Episode 23. Paul Hornung – 1956 Heisman Trophy Winner and former Green Bay Packer (1957-1966)
Paul Vernon Hornung is one of the greatest players ever to play the game of football.
He played running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 to 1966, winning four NFL titles and the first Super Bowl.
Paul graduated from Notre Dame in 1957 and won the 1956 Heisman Trophy. He was Green Bay’s number-one selection in the 1957 NFL draft.
Paul was the league’s most valuable player in 1961 and was chosen as an All-Pro twice and named to the Pro Bowl twice.
He is one of only five players who won the Heisman Trophy and the NFL’s Most Valuable Player Award.
Paul was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.
He is the author of three books, including an autobiography, “Golden Boy,” published in 2004, and “Lombardi and Me: Players, Coaches, and Colleagues Talk About the Man and the Myth,” published in 2006.