Frank eliscu biography

American sculptor (1912–1996)

Frank Eliscu (July 13, 1912 – June 19, 1996) was an American sculptor and art teacher who designed and created the Heisman Memorial Football Trophy in 1935^[1] when he was only 23 years old.

Frank Eliscu was an American sculptor and art teacher who designed and created the Heisman Memorial Football Trophy in when he was only 23 years old.

Frank Eliscu was an American sculptor and art teacher who designed and created the Heisman Memorial Football Trophy in when he was only 23 years old.

Frank Eliscu was born in Washington Heights, New York, to Charles Eliscu and Florence Kane.

Frank Eliscu (July 13, – June 19, ) was an American sculptor and art teacher who designed and created the Heisman Memorial Football Trophy in

Frank Eliscu, a New York sculptor who designed the Heisman Trophy, died on June 19 at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida.

Frank Eliscu was an American sculptor who was born in Frank Eliscu's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging.

The first Heisman Trophy, a strong young bull of a football player cast in bronze, was presented to a college football player in 1935, and is considered one of the greatest honors a college athlete can receive. Over the years the Heisman Committee has paid tribute to Eliscu and his creation several times, and in 1985, the Heisman Committee invited him to speak at the 50th Anniversary Heisman ceremonies.^[2]

Eliscu amassed a body of work that spans from public fountains to ex-President Gerald Ford's inaugural medal (later given as a gift to Leonid Brezhnev when Ford visited Russia), to the five-story bronze frieze that decorates the glass panes above the doors to the Library of Congress.

This massive sculpture won the Henry Her