–1 1885 Princeton 9–0 1886 Yale 9–0–1 1887 Yale 9–0 1888 Yale 13–0 1889 Princeton 10–0 1890 Harvard 11–0 1891 Yale 13–0 1892 Yale 13–0 1893 Princeton 11–0 1894 Yale 16–0 1895 Penn 14–0 1896 Princeton 10–0–1 1897 Penn 15–0 1898 Harvard 11–0 1899 Harvard 10–0–1 1900 Yale 12–0 1901 Michigan 11–0 1902 Michigan 11–0 1903 Princeton 11–0 1904 Penn 12–0 1905 Chicago 11–0 1906 Princeton 9–0–1 1907 Yale 9–0–1 1908 Penn 11–0–1 1909 Yale 10–0 1910 Harvard 8–0–1 1911 Princeton 8–0–2 1912 Harvard 9–0 1913 Harvard 9–0 1914 Army 9–0 1915 Cornell 9–0 1916 Pittsburgh 8–0 1917 Georgia Tech 9–0 1918 Pittsburgh 4–1 1919 Harvard 9–0–1 1920[38] California 9–0 1921 Cornell 8–0 1922 Cornell 8–0 1923 Illinois 8–0 1924 Notre Dame 10–0 1925 Alabama 10–0 1926 Alabama Stanford[39] 9–0–1 10–0–1 1927 Illinois 7–0–1 1928 Georgia Tech 10–0 1929 Notre Dame 9–0 1930 Notre Dame 10–0 1931[38] USC 10–1 1932[38] USC 10–0 1933 Michigan 7–0–1 1934 Minnesota 8–0 1935 Minnesota 8–0 1936 Minnesota 7–1 1937[38] California 10–0–1 1938 TCU 11–0 1939 Texas A&M 11–0 1940[38] Stanford 10–0 1941 Minnesota 8–0 Contemporary annual selections 1942[40] Wisconsin 8–1–1 1943[41] Notre Dame 9–1 1944[42] Army 9–0 1945 Army 9–0 1946 Army Notre Dame[39] 9–0–1 8–0–1 1947 Notre Dame Michigan[39] 9–0 10–0 1948 Michigan 9–0 1949 Notre Dame 10–0 1950[43] Oklahoma 10–1 1951 Michigan State 9–0 1952 Michigan State 9–0 1953 Notre Dame 9–0–1 1954 UCLA Ohio State[39] 9–0 10–0 1955 Oklahoma 11–0 1956 Oklahoma 10–0 1957 Auburn 10–0 1958 LSU 11–0 1959 Syracuse 11–0 1960[44] Washington 10–1 1961[45] Alabama 11–0 1962[46] USC 11–0 1963[47] Texas 11–0 1964[48] Arkansas 11–0 1965[49] Michigan State 10–1 1966[50] Notre Dame Michigan State 9–0–1 9–0–1 1967[51] USC 10–1 1968 Ohio State 10–0 1969[52] Texas 11–0 1970[53] Nebraska 11–0–1 1971 Nebraska 13–0 1972 USC 12–0 1973 Notre Dame 11–0 1974 Oklahoma USC 11–0 10–1–1 1975[54] Ohio State Oklahoma 11–1 11–1 1976 Pittsburgh 12–0 1977 Notre Dame 11–1 1978[55] Alabama Oklahoma USC 11–1 11–1 12–1 1979[56] Alabama 12–0 1980[57] Georgia 12–0 1981 Clemson 12–0 1982 Penn State SMU 11–1 11–0–1 Source[36] Teams listed in italics indicate retroactively applied championships.

1. "A 'championship' is something that is won, most generally on the field of play against direct competition. A 'title' is something that is given or awarded by someone else, in honor of an achievement or as a designation of being considered the best at something. While it is generally true that winning a championship also involves a title being associated with it, the converse does not always hold. In many cases, a title can be given without a formal championship or competition being held at all. In other words, being awarded a title does not necessarily confer that a championship was even present much less attained. In earlier years of collegiate basketball, there are many titles that can be claimed, some which are associated with winning a tournament (e.g. NCAA Tournament or NIT) and some which are not (Associated Press #1, highest attendance, top Sagarin Rating). The latter do not constitute a championship. It is into this group that the Helms title falls."^[19] — Jon Scott, BigBlueHistory.net

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Helms Athletic Foundation selected players, coaches and administrators from 1950 through at least the 1970s to its pro football hall of fame.^[58][59][60] Contrary to other halls of fame, some members were selected during their active playing/coaching careers.

