who was the first offensive player of the year

Larry Brown won the Offensive Player of the Year award in 1972.

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Who was the first offensive player of the year in a regular season?

	NAME	OPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Larry Brown L. Brown	1	1972	WAS	12	1,689	140.8	12	1,216	101.3	8	473	39.4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	O.J. Simpson	1	1973	BUF	14	2,073	148.1	12	2,003	143.1	12	70	5.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	1	1974	OAK	14	-13	-0.9	1	-2	-0.1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	1	1975	MIN	14	105	7.5	2	108	7.7	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bert Jones B. Jones	1	1976	BAL	14	214	15.3	2	214	15.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	1	1977	CHI	14	2,216	158.3	16	1,852	132.3	14	269	19.2	2	95	6.8	0	0	0.0	0
7	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1	1978	HOU	15	1,498	99.9	13	1,450	96.7	13	48	3.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1	1979	HOU	16	1,790	111.9	19	1,697	106.1	19	94	5.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	1	1980	HOU	15	1,981	132.1	13	1,934	128.9	13	47	3.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	1	1981	CIN	16	300	18.8	1	320	20.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	1	1982	SD	9	8	0.9	1	8	0.9	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	1	1983	WAS	16	234	14.6	1	234	14.6	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Dan Marino D. Marino	1	1984	MIA	16	-10	-0.6	0	-7	-0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Marcus Allen M. Allen	1	1985	RAI	16	2,308	144.3	14	1,759	109.9	11	555	34.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	1	1986	RAM	16	2,026	126.6	11	1,821	113.8	11	205	12.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1	1987	SF	12	1,129	94.1	23	51	4.3	1	1,078	89.8	22	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Roger Craig R. Craig	1	1988	SF	16	2,068	129.3	10	1,502	93.9	9	534	33.4	1	32	2.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe Montana J. Montana	1	1989	SF	13	224	17.2	3	227	17.5	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Warren Moon W. Moon	1	1990	HOU	15	215	14.3	2	215	14.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	1	1991	BUF	15	2,038	135.9	12	1,407	93.8	7	631	42.1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Steve Young S. Young	1	1992	SF	16	524	32.8	4	537	33.6	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jerry Rice J. Rice	1	1993	SF	16	1,572	98.3	16	69	4.3	1	1,503	93.9	15	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	1	1994	DET	16	2,166	135.4	8	1,883	117.7	7	283	17.7	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Brett Favre B. Favre	1	1995	GB	16	181	11.3	3	181	11.3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Terrell Davis T. Davis	1	1996	DEN	16	1,848	115.5	15	1,538	96.1	13	310	19.4	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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