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*This article is part one of a three-part series that will analyze how Schmeisser and Turnbull Award winners have fared in head-to-head battles.*

The William C. Schmeisser Award has been given out to the most outstanding defenseman each year since 1942 and the Jack Turnbull Award has been given out to the top attackman each year since 1946. And oftentimes, the winners of these awards have gone head-to-head in games during the years that they won those awards. 

But how often has the happened? Who won the one-on-one matchup? What was the outcome of the game? 

In this first part of a three-part series that dives into the results of head-to-head matchups between Schmeisser and Turnbull Award winners, two decades will be dissected (1946-1955, 1956-1965).

Before looking to answer those three questions above, here is a list of all-time winners for both awards. 

	Schmeisser Award		Turnbull Award
Year	Player	Team	Year	Player	Team
1942	Tyler Campbell	Princeton
1943	George Riepe	Johns Hopkins
1944	Fred Allner, Jr.	Cornell
1945	Charles Guy	Navy
1946	Bob Fetters	Maryland	1946	Stu McLean	Navy
1947	Fred Allner, Jr.	Princeton	1947	Brooke Tunstall	Johns Hopkins
1948	John McEnery	Army	1948	Brooke Tunstall	Johns Hopkins
1949	Lloyd Bunting	Johns Hopkins	1949	Lee Chambers	Navy
1950	Kin Yellott	Yale	1950	Oliver Shepard	Johns Hopkins
1951	Joe Sollers	Johns Hopkins	1951	Don Hahn	Princeton
1952	Bill Hubbell	Maryland	1952	Gordy Jones	Virginia
1953	Jack Johnson	Army	1953	Buzzy Budnitz	Johns Hopkins
1954	Stan Swanson	Navy	1954	Rennie Smith	Maryland
1955	John Raster	Navy	1955	Percy Williams	Navy
1956	John Simmons	Maryland	1956	Hezzy Howard	Washington College
1957	Ben Glyphis	Army	1957	Jack Daut	Rutgers
1958	Walt Mitchell	Johns Hopkins	1958	Dick Corrigan	Maryland
1959	Don Tillar	Army	1959	Bill Morrill	Johns Hopkins
1960	Bill Carpenter	Army	1960	Bob Miser	Army
1961	Mike Byrne	Johns Hopkins	1961	Tom Mitchell	Navy
1962	Bob Fuelhart	Army	1962	Jerry Schmidt	Johns Hopkins
1963	Mike Coughlin	Navy	1963	Ray Altman	Maryland
1964	Jim Campbell	Navy	1964	Jim Lewis	Navy
1965	Pat Donnelly	Navy	1965	Jim Lewis	Navy
1966	Hank Kaestner	Johns Hopkins	1966	Jim Lewis	Navy
1967	Hank Kaestner	Johns Hopkins	1967	Jack Heim	Maryland
1968	Carl Tamulevich	Navy	1968	Joe Cowan	Johns Hopkins
1969	Mike Clark	Johns Hopkins	1969	Joe Cowan	Johns Hopkins
1970	Greg Murphy	Navy	1970	Pete Cramblet	Army
1971	John Burnap	Cornell	1971	Tom Cafaro	Army
1972	Tom O’Leary	Army	1972	John Kaestner	Maryland
1973	Mike Thearle	Maryland	1973	Jack Thomas	Johns Hopkins
1974	Boo Smith	Virginia	1974	Jack Thomas	Johns Hopkins
1975	John Lawlor	Navy	1975	Eamon McEneaney	Cornell
1976	Mike Farrell	Maryland	1976	Mike French	Cornell
1977	Chris Kane	Cornell	1977	Mike O’Neill	Johns Hopkins
1978	Chris Kane	Cornell	1978	Mike O’Neill	Johns Hopkins
1979	Mark Greenberg	Johns Hopkins	1979	Bob Boniello	Maryland
1980	Mark Greenberg	Johns Hopkins	1980	Mike Buzzell	Navy
1981	Bob Henry	Army	1981	Jeff Cook	Johns Hopkins
1982	George McGeeney	UMBC	1982	Jeff Cook	Johns Hopkins
1983	Steve Byrne	Virginia	1983	Tim Nelson	Syracuse
1984	Tom Haus	North Carolina	1984	Tim Nelson	Syracuse
1985	John DeTommaso	Johns Hopkins	1985	Tim Nelson	Syracuse
1986	Tom Haus	North Carolina	1986	Roddy Marino	Virginia
1987	Tom Haus	North Carolina	1987	Tim Goldstein	Cornell
1988	Dave Pietramala	Johns Hopkins	1988	John Zulberti	Syracuse
1989	Dave Pietramala	Johns Hopkins	1989	John Zulberti	Syracuse
1990	Pat McCabe	Syracuse	1990	Greg Burns	Syracuse
1991	Graham Harden	North Carolina	1991	Mark Douglas	Maryland
1992	Brian Burlace	Maryland	1992	Darren Lowe	Brown
1992	David Morrow	Princeton	1993	Matt Riter	Syracuse
1993	David Morrow	Princeton	1994	Kevin Lowe	Princeton
1994	Reid Jackson	Rutgers	1995	Terry Riordan	Johns Hopkins
1995	Dan Radebaugh	Maryland	1996	Michael Watson	Virginia
1996	Tyler Hardy	Duke	1997	Jon Hess	Princeton
1997	Brian Kuczma	Johns Hopkins	1998	Casey Powell	Syracuse
1998	Christian Cook	Princeton	1999	John Grant	Delaware
1999	Ryan Curtis	Virginia	2000	Ryan Powell	Syracuse
2000	Marshall Abrams	Syracuse	2001	Michael Powell	Syracuse
2001	Ryan Mollett	Princeton	2002	Michael Powell	Syracuse
2002	John Glatzel	Syracuse	2003	Michael Powell	Syracuse
2003	Michael Howley	Maryland	2004	Michael Powell	Syracuse
2004	Lee Zink	Maryland	2005	Matt Danowski	Duke
2005	Brodie Merrill	Georgetown	2006	Joe Walters	Maryland
2006	Michael Culver	Virginia	2007	Matt Danowski	Duke
2007	Mitchell Belisle	Cornell	2008	Zack Greer	Duke
2008	Nick O’Hara	Duke	2009	Ned Crotty	Duke
2009	Michael Evans	Johns Hopkins	2010	Rob Pannell	Cornell
2010	Ken Clausen Ryan Flanagan	Virginia North Carolina	2011	Rob Pannell	Cornell
2011	John Lade	Syracuse	2012	Steele Stanwick	Virginia
2012	Tucker Durkin	Johns Hopkins	2013	Lyle Thompson	Albany
2013	Tucker Durkin	Johns Hopkins	2014	Lyle Thompson	Albany
2014	Joe Fletcher	Loyola	2015	Kevin Rice	Syracuse
2015	Matt Landis	Notre Dame	2016	Dylan Molloy	Brown
2016	Matt Landis	Notre Dame	2017	Connor Fields	Albany
2017	Tim Muller	Maryland	2018	Pat Spencer	Loyola
2018	John Sexton	Notre Dame	2019	Grant Ament	Penn State
2019	Johnny Surdick	Army

