HEISMAN HIGH

WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN ITS UNIQUE DISTINCTION AS THE SOLE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE NURTURED TWO HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS. THE FIRST OF THESE REMARKABLE ATHLETES WAS DAVEY O’BRIEN, WHO EARNED THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD IN 1938. FOLLOWING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS, TIM BROWN SECURED THE HEISMAN TROPHY IN 1987. WE STRIVE TO IMPART THE SAME EXCEPTIONAL QUALITIES AND PRINCIPLES EXHIBITED BY THESE ESTEEMED INDIVIDUALS TO OUR STUDENTS AT WOODROW WILSON. OUR AIM IS TO CULTIVATE NOT ONLY EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETES BUT ALSO EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS, INSTILLING VALUES THAT FOSTER GREATNESS AND NURTURING THE POTENTIAL FOR POSSIBLY ANOTHER FUTURE HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER.

DAVEY O’BRIEN:

DAVEY O’BRIEN ATTENDED WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL FROM 1930-1934 WHERE HE PLAYED FOOTBALL AS A QUARTERBACK. HE QUICKLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A TALENTED PLAYER AND BECAME A STANDOUT ATHLETE FOR THE WOODROW WILSON WILDCATS.

DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, O’BRIEN SHOWCASED EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AND DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP ON THE FIELD. HIS PASSING ACCURACY, ARM STRENGTH, AND DECISION-MAKING ABILITIES MADE HIM ONE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACKS IN THE REGION.

O’BRIEN’S PERFORMANCE ON THE GRIDIRON EARNED HIM RECOGNITION AND ACCOLADES. IN HIS SENIOR YEAR, HE LED WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL TO AN UNDEFEATED SEASON AND A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY. HIS REMARKABLE PLAYMAKING ABILITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS TEAM’S SUCCESS GAINED WIDESPREAD ATTENTION AND SET THE STAGE FOR HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

DAVEY O’BRIEN’S IMPRESSIVE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER ESTABLISHED A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR HIS FOOTBALL JOURNEY. HE WOULD LATER GO ON TO PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (TCU) AND ACHIEVE EVEN GREATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INCLUDING WINNING THE HEISMAN TROPHY IN 1938 AS THE BEST PLAYER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

TIM BROWN:

TIM BROWN ATTENDED WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLAS, TEXAS, WHERE HE EXCELLED IN MULTIPLE SPORTS, INCLUDING FOOTBALL, TRACK AND FIELD, AND BASKETBALL. HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF AS AN EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETE AND DISPLAYED INCREDIBLE SPEED, AGILITY, AND NATURAL TALENT.

IN FOOTBALL, BROWN PLAYED AS A WIDE RECEIVER AND SHOWCASED HIS SKILLS ON THE FIELD. HE HAD OUTSTANDING SPEED, PRECISE ROUTE RUNNING, AND EXCEPTIONAL HANDS, MAKING HIM A FORMIDABLE THREAT IN THE PASSING GAME. BROWN’S ATHLETICISM AND PLAYMAKING ABILITY QUICKLY CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF COLLEGE SCOUTS AND EARNED HIM NUMEROUS ACCOLADES.

DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, TIM BROWN’S ACHIEVEMENTS WERE IMPRESSIVE. HE SET MULTIPLE SCHOOL RECORDS AND RECEIVED SEVERAL HONORS FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE. HIS SPEED AND VERSATILITY MADE HIM A DANGEROUS OFFENSIVE WEAPON AND A STANDOUT PLAYER IN THE REGION.

BROWN’S SUCCESS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PAVED THE WAY FOR HIS COLLEGIATE CAREER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO SHINE AND SOLIDIFY HIS STATUS AS ONE OF THE GREATEST WIDE RECEIVERS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL HISTORY.