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The Akron Zips football team is a college football program representing the University of Akron in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Akron plays its home g
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Akron's 1922 football team against Miami (OH)
Charlie Frye, Akron's career total offense leader
Zips defenders tackle Wisconsin running back Dare Ogunbowale during a 2016 game in Wisconsin.
John Heisman
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John William Heisman was an American sportsman, writer, and actor. He was a player and coach of American football, baseball, and basketball, and served as the head football coach at Oberlin College, B
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…Frank Cook as the school's first ever head coach. Cook led Buchtel to a 3–4 record during his only season has head coach. In 1893, the college hired John Heisman to become the football and baseball coach. Heisman lead Buchtel to their first winning season with a 5–2 record in 1893, and then led them to their…
Heisman, c. 1918
Heisman as a player while a student at University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1891
The 1892 Oberlin football team: Heisman on the left in the middle row.
Heisman at Auburn