User:Cbl62/2010-12

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1 Bob Mann 2010 exp 56,920 75,858 End for UM (1944, 1946-47), NFL (1948-54)
2 Irving Kane Pond 2010-03-06 41,956 15,710 Noted architect, scored first UM TD 1879
3 Duncan Curry 25,001 12,235 Defafter of Knickerbocker Rules of baseball
4 William Wilson Talcott 2010-11-29 34,087 12,147 UM football 1897-1900, later killed himself after wife joined a "love cult"

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1 William Shakespeare 2010 exp 21.150 92,718 Notre Dame HB, AA (1935)
2 Frank Lary 2011 exp 20,867 79,825 MLB pitcher (1954-1965), 3x All-Star, known as the "Yankee Killer"
3 Weldy Walker 2012 exp 38,436 68,143 Third African American to play MLB (1884)
4 Dummy Taylor 2011 exp 34,574 48,762 Deaf pitcher in MLB (1900-08)
5 Rick Volk 2010 exp 23,232 63,090 Safety at UM (1964-66), Colts (1967-75)
6 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team 2012 exp 80,189 62,855
7 Steve Boros 2012 exp 59,135 38,399 UM (1956-57), Detroit 3B (1957-62), Oakland manager (1983-84)
8 Johnny Gee 2012 exp 46,289 20,110 UM (1935-37), MLB (1939-46), 6'9" tallest player in MLB until Randy Johnson
9 Fred Dunlap 2011 exp 37,055 28,747 MLB 2B 1880-91

Michigan football

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Players (1879-1969)

