18-556: Bert Bell Memorial Trophy may refer to: Bert Bell Award , awarded to the player of the year in the National Football League NEA NFL Rookie of the Year Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bert Bell Memorial Trophy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-434: A three-point stance , with their free hand cocked back ready to "punch" an offensive lineman , or in a two-point stance like a strong safety so they can keep containment. Some defensive ends play the position due to their size; they close down their gap so the running back has no hole to run through. Other ends play the position due to their speed and agility; they are used to rush the quarterback . These ends can time
54-5686: A trophy in the form of a statue in the likeness of Bell. The award is presented at the club's annual football banquet. Winners [ edit ] Season Player Position Team Ref 1959 Johnny Unitas Quarterback Baltimore Colts 1960 Norm Van Brocklin Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles 1961 Paul Hornung Running back Green Bay Packers 1962 Andy Robustelli Defensive end New York Giants 1963 Jim Brown Running back Cleveland Browns 1964 Johnny Unitas (2) Quarterback Baltimore Colts 1965 Pete Retzlaff Tight end Philadelphia Eagles 1966 Don Meredith Quarterback Dallas Cowboys 1967 Johnny Unitas (3) Quarterback Baltimore Colts 1968 Leroy Kelly Running back Cleveland Browns 1969 Roman Gabriel Quarterback Los Angeles Rams 1970 George Blanda Quarterback Oakland Raiders 1971 Roger Staubach Quarterback Dallas Cowboys 1972 Larry Brown Running back Washington Redskins 1973 O. J. Simpson Running back Buffalo Bills 1974 Merlin Olsen Defensive tackle Los Angeles Rams 1975 Fran Tarkenton Quarterback Minnesota Vikings 1976 Ken Stabler Quarterback Oakland Raiders 1977 Bob Griese Quarterback Miami Dolphins 1978 Terry Bradshaw Quarterback Pittsburgh Steelers 1979 Earl Campbell Running back Houston Oilers 1980 Ron Jaworski Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles 1981 Ken Anderson Quarterback Cincinnati Bengals 1982 Joe Theismann Quarterback Washington Redskins 1983 John Riggins Running back Washington Redskins 1984 Dan Marino Quarterback Miami Dolphins 1985 Walter Payton Running back Chicago Bears 1986 Lawrence Taylor Linebacker New York Giants 1987 Jerry Rice Wide receiver San Francisco 49ers 1988 Randall Cunningham Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles 1989 Joe Montana Quarterback San Francisco 49ers 1990 Randall Cunningham (2) Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles 1991 Barry Sanders Running back Detroit Lions 1992 Steve Young Quarterback San Francisco 49ers 1993 Emmitt Smith Running back Dallas Cowboys 1994 Steve Young (2) Quarterback San Francisco 49ers 1995 Brett Favre Quarterback Green Bay Packers 1996 Brett Favre (2) Quarterback Green Bay Packers 1997 Barry Sanders (2) Running back Detroit Lions 1998 Randall Cunningham (3) Quarterback Minnesota Vikings 1999 Kurt Warner Quarterback St. Louis Rams 2000 Rich Gannon Quarterback Oakland Raiders 2001 Marshall Faulk Running back St. Louis Rams 2002 Rich Gannon (2) Quarterback Oakland Raiders 2003 Peyton Manning Quarterback Indianapolis Colts 2004 Peyton Manning (2) Quarterback Indianapolis Colts 2005 Shaun Alexander Running back Seattle Seahawks 2006 LaDainian Tomlinson Running back San Diego Chargers 2007 Tom Brady Quarterback New England Patriots 2008 Adrian Peterson Running back Minnesota Vikings 2009 Drew Brees Quarterback New Orleans Saints 2010 Michael Vick Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles 2011 Aaron Rodgers Quarterback Green Bay Packers 2012 Adrian Peterson (2) Running back Minnesota Vikings 2013 Peyton Manning (3) Quarterback Denver Broncos 2014 J. J. Watt Defensive end Houston Texans 2015 Cam Newton Quarterback Carolina Panthers 2016 Matt Ryan Quarterback Atlanta Falcons 2017 Carson Wentz Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles 2018 Patrick Mahomes Quarterback Kansas City Chiefs 2019 Lamar Jackson Quarterback Baltimore Ravens 2020 No award given. 2021 Jonathan Taylor Running back Indianapolis Colts 2022 Jalen Hurts Quarterback Philadelphia Eagles 2023 Lamar Jackson (2) Quarterback Baltimore Ravens See also [ edit ] NFL Most Valuable Player Award List of NFL awards References [ edit ] General "Bert Bell Award Winners" . Maxwell Football Club. Archived from
72-400: Is different from Wikidata Articles with hCards Defensive end Defensive end ( DE ) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football . This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line , but changes in formations over the years have substantially changed how the position is played. Early formations, with six- and seven-man lines, used
90-748: The Maxwell Football Club to the player of the year in the National Football League (NFL). The award is named in honor of Bert Bell (1895–1959), commissioner of the NFL and founder of the Maxwell Club. Voters for the Pro Awards are NFL owners, football personnel, head and assistant coaches as well as members of the Maxwell Football Club, national media, and local media. The award consists of
108-474: The snap of the ball in order to get a jump on the rush and stop the play. It is usually the job of the defensive end in run defense to keep outside or containment, which means that no one should get to their outside; they must keep everything to the inside. If they have an outside linebacker besides them that is not in pass coverage , this gives the defensive end more freedom to rush the quarterback. The defensive ends are fast for players of their size, often