Year	Inductee	Pro Team(s)	Contribution	Pro Football Hall of Fame?
1950[58]	Cliff Battles	Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins (1932–1937)	Player	Yes
1950	Sammy Baugh	Washington Redskins (1937–1952)	Player	Yes
1950	Joe F. Carr	NFL President (1921–1939)	Contributor	Yes
1950	Dutch Clark	Portsmouth Spartans / Detroit Lions (1931–1932; 1934–1938)	Player	Yes
1950	Paddy Driscoll	Hammond All-Stars (1917) Hammond Pros (1919) Racine / Chicago Cardinals (1920–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929)	Player	Yes
1950	Turk Edwards	Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins (1932–1940)	Player	Yes
1950	Ray Flaherty	Los Angeles Wildcats (1926) New York Yankees (1927–1928) New York Giants (1929, 1931–1935)	Player	Yes
1950	Dan Fortmann	Chicago Bears (1936–1943)	Player	Yes
1950	Red Grange	Chicago Bears (1925, 1929–1934) New York Yankees (1926–1927)	Player	Yes
1950	George Halas	Decatur Staleys / Chicago Staleys / Chicago Bears (1920–1929, 1933–1942, 1946–1955, 1958–1967)	Coach	Yes
1950	Mel Hein	New York Giants (1931–1945)	Player	Yes
1950	Bill Hewitt	Chicago Bears (1932−1936) Philadelphia Eagles (1937−1939) Steagles (1943)	Player	Yes
1950	Clarke Hinkle	Green Bay Packers (1932–1941)	Player	Yes
1950	Cal Hubbard	New York Giants (1927–1928, 1936) Green Bay Packers (1929–1933, 1935) Pittsburgh Pirates (1936)	Player	Yes
1950	Don Hutson	Green Bay Packers (1935–1945)	Player	Yes
1950	Curly Lambeau	Green Bay Packers (1920–1949)	Coach	Yes
1950	Tuffy Leemans	New York Giants (1936–1943)	Player	Yes
1950	Sid Luckman	Chicago Bears (1939–1950)	Player	Yes
1950	Bronko Nagurski	Chicago Bears (1930–1937, 1943)	Player	Yes
1950	Ernie Nevers	Duluth Eskimos (1926–1927) Chicago Cardinals (1929–1931)	Player	Yes
1950	Steve Owen	New York Giants (1931–1949)	Coach	Yes
1950	Ken Strong	Staten Island Stapletons (1929–1932) New York Giants (1933–1935, 1939, 1944–1947) New York Yankees (1936–1937) Jersey City Giants (1938, 1940)	Player	Yes
1950	Joe Stydahar	Chicago Bears (1936–1942, 1945–1946)	Player	Yes
1950	Jim Thorpe	Canton Bulldogs (1915–1917, 1919–1920, 1926) Cleveland Indians (1921) Oorang Indians (1922–1923) Rock Island Independents (1924, 1925) New York Giants (1925) Tampa Cardinals (1926) Chicago Cardinals (1928)	Player	Yes
1950	George Trafton	Decatur Staleys / Chicago Staleys / Chicago Bears (1920–1921, 1923–1932)	Player	Yes
1951[61]	Pete Henry	Canton Bulldogs (1920–1923, 1925–1926) New York Giants (1927) Pottsville Maroons (1927–1928)	Player	Yes
1951	Arnie Herber	Green Bay Packers (1930–1940) New York Giants (1944–1945)	Player	Yes
1951	John McNally	Milwaukee Badgers (1925–1926) Duluth Eskimos (1926–1927) Pottsville Maroons (1928) Green Bay Packers (1929–1933, 1935–1936) Pittsburgh Pirates (1934, 1937–1938) Buffalo Tigers (1941)	Player	Yes
1951	Bulldog Turner	Chicago Bears (1940–1952)	Player	Yes
1952[62]	Greasy Neale[63]	Philadelphia Eagles (1941–1950)	Coach	Yes
1952	Al Nesser	Columbus Panhandles (1910–1919, 1921) Canton Professionals (1914) Akron Pros / Akron Indians (1920–1925; 1926) Cleveland Bulldogs (1925) Cleveland Panthers (1926) New York Giants (1926–1928) Cleveland Indians (1931)	Player	No
1952	Alex Wojciechowicz	Detroit Lions (1938–1946) Philadelphia Eagles (1946–1950)	Player	Yes
1952[64]	Frankie Albert	Los Angeles Bulldogs (1945) San Francisco 49ers (1946–1952)	Player	No
1952	Bob Waterfield	Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams (1945–1952)	Player	Yes
1956[65]	Tom Fears	Los Angeles Rams (1948–1956)	Player	Yes
1956	Otto Graham	Cleveland Browns (1946–1955)	Player	Yes
1956	Steve Van Buren	Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1951)	Player	Yes
1957[66]	Tony Canadeo	Green Bay Packers (1941–1944, 1946–1952)	Player	Yes
1957	Lou Groza	Cleveland Browns (1946–1959, 1961–1967)	Player	Yes
1957	Elroy Hirsch	Chicago Rockets (1946–1948) Los Angeles Rams (1949–1957)	Player	Yes
1957	Ed Sprinkle	Chicago Bears (1944–1955)	Player	Yes
1957	Doak Walker	Detroit Lions (1950–1955)	Player	Yes
1959[67]	Ray Bray	Chicago Bears (1939–1942, 1946–1951) Green Bay Packers (1952)	Player	No
