Rudy Riska, the Heisman Trophy’s Guiding Light, Dies at 85

Rudy Riska, the Heisman Trophy’s Guiding Light, Dies at 85

The New York Times-Sports·2021-09-24 06:01

Rudy Riska, who first glimpsed the Heisman Trophy on its pedestal at the Downtown Athletic Club in Lower Manhattan when he was a boy, and who years later became the invaluable guide, counselor and mentor for the young men who won it, died on Sept. 12 in a Brooklyn hospital. He was 85.

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