By USC Athletics: College Football Hall of Famer, Charles White, USC’s 1979 Heisman Trophy-winning tailback and a member of the Trojans’ 1978 national championship team who then played 9 seasons in the NFL, died today (Wednesday, Jan. 11) in Newport Beach, Calif. of cancer. He was 64.
White was USC’s third Heisman Trophy winner and still is the school’s career rushing leader (6,245 yards, then the No. 2 mark in NCAA history) while scoring 49 touchdowns.
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