1959	Charlie Conerly	New York Giants (1948–1961)	Player	No
1959	George Preston Marshall	Washington Redskins owner (1932–1965)	Contributor	Yes
1959	George Musso[68]	Chicago Bears (1933–1944)	Player	Yes
1960[a][69]	Chuck Bednarik	Philadelphia Eagles (1949–1962)	Player	Yes
1960	Jim Benton	Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams (1938–1940, 1942; 1944–1947) Chicago Bears (1943)	Player	No
1960	Bill Dudley	Pittsburgh Steelers (1942, 1945–1946) Detroit Lions (1947–1949) Washington Redskins (1950–1951, 1953)	Player	Yes
1960	Link Lyman	Canton / Cleveland Bulldogs (1922–1925) Frankford Yellow Jackets (1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1928, 1930–1931, 1933–1934)	Player	Yes
1960	George McAfee	Chicago Bears (1940–1941, 1945–1950)	Player	Yes
1960	Buck Shaw	San Francisco 49ers (1946–1954) Philadelphia Eagles (1958–1960)	Coach	No
1960	Y. A. Tittle	Baltimore Colts (1948–1950) San Francisco 49ers (1951–1960) New York Giants (1961–1964)	Player	Yes
1960	Emlen Tunnell	New York Giants (1948–1958) Green Bay Packers (1959–1961)	Player	Yes
1960	Norm Van Brocklin	Los Angeles Rams (1949–1957) Philadelphia Eagles (1958–1960)	Player	Yes
1961[70]	Ben Agajanian	Philadelphia Eagles (1945) Pittsburgh Steelers (1945) Los Angeles Dons (1947–1948) New York Giants (1949, 1954–1957) Los Angeles Rams (1953) Los Angeles Chargers / San Diego Chargers (1960; 1964) Dallas Texans (1961) Green Bay Packers (1961) Oakland Raiders (1962)	Player	No
1961	Bucko Kilroy	Steagles (1943) Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1955)	Player	No
1961	Joe Perry	San Francisco 49ers (1948–1960, 1963) Baltimore Colts (1961–1962)	Player	Yes
1961	Pete Pihos	Philadelphia Eagles (1947–1955)	Player	Yes
1962[71]	Bert Bell	Philadelphia Eagles owner (1933–1940) Pittsburgh Steelers co-owner (1940–1946)	Contributor	Yes
1962	Charles Bidwill	Chicago Cardinals owner (1933–1947)	Contributor	Yes
1962	Walt Kiesling	Duluth Eskimos (1926–1927) Pottsville Maroons (1928) Chicago Cardinals (1929–1933) Chicago Bears (1934) Green Bay Packers (1935–1936) Pittsburgh Pirates (1937–1938)	Player	Yes
1962	Tim Mara	New York Giants owner (1925–1959)	Contributor	Yes
1962	Vic Sears	Philadelphia Eagles (1941–1942, 1944–1953) Phil-Pit Steagles (1943)	Player	No
1962	Carl Storck	NFL President (1939–1941)	Contributor	Yes
1963[72]	Gene Brito	Washington Redskins (1951–1953, 1955–1958) Los Angeles Rams (1959–1960)	Player	No
1963	Paul Brown	Cleveland Browns (1946–1962) Cincinnati Bengals (1968–1975)	Coach	Yes
1963	Jim Martin	Cleveland Browns (1950) Detroit Lions (1951–1961) Baltimore Colts (1963) Washington Redskins (1964)	Player	No
1963	Dan Reeves[b]	Cleveland / Los Angeles Rams owner (1941–1971)	Contributor	Yes
1964[73]	Jimmy Conzelman	Decatur Staleys (1920) Rock Island Independents (1921–1922) Milwaukee Badgers (1922–1924) Detroit Panthers (1925–1926) Providence Steam Roller (1927–1929)	Player	Yes
1964	Bobby Layne	Chicago Bears (1948) New York Bulldogs (1949) Detroit Lions (1950–1958) Pittsburgh Steelers (1958–1962)	Player	Yes
1964	Eddie LeBaron	Washington Redskins (1952–1953, 1955–1959) Dallas Cowboys (1960–1963)	Player	No
1964	Gino Marchetti	Dallas Texans (1952) Baltimore Colts (1953–1964, 1966)	Player	Yes
1964	Leo Nomellini	San Francisco 49ers (1950–1963)	Player	Yes
1964	Ray Renfro	Cleveland Browns (1952–1963)	Player	No
1964	Andy Robustelli	Los Angeles Rams (1951–1955) New York Giants (1956–1964)	Player	Yes
1965[74]	Bruno Banducci	Philadelphia Eagles (1944–1945) San Francisco 49ers (1946–1954)	Player	No
1965	Art Donovan	Baltimore Colts (1950) New York Yanks (1951) Dallas Texans (1952) Baltimore Colts (1953–1961)	Player	Yes
1965	Hugh McElhenny	San Francisco 49ers (1952–1960) Minnesota Vikings (1961–1962) New York Giants (1963) Detroit Lions (1964)	Player	Yes
1966[75]	Frank Gifford	New York Giants (1952–1960, 1962–1964)	Player	Yes
1966	Ollie Matson	Chicago Cardinals (1952–1958) Los Angeles Rams (1959–1962) Detroit Lions (1963) Philadelphia Eagles (1964–1966)	Player	Yes
1966	Kyle Rote	New York Giants (1951–1961)	Player	No
