* Wisconsin Badgers Running back Ron Dayne awarded Heisman Trophy

The Badger football program has had two Heisman Trophy winners: fullback Alan Ameche in 1954, and running back Ron Dayne in 1999.

The numbers of Wisconsin's two Heisman Trophy winners, Alan Ameche and Ron Dayne, are displayed on the upper deck façade.

He was invited to the 1999 Heisman Trophy presentation and finished third in the voting behind Ron Dayne and Joe Hamilton.

Williams holds or shares 20 NCAA records, and became the NCAA Division I-A career rushing leader in 1998 with 6, 279 yards ( broken one year later by University of Wisconsin's Ron Dayne ).

Allen shares the NCAA record for most 200-yard rushing games with Ricky Williams and Ron Dayne, each completing the feat twelve times.

) and two touchdowns, in addition to catching 18 passes for 129 yards and one score, the injury caused him to drop to the bottom of the depth chart behind Mike Anderson, Tatum Bell and Ron Dayne.

Ameche is one of six Wisconsin players whose number ( 35 ) has been retired, and one of six whose name and number appears on the Camp Randall Stadium façade as of 2008: fellow Heisman winner and current career rushing record holder Ron Dayne ( 33 ), Elroy Hirsch ( 40 ), Dave Schreiner ( 80 ), Allan Schafer ( 83 ), and Pat Richter ( 88 ) are the others.

He spent two years as a backup to Ron Dayne, but, as a junior, he rushed for 1, 592 yards and scored ten touchdowns, despite missing two games due to injury.

Williams would go on to set the NCAA all-time rushing record that season ( though it has since been eclipsed by Ron Dayne ), winning the Heisman Trophy in the process.

In the first quarter, 49ers linebacker Julian Peterson intercepted a pass from Kerry Collins at the San Francisco 24-yard line after it bounced off the hands of running back Ron Dayne.

The main menu screen features a highlight reel with footage of plays made by some of the most famous players in college football history, including Ricky Williams, Bo Jackson, Archie Griffin, Charles Woodson, Herschel Walker, LaDainian Tomlinson, Barry Sanders, LaVar Arrington, Warren Sapp, Ray Lewis, Tim Dwight, Randy Moss, Ron Dayne, Warrick Dunn, Lawrence Taylor, Tim Brown, and Peyton Manning.

His 47 rushing touchdowns, which ranked third in Big Ten history at the end of his career, ranked fifth behind Ron Dayne ( 71 ), Anthony Thompson ( 68 ), Pete Johnson ( 56 ) and Thomas through the 2006 season.

* Ron Dayne ( born 1978 ), Class of 1996, Division I all-time rushing yards leader ( 6, 397 ) and 1999 Heisman Trophy winner ; NFL Houston Texans running back.

* Ron Blomberg ( born 1948 ), Major League Baseball DH / first baseman / right fielder nicknamed " Boomer "

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

They adopted two children: Roxanne ( born 1944, adopted 1944 ) and Ronald Charles ( born 1937, adopted 1943, a. k. a. Ron Pickford Rogers ).

Ron Carter ( born May 4, 1937 ) is an American jazz double-bassist.

* Ron Durham ( born 1921 ), Australian rules footballer

* Ron Silliman, poet ( born in Pasco, resident of Kennewick 1946-47 )

* Ron Corning ( born 1971 ) American television host

Ronald William " Ron " Howard ( born March 1, 1954 ) is an American film director, producer and former child actor.

* Ronald L. " Ron " Townson ( born 20 January 1933, St. Louis, Missouri-died 2 August 2001, of kidney failure, Las Vegas, Nevada )

The only child of Ron Barassi Snr, Ron was born in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine in 1936.

* Ron Everett, aka Maulana Karenga ( born 1941 ), US political activist and social scientist

* Ron Jirsa ( 1959 –), men's college basketball coach, was born in Ledyard.

In a turnout of 35 percent, Duncan unseated the incumbent Democrat, Ronald M. " Ron " LeLeux ( born 1955 ), 2, 555 ( 54 percent ) to 2, 156 ( 46 percent ).

* Ron Villone ( born 1970 ), Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the New York Yankees in the 2006 season.

* Ron Perranoski ( born 1936 ), Major League Baseball pitcher from 1961-1973.

* Ron Insana ( born 1961 ), CNBC anchor and senior analyst.

* Ron Anderson ( born 1958 ), played on several NBA teams, as well as in Europe.

* Ron Jaworski ( born 1951 ), formerly played on the Philadelphia Eagles.