126-450: The NFL rookie award, see NEA NFL Rookie of the Year . Bert Bell Award Awarded for NFL player of the year Country United States Presented by Maxwell Football Club History First award 1959 Most wins Peyton Manning , Randall Cunningham , & Johnny Unitas (3) Most recent Lamar Jackson The Bert Bell Award is presented by
144-512: The Year Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bert_Bell_Award&oldid=1255928628 " Categories : National Football League trophies and awards Awards established in 1959 Hidden categories: All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October 2023 Articles with permanently dead external links Articles with short description Short description
162-1232: The Year Assistant Coach of the Year Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Comeback Player of the Year Walter Payton Man of the Year Alan Page Community Award Super Bowl MVP Pete Rozelle Trophy Super Bowl ring Sporting News NFL Player of the Year Award Art McNally Award Art Rooney Award Bart Starr Award Bert Bell Award Butkus Award Deacon Jones Award George Halas Award Polynesian Football Player of
180-643: The Year Award One-time only 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1969) 75th Anniversary All-Time Team (1994) 100th Anniversary All-Time Team (2019) All-Decade Teams Annual presentation NFL Honors NFL Top 100 Awards organizations Associated Press Kansas City Committee of 101 Maxwell Football Club NFL Alumni Touchdown Club of Columbus Washington D.C. Touchdown Club Former awards Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy MVP NFL Player of
198-882: The Year awards Joe F. Carr Trophy Jim Thorpe Trophy UPI American Football League Most Valuable Player Award NEA Defensive Player of the Year NEA Rookie of the Year Football Digest NFL Player of the Year UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year UPI NFC Player of the Year UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year Washington D.C. Touchdown Club NFL Player of
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#1733085204184216-1995: The Year) Winners | Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . ^ "Colts' Running Back Jonathan Taylor Named Winner for 2021 Bert Bell Award" . 4 February 2022. v t e Bert Bell Award winners 1959: Unitas 1960: Van Brocklin 1961: Hornung 1962: Robustelli 1963: J. Brown 1964: Unitas 1965: Retzlaff 1966: Meredith 1967: Unitas 1968: Kelly 1969: Gabriel 1970: Blanda 1971: Staubach 1972: L. Brown 1973: Simpson 1974: Olsen 1975: Tarkenton 1976: Stabler 1977: Griese 1978: Bradshaw 1979: Campbell 1980: Jaworski 1981: Anderson 1982: Theismann 1983: Riggins 1984: Marino 1985: Payton 1986: L. Taylor 1987: Rice 1988: Cunningham 1989: Montana 1990: Cunningham 1991: Sanders 1992: Young 1993: Smith 1994: Young 1995: Favre 1996: Favre 1997: Sanders 1998: Cunningham 1999: Warner 2000: Gannon 2001: Faulk 2002: Gannon 2003: Manning 2004: Manning 2005: Alexander 2006: Tomlinson 2007: Brady 2008: Peterson 2009: Brees 2010: Vick 2011: Rodgers 2012: Peterson 2013: Manning 2014: Watt 2015: Newton 2016: Ryan 2017: Wentz 2018: Mahomes 2019: Jackson 2020: No award given 2021: J. Taylor 2022: Hurts 2023: Jackson v t e NFL awards and trophies Team Vince Lombardi Trophy Super Bowl Lamar Hunt Trophy AFC Championship George Halas Trophy NFC Championship Individual Most Valuable Player Coach of
234-554: The Year) Winners" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ Inabinett, Mark (January 24, 2016). "NFL Playoffs: Cam Newton won't put the cart before the horse" . The Birmingham News . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ Broome, Anthony (January 20, 2017). "Matt Ryan wins Bert Bell Professional Player of the Year Award" . CBS Sports . Retrieved January 16, 2017 . ^ "Bert Bell Award (Player of
252-491: The end as a containment player, whose job was first to prevent an " end run " around his position, then secondarily to force plays inside. When most teams adopted a five-man line, two different styles of end play developed: "crashing" ends, who rushed into the backfield to disrupt plays, and "stand-up" or "waiting" ends, who played the more traditional containment style. Some teams would use both styles of end play, depending on game situations. Traditionally, defensive ends are in
270-471: The fastest and smallest players on the defensive line . They must be able to shed blockers to get to the ball. Defensive ends are also often used to cover the outside area of the line of scrimmage , to tackle ball carriers running to the far right or left side, and to defend against screen passes . Since the creation of zone blitz defenses in the late 1990s, defensive ends have sometimes been used in pass coverage, dropping back to cover routes run close to
288-487: The line of scrimmage. In the 3–4 defense , defensive ends are used primarily as run stoppers and are much larger than the normal size of a player at this position. Often, the position is played by a more agile or slightly undersized defensive tackle . Because of the increased popularity of the 3–4 defense, the value of a defensive tackle prospect that can possibly be used in this manner has increased. They are used to occupy an offensive lineman , on pass rushing plays to let
306-449: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bert_Bell_Memorial_Trophy&oldid=1255928904 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bert Bell Award American football award For
