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Photo gallery: Outland Trophy presentation banquet

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These pictures come from the banquet at which Stanford’s Joshua Garnett received his Outland Trophy on Jan. 14 in Omaha.  Randy White, the 1974 winner at Maryland, also received his trophy. Before 1988 winners received only a plaque. Since then Omaha’s Downtown Rotary has sponsored presentation of an Outland Trophy to one of the early winners each year.

Three Outland Trophy winners: Joshua Garnett of Stanford (2015), Larry Jacobson of Nebraska (1971) and Randy White of Maryland (1974). Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
The three finalists for the 2015 Outland Trophy: Spencer Drango of Baylor, Joshua Garnett of Stanford and A’Shawn Robinson of Alabama appear on the big screen at the banquet. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
2015 Outland Trophy winner Joshua Garnett of Stanford and his coach David Shaw. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
2015 Outland Trophy winner Joshua Garnett of Stanford addresses the audience at the presentation banquet. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
2015 Outland Trophy winner Joshua Garnett of Stanford, former Nebraska star Johnny Rogers and 1974 Outland winner Randy White, who received his trophy at the banquet on Jan. 14 in Omaha. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
Images of previous Outland Trophy winners were displayed on the big screen at the presentation banquet. Among them was 1974 winner Randy White of Maryland, who received his trophy this year. From 1946 through 1987, Outland winners received a plaque. Since then Omaha’s Downtown Rotary has sponsored presentation of an Outland Trophy to one of the early winners each year. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
Randy White, who won the 1974 Outland Trophy while at Maryland, addresses the audience at the presentation banquet. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
The Tom Osborne Legacy Award went to Jim Ridlon Sr., a former college and professional football player and the artist who sculpted the Outland Trophy. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
Former Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne talks with Jim Ridlon Sr., the sculptor who created the Outland Trophy and the recipient of this year’s Tom Osborne Legacy Award, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Omaha-Downtown. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
Jim Ridlon Sr., the sculptor of the Outland Trophy, and his wife pose with the Tom Osborne Legacy Award. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
A band provided musical entertainment at the Outland Trophy presentation banquet, sponsored by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee, on Jan. 14 in Omaha. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
The ballroom at the Downtown DoubleTree Hotel in Omaha was packed for the Outland Trophy presentation banquet on Jan. 14. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.
Greg Sharpe, voice of the Nebraska Cornhuskers, was the emcee of the Outland Trophy presentation banquet Jan. 14 in Omaha. Photo provided by the Greater Omaha Sports Committee.

President’s column: High school baseball star Randy White never expected to be a football ‘Legend’

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2014 FWAA President Kirk Bohls

2014 FWAA President Kirk Bohls

(Note:  Randy White was honored at the same banquet where Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III was revealed as college football’s best defensive player as deemed by the Football Writers Association of America.)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Randy White never expected to be honored as a legend in college football.

Of course, the highly decorated defensive star for Maryland and then the Dallas Cowboys never really expected to even play college football in the first place.

He’d been a star pitcher and first baseman for his high school team in Wilmington, Delaware, and had been told at one time that the Philadelphia Phillies wanted to draft him and sign him for a $30,000 bonus.

“I thought, ‘I’m rich,’” White recalled Monday before the Charlotte Touchdown Club Banquet where he was recognized as a Bronko Nagurski Legend from the FWAA’s 1974 All-America Team. “But my dad told the scout no. He said I was going to Maryland and play college football.”

Father knew best.

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Randy White to receive Bronko Nagurski Legends Award

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Randy White

Randy White

CHARLOTTE, N.C.  – The Charlotte Touchdown Club, in conjunction with the Football Writers Association of America and Florida East Coast Railway, proudly announces that Randy White will be the recipient of the 2014 Bronko Nagurski Legends Award, which recognizes outstanding defensive football players from the past 40 years.

The award will be presented formally to White during the annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Awards Banquet on Monday, December  8 at The Westin Hotel.  University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban will be the keynote speaker.

White’s career highlights include:

  • Nine-time Pro Bowl selection (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
  • Nine-time First-Team All-Pro selection (1977, 1978 , 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
  • Three-time NFC Champion (1975, 1977, 1978)
  • Super Bowl champion (XII)
  • 1978 Co-Super Bowl MVP
  • Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1994)
  • Played for the University of Maryland (1972-74)
  • 1974 Outland Trophy
  • 1974 Lombardi Award
  • 1974 UPI Lineman of the Year
  • Two-time All-American (1973, 1974)
  • NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
  • Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (1994)
  • Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor

For Reservations or Information on how to become a member of the Club’s Sponsor Team, please call 704-347-2918 or email John Rocco atjrocco@touchdownclub.com.