COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M will celebrate the immense life of John David Crow at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Reed Arena. The public is invited.
Crow, A&M’s first Heisman Trophy winner, died on Wednesday night in College Station, his family by his side. Crow won the Heisman in 1957 after his coach at the time, the fabled Paul “Bear” Bryant, said “They ought to do away with the thing” if Heisman electors didn’t vote the young man he’d dubbed “Ol’ Crow” as victor.
Crow remained A&M’s lone Heisman winner until quarterback Johnny Manziel won college football’s top individual award in 2012, and the two became quick friends.