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The National Italian-American Civic League was an Italian American fraternal organization.
The Civic League sponsored a number of annual athletic awards, including a trophy for the national championship in college football and a list of Outstanding Italian American Athletes.
Season | Team | Head Coach | Record |
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1935 [1] [2] | Minnesota | Bernie Bierman | 8–0 |
1936 [3] | Minnesota | Bernie Bierman | 7–1 |
Minnesota's golden Gophers are the country's No. 1 football team, in the opinion of at least one national organization—eastern football critics notwithstanding.
Tucked away in another trophy case inside the Larson Football Performance Center is the 1935 national championship trophy. The football on it looks more like a rugby ball and the football player atop the ball looks a lot like the figure on the Heisman Trophy. The inscription reads, 'Minnesota National Football Champion, 1935, Presented by National Italian American Civic League.'
Minnesota was awarded Saturday the annual trophy of the National Italian-American Civic League as the most outstanding university team in the country.