The John Fielding Higgs Award for Most Valuable Player on the Tarleton football team was established in 1950 by Rufus Higgs, owner-publisher of the Stephenville Daily-Empire,and Mrs. Higgs as a memorial to their son, Lt. John Fielding Higgs. Lt. Higgs, a former Tarleton student, was co-pilot on a B-17 shot down over Stuttgart, Germany, on May 29, 1944.
|
Year |
Player |
Pos. |
Hometown |
|
2012 |
Arthur Buckingham |
WR |
Pilot Point |
|
2011 |
Dashaun Phillips |
DB |
Duncanville |
|
2010 |
Robert Payne |
RB |
San Angelo |
|
2009 |
Arthur Buckingham |
WR |
Pilot Point |
|
2008 |
George Murray |
FB |
Stephenville |
|
2007 |
Ranardrick Phillips |
DB |
Madison, Fla. |
|
2006 |
Erick Smith |
LB |
Waco |
|
2005 |
Ranardrick Phillips |
DB |
Madison, Fla. |
|
2004 |
Courtenay Sanders |
DB |
Sweeny |
|
2003 |
Cliff Watkins |
QB |
Breckenridge |
|
2002 |
Olan Coleman |
RB |
Waco |
|
2001 |
Micheal Jackson |
LB |
Chappel Hill |
|
2000 |
Kevin Wilson |
DB |
Edgewood |
|
1999 |
Trenzio Turner |
LB |
Austin |
|
1998 |
Justin McDaniel |
RB |
Forney |
|
1997 |
Chad Cole |
QB |
Pilot Point |
|
1996 |
Chad Martinka |
DB |
Pflugerville |
|
1995 |
Chad Martinka |
DB |
Pflugerville |
|
1994 |
Kevin Vickers |
QB |
Liberty Hill |
|
1993 |
Clint Jentsch |
LB |
New Braunfels |
|
1992 |
Jimmy Hering |
QB |
McGregor |
|
1991 |
Robert Simpson, Jr. |
FB |
Texas City |
|
1990 |
Mike Loveless |
C |
Milford |
|
1989 |
Rodney Webb |
OG |
Garland |
|
1988 |
Robert Ivey |
LB |
Haskell |
|
1987 |
Robert “Boo” Jones |
WR |
Cleburne |
|
1986 |
Melvin Modesty |
TE |
Abilene |
|
1985 |
Vic Routh |
WR |
Frisco |
|
1984 |
Dennis Estelle |
DB |
Waco |
|
1983 |
Terry Gambill |
DE |
Garland |
|
1982 |
Lary Fowler |
LB |
Killeen |
|
1981 |
Ricky Bush |
RB |
Waco |
|
1980 |
Ricky Bush |
RB |
Waco |
|
1979 |
Tony Tuck |
LB |
Stephenville |
|
1978 |
Tally Neal |
LB |
San Antonio |
|
1977 |
Taylor Virdell |
DE |
Llano |
|
1976 |
Tally Neal |
LB |
San Antonio |
|
1975 |
Tally Neal |
LB |
San Antonio |
|
1974 |
Blake Edwards |
LB |
Vanderbilt |
|
1973 |
Nickey Miller |
C |
Grand Prairie |
|
1972 |
Willie Stafford |
OT |
Olney |
|
1971 |
Johnny Weaver |
TB |
Gatesville |
|
1969 |
Harlan Wunsch |
WR |
Rosebud |
|
1968 |
J.D. McMahon |
QB |
Fort Worth |
|
1967 |
James Medley |
C |
Odessa |
|
1966 |
J.D. McMahon |
QB |
Fort Worth |
|
1965 |
Randy Winkler |
T |
Belton |
|
1964 |
Irling Smith |
G |
Hurst |
|
1963 |
John Riggs |
G |
Galena Park |
|
1962 |
Dick Rogers |
RB |
Breckenridge |
|
1961 |
Jimmy Eden |
G |
San Saba |
|
1960 |
Dee Stokes |
C |
Austin |
|
1959 |
Bob Barnett |
E |
Hico |
|
1958 |
Jerry Massingill |
G |
Hamilton |
|
1957 |
Bobby Walls |
RB |
Big Lake |
|
1956 |
Leon Blakeney |
G |
Kermit |
|
1955 |
Jerry Flemmons |
QB |
Stephenville |
|
1954 |
Webb Bishop |
C |
Hearne |
|
1953 |
Laudie Bitner |
G |
Waco |
|
1952 |
Franklin Earney |
HB |
Breckenridge |
|
1951 |
Charles Goff |
T |
McAllen |
|
1950 |
Jack Jones |
E |
Breckenridge |