The further you go back in history, the more difficult it is to find available stats and film for individual games. Because of this reason, it makes it very difficult to look back at one-on-one matchups between every single winner of these two awards. So, things will be broken up and analyzed by decade and specific stats will only be provided if they are available. 

1946-1955

1946: The 1946 season marked the first of 74 consecutive meetings between Maryland and Navy. And that ’46 matchup features eventual Schmeisser Award winner Bob Fetters (Maryland) and eventual Turnbull Award winner Stewart (Stu) McLean. Navy won the contest 11-4 and went on to be crowned national champions later that season. 

1947: Princeton’s Fred Allner, Jr. won the 1947 Schmeisser Award and Johns Hopkins’ Brooke Tunstall won the Turnbull. When the two teams faced off, the Blue Jays won 8-7 in overtime. Johns Hopkins was named national champs at the end of the season. 

1948: The 1948 season saw Johns Hopkins repeat as national champions and Tunstall repeat as the Turnbull Award winner, becoming the first player to ever do so. Army’s John McEnery won the Schmeisser Award that season, becoming the first of nine winners to hail from West Point. When Hopkins and Army faced each other, the Blue Jays won 11-9. 

1949: Award winners did not face each other.

1950: Award winners did not face each other.

1951: During the 1951 season, Johns Hopkins’ Joe Sollers won the Schmeisser Award and Princeton’s Don Hahn won the Turnball Award. When these two squads met on the field, Princeton won 13-11. The Princeton Alumni Weekly credits Hahn with at least two goals in the second half. 

1952: Maryland’s Bill Hubbell won the Schmeisser Award and Virginia’s Gordy Jones won the Turnbull Award. When they met, Maryland won 12-11. It was Virginia’s only loss that season. 

1953: In 1953, Army’s Jack Johnson took home the Schmeisser Award and Johns Hopkins’  Buzzy Budnitz won the Turnbull Award. Army defeated the Blue Jays _-_ when they faced each other that season. 

1954: During the 1954 season, Navy’s  Stan Swanson won the Schmeisser Award and Maryland’s Rennie Smith took home the Turnbull Award. The Midshipmen went 7-0 that season, which included a 17-3 win over Maryland.

1955: Award Winners on the same team.

1956-1966

1956: Award winners did not face each other.

1957: In 1957, Army’s Ben Glyphis won the Schmeisser Award and Rutgers’ Jack Daut won the Turnbull Award. Army defeated Rutgers 9-4 when they faced each other in mid-April. 

1958: During the 1958 season, John Hopkins’ Walt Mitchell was awarded the Schmeissier Award and Maryland’s Dick Corrigan won the Turnbull Award. Johns Hopkins defeated Maryland 11-10 that season. 

1959: Award winners did not face each other.

1960: Award Winners on the same team.

1961: Johns Hopkins’ Mike Byrne won the Schmeisser Award and Navy’s Tom Mitchell won the Turnbull Award. Navy defeated Johns Hopkins 15-9 when they met head-to-head. 

1962: Award winners did not face each other.

1963: During the 1963 season, Navy’s Mike Coughlin won the Schmeisser Award and Maryland’s  Ray Altman won the Turnbull Award. Navy won the meeting 17-9. 

1964: Award Winners on the same team.

1965: Award Winners on the same team.

1966: Two all-time greats won both awards in 1966, as Johns Hopkins’ Hank Kaestner took home the Schmeisser Award and Navy’s Jimmy Lewis won the Turnbull award for the third consecutive year. Navy won the 1966 meeting 12-7. There is footage of the Kaestner vs Lewis matchup from 1966 on Youtube.