* Ron Jaworski ( born 1951 ), former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, Monday Night Football broadcaster, owner of the Philadelphia Soul.

* Ron Galella ( born 1931 ), called “ the Godfather of the U. S. paparazzi culture ”, he is known for his photos of ( and battles with ) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Marlon Brando.

* Ron Frenz ( born 1960 ), comic book artist for Marvel Comics

* Bill Saul and his twin brothers Rich Saul and Ron Saul, professional football players during the 1960s and 1970s, were born and raised in Butler – Bill played 9 years ( 1962 – 1970 ) as a linebacker for the Colts, Steelers, Saints and Lions, Rich played 12 years ( 1970 – 1982 ) at center for the Los Angeles Rams and Ron played 13 years ( 1970 – 1983 ) for the Houston Oilers and Washington Redskins.

In 1978, he formed a duo with Ron Strykert, which expanded with the addition of drummer Jerry Speiser and Australian progressive rock keyboard player Greg Sneddon.

Starting in 1978, head coach Dick Vermeil and quarterback Ron Jaworski led the team to four consecutive playoff appearances.

* Work, a 1978 play by Ron Milner

In 1978, a stake of the ski area was purchased by Ron Allred and his partner Jim Wells to form the Telluride Company.

* Mic Bell ( Ron replacement ) 1978 – 1979,

* The Jew as Pariah: Jewish Identity and Politics in the Modern Age, edited with an introduction by Ron H. Feldman ( 1978 ).

* In 1978, L. Ron Hubbard, creator of Scientology, was convicted for illegal business practices, namely, making false claims about his ability to cure physical illnesses.

The mall was used by director Ron Howard to film portions of the movie Cotton Candy in 1978.

The investigation of chaperones has a long history .< ref > The term ` molecular chaperone ` appeared first in the literature in 1978, and was invented by Ron Laskey to describe the ability of a nuclear protein called nucleoplasmin to prevent the aggregation of folded histone proteins with DNA during the assembly of nucleosomes.

Twinning in Banbury began on 26 October 1978, at a public meeting held at the Post-Graduate Education Centre, and called on the initiative of the late Councillor Ron Smith, the then Town Mayor of Banbury.

Franchise quarterback Ron Lancaster retired after the 1978 season as the CFL's all time passing leader in passing yards, completions and touchdown passes.

Rockwell served as Ron Paul's congressional chief of staff from 1978 to 1982.

In 1978, a number of Scientologists including L. Ron Hubbard's wife Mary Sue Hubbard ( who was second in command in the organization at the time ) were convicted of perpetrating the largest incident of domestic espionage in the history of the United States called " Operation Snow White ".

* In 1978, L. Ron Hubbard was convicted in absentia by French authorities of engaging in fraud, fined 35, 000 French Francs, and sentenced to four years in prison.

They went to the finals again in 1978, with a veteran team spearheaded by the Howes — 50-year-old Gordie led the team in scoring — future NHL stars Gordie Roberts and Mike Rogers, All-Star defenseman Ron Plumb, and forwards John McKenzie, Dave Keon and Mike Antonovich, and possessed of the league's best defense.

In 1978, Martin played himself in the CBS TV movie One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story.

* 1978 — Ron Martin, Henry Saxe

* Ron Brewer – drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1st round ( 7th pick ) of the 1978 NBA draft.

Winners included Ron Nagle ( 1978 ), Wally Hedrick ( 1985 ), Mildred Howard ( 1991 ), Clare Rojas ( 2004 ), and Scott Williams ( artist ) ( 2005 ).

During his decade on Happy Days, Winkler also starred in a number of movies, including The Lords of Flatbush ( 1974 ), playing a troubled Vietnam veteran in Heroes ( 1977 ), The One and Only ( 1978 ), An American Christmas Carol ( TV movie, 1979 ) and a morgue attendant in Night Shift ( 1982 ), which was directed by Happy Days co-star Ron Howard.

* Ketjak is a book-length poem by Ron Silliman published in 1978 and reprinted in The Age of Huts ( 2007 ), in which the author gives the title " Ketjak " to a vast ongoing cycle of works which includes Tjanting ( 1980 ) and The Alphabet ( 2008 ).

The first film they shot in 1978 was Stars Blasters ; it was directed by Ron Gilbert and acted by friends Tom McFarlane and Frank Lang.

More recently, New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry mastered the pitch to great effect in 1978 when he went 25 – 3 and won the Cy Young Award.

* Ron Atchison – player ( C / MG / DT ), 1978 ( Saskatchewan Roughriders 1952 – 68 ).