Played college football at Notre Dame. Originally pronounced his last name "THEES-man" until he enrolled, when Notre Dame's sports information department convinced him to change the pronunciation to rhyme with "Heisman." All during his senior season...
Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.
The Squirmin' German
Virgo
Joseph Robert Theismann
New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA