The Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy was an individual honor awarded by the University of Maryland football team to its most outstanding lineman of the past season.
[1] The award was named in honor of 2LT Anthony C. Nardo, a United States Army officer killed in action in Belgium during the Second World War.
There are discrepancies between the University of Maryland's football media guides and contemporary newspaper articles from the 1950s regarding the Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy.
While the Anthony C. Nardo Memorial Trophy is not explicitly mentioned, the article notes that Kinney "took honors as best center and lineman.
Finally, the 1948 Terrapin notes that Gene Kinney was, "Awarded Tony Nardo Memorial trophy from Phi Delta Theta as top Terp lineman of season.
"[13] In addition, on February 25, 1950, Jesse Linthicum of The Sun observed that, "For the second straight year, Bob Ward was chosen as the outstanding lineman by vote of the [University of Maryland] team.