324-5833: The original on March 2, 2017 . Retrieved February 16, 2017 . "Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) Winners" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . Footnotes ^ "Joe Montana Wins Bert Bell Award Handily" . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. January 17, 1990 . Retrieved January 26, 2017 . ^ "Unitas Wins Bell Award" . The Pittsburgh Press . United Press International. December 18, 1959. p. 34 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Van Brocklin To Receive Bert Bell Award" . Park City Daily News . Associated Press. December 21, 1960. p. 18 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Hornung, Ferguson Honored as 'Best' " . The Milwaukee Sentinel . Associated Press. February 6, 1962 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Robustelli Says Award Recognition For Linemen" . St. Petersburg Times . Associated Press. February 5, 1963. p. 4-C . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Jim Brown to Get Bell Award" . The New York Times . United Press International. January 8, 1964 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Unitas, Ressler To Receive Awards" . Daytona Beach Morning Journal . Associated Press. December 4, 1964. p. 17 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Bell award goes to Rice" . Lakeland Ledger . January 15, 1988. p. 5D . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Maxwell Club Cites Lynch, Meredith" . Eugene Register-Guard . Associated Press. January 24, 1967. p. 2B . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Beban, Unitas Win Awards" . The Morning Record . Associated Press. December 20, 1967. p. 9 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Simpson, Kelly Win Maxwell Awards" . The Pittsburgh Press . United Press International. December 18, 1968. p. 74 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Reid, Gabriel Are Top Rated" . Lodi News-Sentinel . United Press International. January 20, 1970. p. 8 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "New Award For Blanda" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. December 18, 1970. p. 21 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ "Staubach Wins Bert Bell Award" . Ludington Daily News . United Press International. December 23, 1971. p. 6 . Retrieved July 11, 2016 . ^ Bernstein, Ralph (December 15, 1972). "Redskins' Larry Brown Is Presented Bert Bell Award As Top Gridder Of Year" . Gettysburg Times . Associated Press. p. 15 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "O.J. Is Two-Timer: Cappolletti, Simpson Maxwell Winners" . Observer-Reporter . Associated Press. December 21, 1973. p. B4 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Joachim, Olsen Get Top Awards" . Schenectady Gazette . Associated Press. December 13, 1974. p. 28 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Two Small Players Who Became Big Stars Receive Annual Maxwell Club Award" . Gettysburg Times . Associated Press. December 19, 1975. p. 13 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Dorsett, Stabler Receive Maxwell, Bert Bell Awards" . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . United Press International. January 20, 1977. p. 2-D . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Griese Named Pro Football's Player Of Year" . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Associated Press. December 16, 1977. p. 1E . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Fusina, Bradshaw Maxwell Picks" . Reading Eagles . Associated Press. December 21, 1978. p. 37 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Campbell, White capture awards" . Gadsden Times . Associated Press. December 20, 1979. p. 23 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Jaworski Wins Bert Bell Award" . The Victoria Advocate . Associated Press. January 8, 1981. p. 3B . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Ken Anderson Named Winner Of Maxwell's Bert Bell Award" . Reading Eagle . Associated Press. January 20, 1982. p. 39 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ "Theismann better doing less" . The Spokesman-Review . Associated Press. January 22, 1983. p. 18 . Retrieved July 12, 2016 . ^ Lyon, Bill (February 23, 1984). "Riggins: I'm not as good as I was" . The Day . p. 28 . Retrieved July 13, 2016 . ^ "Marino winner of Bert Bell Award" . The Evening News . Associated Press. January 11, 1985. p. 3B . Retrieved July 13, 2016 . ^ "Payton wins Maxwell Club Bell award" . Lodi News-Sentinel . United Press International. January 17, 1986 . Retrieved July 13, 2016 . ^ "Taylor named Bell Award winner" . Herald-Journal . Associated Press. January 16, 1987. p. D4 . Retrieved July 13, 2016 . ^ "Eagles' QB Cunningham Gets Bell Award" . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. January 10, 1989 . Retrieved February 16, 2017 . ^ "Cunningham wins Maxwell's Award" . The Prescott Courier . January 23, 1991. p. 9A . Retrieved September 24, 2016 . ^ Rule, Bruce (January 10, 1992). "Sanders, Fontes cop NFL honors" . Standard-Speaker . Associated Press. p. 22 . Retrieved February 16, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. ^ "Sports People: Football; Young Wins Award As N.F.L.'s Top Player" . The New York Times . Associated Press. January 15, 1993 . Retrieved February 16, 2017 . ^ "Bert Bell Award (Player of
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