Mike Ruth
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Mike Ruth was an American football player. Ruth was a member of the College Football All-America Team
and the winner of the 1985 Outland Trophy
as college football's best lineman.
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This...
and the winner of the 1985 Outland Trophy
Outland Trophy
The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...
as college football's best lineman.