Ex-USC Star, Heisman Trophy Winner Charles White Dead At 64

Former USC star Charles White — the 1979 Heisman Trophy winner — died on Wednesday, the Trojans introduced. He was 64 years outdated.

According to the varsity, White handed away in Newport Beach, Calif. after battling most cancers.

“He was the toughest player I’ve ever coached,” White’s former head coach John Robinson mentioned in an announcement following the information of the previous working again’s loss of life. “He was really unusual in that regard.”

SC athletic director Mike Bohn added in an announcement of his personal that White was “one of the all-time great Trojans.”

“He will always be remembered by the Trojan Family for the history he made on the football field and the legacy he left at Troy,” Bohn mentioned.

White obtained to SC’s campus in 1976 — and went on to have one of the legendary school soccer careers ever. He totaled 6,245 dashing yards — nonetheless a faculty report — and earned unanimous picks to 2 All-American groups.

In addition to the ’79 Heisman Trophy, White additionally gained the Walter Camp and Maxwell awards that very same season.

White, who additionally helped USC win a nationwide title and three Rose Bowls, went on to be picked by the Cleveland Browns within the first spherical of the 1980 NFL Draft. He spent 5 seasons with the workforce, earlier than ending his professional profession with the Rams.

He was ultimately inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996.