In 1970, the IRA Stewards established this trophy for the winner of the Freshman Four With Coxswain and named the award in honor of the Cornell great who coached the Big Red for 34 years until his retirement after the 1970 season.

1970 Cornell	1984 Navy	1998 Wisconsin
1971 Pennsylvania	1985 Princeton "B"	1999 Wisconsin
1972 Princeton	1986 Brown	2000 Wisconsin
1973 Brown	1987 Brown	2001 Minnesota
1974 Princeton	1988 Princeton "B"	2002 Temple
1975 Pennsylvania "B"	1989 Wisconsin	2003 Hobart
1976 Boston University	1990 Northeastern	2004 Harvard
1977 Princeton	1991 Dartmouth	2005 Temple
1978 Princeton	1992 Navy	2006 Stanford
1979 Rutgers	1993 Navy
1980 Brown "A"	1994 Brown
1981 Pennsylvania "A"	1995 Brown
1982 Navy	1996 Wisconsin
1983 Oregon State	1997 Princeton