One of the most RARE and sought after Heisman Trophy Winners, College Hall of Fame inductee signatures there is. This is the largest, cleanest inscribed autograph we've seen of Heisman trophy winner and College Football Hall of Fame inductee Bruce Smith. On a piece of 5" by 7" lined paper mounted on a scrapbook page. From a private, circa 1940, high end autograph collection.Bruce "Boo" Smith (February 8, 1920 – August 28, 1967), nicknamed "Boo", was an American football player best known for winning the Heisman Trophy in 1941.He received the Heisman two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Smith earned first team All-American and All-Big Ten honors in 1941.
During World War II he served as a United States Navy fighter pilot. After the war, he briefly played in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers (1945–1948) and the Los Angeles Rams (1948).
The movie, Smith of Minnesota, was released in 1942. The premiere occurred in his home town of Faribault, Minnesota, to the amazement of the locals due to this novelty.
In 1972, Smith was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. His number 54 was the first to be officially retired by the Minnesota Gophers, in 1977.
