Two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin has been honored with a statue at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.
Archie Griffin, the only player in NCAA history to win two Heisman Trophies and one of the first players to ever start in four consecutive Rose Bowls, has been honored with a statue at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. The 69-year-old's bronze statue was unveiled on Saturday, joining baseball legend Jackie Robinson, UCLA coaching-great Terry Donahue, broadcasting icon Keith Jackson and the trailblazing 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup team as permanent fixtures at the stadium.
Griffin, who was on hand for the statue unveiling, told the Los Angeles Times, 'It means so much it's indescribable.' 'I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time with the right people to allow me to be on great teams that did so well,' Griffin continued. 'With me having a statue, I look at it as an honor to the teams that I played on,' he said. During No.
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