1966	Bob St. Clair	San Francisco 49ers (1953–1963)	Player	Yes
1966	Buddy Parker	Chicago Cardinals (1949) Detroit Lions (1951–1956) Pittsburgh Steelers (1957–1964)	Coach	No
1967[76]	Jon Arnett	Los Angeles Rams (1957–1963) Chicago Bears (1964–1966)	Player	No
1967	Jim Brown	Cleveland Browns (1957–1965)	Player	Yes
1967	Art Hunter	Green Bay Packers (1954–1955) Cleveland Browns (1956–1959) Los Angeles Rams (1960–1964) Pittsburgh Steelers (1965)	Player	No
1967	Alex Webster	New York Giants (1955–1964)	Player	No
1967	Fred Williams	Chicago Bears (1952–1963) Washington Redskins (1964–1965)	Player	No
1969[77]	Jack Manders	Chicago Bears (1933–1940)	Player	No
1969	Marion Motley	Cleveland Browns (1946–1953) Pittsburgh Steelers (1955)	Player	Yes
1969	Don Paul	Los Angeles Rams (1948–1955)	Player	No
1969	Les Richter	Los Angeles Rams (1954–1962)	Player	Yes
1969	Ernie Stautner	Pittsburgh Steelers (1950–1963)	Player	Yes
1969	Buddy Young	New York Yankees (1947–1949) New York Yanks (1950–1951) Dallas Texans (1952) Baltimore Colts (1953–1955)	Player	No
1969	Paul "Tank" Younger	Los Angeles Rams (1949–1957) Pittsburgh Steelers (1958)	Player	No
1971[60]	Vince Lombardi	Green Bay Packers (1959–1967) Washington Redskins (1969)	Coach	Yes
1971	Charley Trippi	Chicago Cardinals (1947–1955)	Player	Yes
1972[78][79]	Eddie Meador	Los Angeles Rams (1959–1970)	Player	No
1972	Tobin Rote	Green Bay Packers (1950–1956) Detroit Lions (1957–1959) San Diego Chargers (1963–1964) Denver Broncos (1966)	Player	No
1973[80]	Lance Alworth	San Diego Chargers (1962–1970) Dallas Cowboys (1971–1972)	Player	Yes
1973	Raymond Berry	Baltimore Colts (1955–1967)	Player	Yes
1973	Forrest Gregg	Green Bay Packers (1956, 1958–1970) Dallas Cowboys (1971)	Player	Yes
1973	Jim Ringo	Green Bay Packers (1953–1963) Philadelphia Eagles (1964–1967)	Player	Yes
1973	Joe Schmidt	Detroit Lions (1953–1965)	Player	Yes
1973	Bart Starr	Green Bay Packers (1956–1971)	Player	Yes
1973	Larry Wilson	St. Louis Cardinals (1960–1972)	Player	Yes
1975[81]	Doug Atkins	Cleveland Browns (1953–1954) Chicago Bears (1955–1966) New Orleans Saints (1967–1969)	Player	Yes
1975	Gino Cappelletti	Boston Patriots (1960–1970)	Player	No
1975	Marlin McKeever	Los Angeles Rams (1961–1966, 1971–1972) Minnesota Vikings (1967) Washington Redskins (1968–1970) Philadelphia Eagles (1973)	Player	No
1975	Dick Modzelewski	Washington Redskins (1953–1954) Pittsburgh Steelers (1955) New York Giants (1956–1963) Cleveland Browns (1964–1966)	Player	No
1975	Ray Nitschke	Green Bay Packers (1958–1972)	Player	Yes
1975	Johnny Unitas	Baltimore Colts (1956–1972) San Diego Chargers (1973)	Player	Yes
1975[82]	Maxie Baughan	Philadelphia Eagles (1960–1965) Los Angeles Rams (1966–1970) Washington Redskins (1974)	Player	No
1975	John Brodie	San Francisco 49ers (1957–1973)	Player	No
1975	Bill George	Chicago Bears (1952–1965) Los Angeles Rams (1966)	Player	Yes
1975	Rosey Grier	New York Giants (1955–1962) Los Angeles Rams (1963–1966)	Player	No
1975	Deacon Jones	Los Angeles Rams (1961–1971) San Diego Chargers (1972–1973) Washington Redskins (1974)	Player	Yes
1975	Bruiser Kinard	Brooklyn Dodgers / Tigers (1938–1944) New York Yankees (1946–1947)	Player	Yes
1975	Night Train Lane	Los Angeles Rams (1952–1953) Chicago Cardinals (1954–1959) Detroit Lions (1960–1965)	Player	Yes
1975	Mike Michalske	New York Yankees (1926–1928) Green Bay Packers (1929–1935, 1937)	Player	Yes
1975	Jim Parker	Baltimore Colts (1957–1967)	Player	Yes
1976[83]	George Blanda	Chicago Bears (1949, 1950–1958) Baltimore Colts (1950) Houston Oilers (1960–1966) Oakland Raiders (1967–1975)	Player	Yes
1976	Len Ford	Los Angeles Dons (1948–1949) Cleveland Browns (1950–1957) Green Bay Packers (1958)	Player	Yes
1976	Sonny Jurgensen	Philadelphia Eagles (1957–1963) Washington Redskins (1964–1974)	Player	Yes
1976	Bob Lilly	Dallas Cowboys (1961–1974)	Player	Yes
1976	Lenny Moore	Baltimore Colts (1956–1967)	Player	Yes
1976	Joe Scibelli	Los Angeles Rams (1961–1975)	Player	No
1976	Jim Taylor	Green Bay Packers (1958–1966) New Orleans Saints (1967)	Player	Yes
19??	Rosey Brown[84]	New York Giants (1953–1965)	Player	Yes

