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Leon Joseph Hart (November 2, 1928 – September 24, 2002) was an American football end and fullback who played for eight seasons, from 1950 to 1957, with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He won the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award playing college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 1949.
Leon Hart. TE | Senior | University of Notre Dame. Hart was Notre Dame’s third Heisman winner and the last of two ends to win the award. He is also the largest Heisman winner in history at 6-5, 260 pounds. Born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Hart grew up in Turtle Creek, a suburb of the Steel City.
Sep 25, 2002 · Leon Hart, who won the 1949 Heisman Trophy as a massive end at Notre Dame and played on Detroit Lions teams that won three National Football League championships, died yesterday at a hospital...
Sep 24, 2002 · University of Notre Dame football legend Leon Hart, who as a senior right end in 1949 became the third of seven Irish winners of the Heisman Trophy, died this morning at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, Ind. He was 73.
Sep 25, 2002 · Leon Hart, the rugged two-way end who won the 1949 Heisman Trophy as college football's top player and helped Notre Dame win three national titles, died Tuesday.
Jul 9, 2014 · Leon Hart was a big player for Notre Dame. He was actually the BIGGEST Heisman Trophy Winner of all time. Hart was born in Pittsburgh, and was recruited to Notre Dame from Turtle Creek, PA,...
Hart was the Detroit Lions' number one draft choice in 1950 and earned All-Pro defensive laurels the following season. Then, in 1951, he became the last player selected All-Pro on both offense and defense.
Sep 25, 2002 · Leon Hart, one of Notre Dame’s seven Heisman Trophy winners, died Tuesday at 73 of complications from a perforated duodenal ulcer.
Leon Joseph Hart was a End for University of Notre Dameand inducted into College Football Hall of Fame in 1973
Sep 3, 2016 · Leon Hart, Notre Dame ‘49; Agent Zero of “Tight End U” Hart was the first DNA strand of tight end U at Notre Dame. Guys like Mutscheler, Gmitter, Casper, #22 on our list, Ken MacAfee.
