Former USC running back Charles White, who won a national championship with the Trojans in 1978 and the Heisman Trophy in ’79, died on Wednesday, the school announced. He was 64.
A Los Angeles native, White helped establish USC as “Tailback U,” becoming the school’s third Heisman Trophy winner. He remains the program’s all-time rushing leader with 6,245 career yards. During White’s four seasons at the school, USC went 42-6-1, winning three Rose Bowls in head coach John Robinson’s first four years with the program.
White eventually became a first-round draft pick by the Browns in 1980, and returned to Los Angeles with the Rams in ’85. He retired following the ’88 season and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in ’96.