1. Class of 1960 selections were named in January 1961.
2. Reeves also received a "special award" for his "contribution to professional football in Los Angeles" during the 1950 inaugural class ceremony, but wasn't inducted at the time.^[59]

World Trophy

The Helms World Trophy,^[85] originally known as the Helms Award^[86] and also referred to as the Helms Trophy,^[87] was an annual sporting award established by the Helms Athletic Foundation from 1939 to honor the foremost amateur athlete of each continent of the world, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.^[88]

Although the Foundation was established in 1936, the awards date back to the 1896, the year of the first Summer Olympics.^[89][90]

After the initial committee selection, amateur athletes were nominated by their own countries for consideration by the foundation. Winners were presented with a silver plaque and had their names added to the World Trophy that was located at the Helms Foundation, and subsequently the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (now known as the LA84 Foundation). Winners can only win the award once.^[91]

Winners

• World Trophy for Australasia
• World Trophy for Africa
  • 1965: Seraphino Antao, Kenyan sprinter^[87]
• World Trophy for Asia
  • 1930: Simeon Toribio, Filipino high jumper^[92]
  • 1953: K. D. Singh, Indian hockey player^[93][94]
  • 1959: Milkha Singh, Indian sprinter^[95]
• World Trophy for Europe
  • 1969: Jean-Claude Killy, French skier^[96]
• World Trophy for North America
• World Trophy for South America

See also

• Mythical national championship
• College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS
• Premo-Porretta Power Poll
• Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year