¶ Top football honors of the season went to the unbeaten, untied Terrapins of the University of Maryland; final polls of both the Associated Press (sportswriters) and the United Press (coaches) ranked them No. 1 in the U.S., just ahead of Notre Dame. Coach Jim Tatum's Terrapins took a brief time-out to enjoy the sensation of being national champions, then began pointing for their Orange Bowl game with the University of Oklahoma.
¶ Individual football honors went to Notre Dame Halfback Johnny Lattner, who won both the Maxwell Memorial Award (second straight year) and the Heisman Trophy as the nation's No....
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