John W. Heisman was born here on October 3, 1869, and became the man for whom the Heisman Football Trophy is named. The College Football Hall of Fame enshrines him as a superior coach and an important pioneer game innovator. He was the father of the forward pass, center snap, interference on end runs, hidden ball play, double pass, dividing the game into quarters, the statistical score board, and the quarterback's "hike" or "hep" to initiate plays.
