CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Graduate offensive lineman Zion Johnson was presented with the Scanlan Award at the annual senior awards banquet Sunday afternoon inside Gasson Hall. Johnson received Boston College's highest football honor given to the senior who best embodies the ideals of Tom Scanlan, class of 1920.
A courageous and inspiring fullback who played both offense and defense for the Eagle teams of 1916, 1917, and 1919, forgoing the 1918 season for military service in World War I, Thomas F. Scanlan was a popular student-athlete and beloved alumnus, who was elected Varsity Club President for five consecutive years (1942-1946).