TCU ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Davey O’Brien became the first person to win the Heisman, Walter Camp and Maxwell trophies as the nation’s outstanding football player. After directing the Horned Frogs to the national championship in 1938, he was the first winner of the coveted Heisman to come from the Southwest Conference. He did it all – running, passing, place-kicking, returning kicks, punting and intercepting passes. O’Brien held national records for number of punts returned in a season (58 in 1937); total punt and kickoff returns in a season (72 in 1937); and total punt returns in a career (116). He held many other passing and total offense records that slowly have been broken through the years. He led the nation in passing both in 1937 and 1938, and was the tops in total offense across the nation in 1938. The Horned Frogs’ amazing quarterback threw a touchdown pass in every game in 1938. He played all but 14 minutes of the entire 1937 season.
O'Brien was part of the very first class inducted into TCU's Athletics Hall of Fame in 1967.
