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The HBC’s glorious football legacy is on full display. Aside from the kitchen, it’s the heart of Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille.

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The 1966 season

The 1966 Heisman Trophy

Steve Spurrier clinched college football’s highest honor when he waved off UF’s starting kicker and nailed a last second field goal on national TV (a rarity at that time) to beat Auburn on Oct. 29, 1966.

Spurrier is also the only person to win a Heisman as a player and coach a Heisman winner (Danny Wuerffel 1996). By the way, Danny has been kind enough to let us borrow his Heisman from time to time for our display.

Steve's Heisman is also the first double Heisman given, one for the player and one to the team.

    Auburn Game Gear

    This is the actual football from the game as well as the jersey, helmet and shoe Spurrier wore when he directed UF to victory.

    What’s with the shoe?

    Zipper on a Shoe?

    As the placekicker for 40-yard long field goals, Spurrier didn’t have time to run to the sideline and lace up his special shoe, let alone warm up by kicking into a net. The zipper allowed him to quickly slip it on, so he could sprint back onto the field, line up and straight-on kick (no soccer style in those days) the ball through the uprights. Which he did 16 times in his playing career.

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    The Nick Saban

    Legacy Award

    This award, which bears the name of the former head coach of Alabama, Michigan State University (and a few other schools), was created to honor and recognize the lifetime achievement of a college football coach and the contributions to the game. Naturally, Coach Spurrier and Grambling State icon Eddie Robinson, were named as the inaugural recipients.

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