Alexander S. Lilly, Ohio State's First Football Coach, 1890. Ohio State's First Football Team, 1890. Vic Janowicz, 1950 Heisman Trophy winner. 1942 Buckeyes, OSU's first National Championship team. Les Horvath, OSU's first Heisman Trophy winner (1944). Boyd Cherry OSU's first All-American (1914). Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, 1955 Heisman Trophy winner. Coach Paul E. Brown, 1941-43. Gaylord Stinchcomb. Charles "Chic" Harley. 2002 National Championship Ohio State 31 - Miami 24, double overtime victory. Coach Jim Tressel. Eddie George, 1995 Heisman Trophy Winner. Archie Griffin Heisman Trophy winner in 1974 and 1975. Joe Germaine. Brutus Buckeye first appeared in 1965. Script Ohio made by the Ohio State Marching Band first formed October 10, 1936. Orlando Pace. Keith Byars. Coach W.W. "Woody" Hayes (1951-1978).