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1 Frederic L. Smith* 2010-11-27 8,175 94,200 General Motors co-founder
2 Bob Mann 2010 exp 56,920 75,858 End for UM (1944, 1946-47), NFL (1948-54)
3 Rick Volk 2010 exp 23,232 67,270 Safety at UM (1964-66), Colts (1967-75)
4 Willie Heston 2010 exp 31,011 40,985 UM halfback (1901-04), CFHOF
5 William Dennison Clark* 2010-11-05 13,620 37,589 UM football 1903-05; blunder broke 56-game unbeaten streak
6 George Genyk* 2012-12-15 9,233 32,537 UM G/T 1957-59
7 Tom Curtis 2011 exp 11,864 32,524 UM S 1967-69
8 Lowell Perry 2011 exp 18,936 31,629 UM E/S 1950-52
9 Wally Gabler 2010 exp 12,666 27,757 Michigan QB (1964-65)
10 Jim Van Pelt* 2010-08 19,887 27,370 QB at UM (1955-57), Winnipeg (1958-59)
11 Dennis Brown* 2010-08-13 17,682 26,847 UM QB (1966-68), broke school passing records
12 Whitey Wistert 2007, 2011 19,251 21,169 UM T 1931-33
13 John Chase* 2011-06-28 14,940 20,418 UM 1879-80, commander National Guard Ludlow Massacre
14 Bob Hollway 2012 exp 8,827 19,918 UM E 1947-49
15 Tommy Hughitt 2011 exp 12,766 19,216 UM back, punter, kicker, AA 1913
16 Vincent Mroz* 2012-11-27 13,995 19,105 UM end (1943), Secret Service agent involved in gun battle with Puerto Rican nationalists (1950)
17 James Baird* 2010-04-12 19,495 19,075 UM QB 1892-95, builder of Flatiron Building and Lincoln Memorial
18 Don Coleman 2011 exp 16,890 18,278 UM DE/LB 1971-73
19 Bruce McLenna* 2011-07-24 10,332 17,318 UM HB 1961, NFL 1966-68, killed in military auto crash 1968
20 Bob Callahan* 2011-07-18 5,025 17,195 UM C/LB (1945-46)
21 John Herrnstein 2012 exp 20,501 16,429 UM 1956-59
22 Ivy Williamson 2010 exp 19,998 16,170 Michigan end (1930-32), Wisconsin AD (1955-69)
23 Alvin Wistert 2011 exp 22,717 16,046 UM T 1947-49
24 Irving Kane Pond* 2010-03-06 41,956 15,719 Noted architect, scored first UM TD 1879
25 Edward Slaughter* 2007, 2010 17,920 13,779 UM guard, AA (1923-24)
26 Meyer Morton* 2011-11-06 11,297 13,400 UM 1910, namesake of Meyer Morton Award
27 Dennis Fitzgerald* 2010-07-26 17,663 13,233 UM halfback, MVP of 1960 team
28 Russell D. Oliver* 2012-02-05 9,310 13,005 UM FB 1932-34
29 William Wilson Talcott* 2010-11-29 34,087 12,147 UM football 1897-1900, later killed himself after wife joined a "love cult"
30 Fred Baer* 2010-08-07 9,959 12,081 UM FB 1952-54
31 Stan Noskin* 2010-08-22 18,948 11,328 UM QB 1957-59
32 Ted Kress* 2010-07-26 9,192 10,778 UM HB 1951-53
33 Carl Ward 2011-07-17 9,216 10,706 UM HB/DB 1964-66
34 Mel Anthony* 2010-08-09 8,344 10,593 UM fullback (1962-64), MVP 1965 Rose Bowl
35 Fred Negus* 2010-01-01 5,400 10,317 UM center 1943
36 Harry Allis* 2011-07-17 15,328 10,296 E/DE/PK/P (1948-50)
37 Bill Keating* 2011-07-21 7,272 10,208 UM G 1963-65
38 George Mans* 2010-01-20 13,527 10,259 UM end (1959-61)
39 William W. Hannan* 2010-11-28 10,058 10,182 Played on first UM football team, later a real estate developer and first president of National Association of Realtors
40 Frank Longman 2010 exp 9,838 10,170 UM FB (1903-05), Notre Dame HC (1909-10)
41 Tom Cecchini* 2012-01-07 12,301 10,053 UM LB 1963-65
42 Bill Morley 2011 exp 19,216 9,976 UM HB/QB 1895, Columiba 1899-1901, consensus AA 1900, 1901, CHOF
43 Dave Allerdice 2011-12 exp 14,870 9,285 HB 1907-09
44 William Renner* 2010-03-29 10,162 9,197 UM QB (1931-35)
45 Thomas S. Hammond* 2010-03-21 26,410 9,189 UM FB/HB/E (1903-05)
46 Tom Goss* 2012-01-16 3,744 8,989 UM DT (1965-68), AD (1997-2000)
47 Henry Schulte 2010 exp 21,099 8,755 UM G/C (1903-05),HC Missouri (1914-18), Nebraska (1919-20)
48 John Garrels* 2010 exp 29,999 8,575 E/FB 1904-06, silver medal 1907 Olympics
49 Jack Weisenburger* 2011-05-25 10,508 8,508 UM HB/FB/QB (1944-47)
50 Hercules Renda* 2010-07-17 11,164 8,445 UM HB (1937-39)
51 Thomas Jesse Drumheller* 2010-11-27 7,585 8,161 UM QB (1896), sheep rancher in Walla Walla
52 Ted Bank* 2011-02-07 34,735 8,119 UM QB/HB (1919-21), HC Idaho (1935-40)
53 Lou Baldacci 2010 exp 13,013 8,065 UM halfback (1953-55), Steelers (1956)
54 Jim Maddock* 2010-08-22 14,931 7,932 UM QB (1954-56)
55 Fred Julian* 2012-12-15 12,429 7,923 UM HB (1957-59)
Rocky Rosema 2011 exp 4,664 7,922 UM LB/DE 1965-67
56 Robert Kolesar* 2010-02-24 11,527 7,909 UM guard (1940-42), Browns (1946)
57 Tony Rio* 2010-07-31 7,688 7,326 UM FB (1957-59), MVP (1959)
58 John Ghindia* 2010-08-20 19,751 7,191 UM QB/LB (1946-49)
59 Tom Pullen 2011-03-20 5,286 7,124 UM TE 1965-67
60 Louis Gilbert* 2010-12-27 17,726 6,979 UM HB (1925-27)
61 Bob Wiese* 2010-01-01 7,126 6,842 UM FB/QB (1942-44,1946), Lions (1947-48)
62 Tony Branoff* 2010-07-31 19,502 6,807 UM HB (1952-55), MVP (1953)
63 Robert J. Dunne* 2010-03-26 14,566 6,752 UM E/G (1918-21)
64 Ed Meads* 2012-12-15 9,981 6,731 UM G/C 1952-55
65 Roger Sherman* 2010-04-11 14,393 6,679 UM QB/E (1890-93), HC Iowa (1894)
66 Fred Janke* 2010-08-07 8,281 6,618 UM T/FB (1936-38)
67 William M. Morrow* 2010-11-26 9,258 6,617 UM football 1885-86, Brigadier General in US Army
68 Fred Trosko* 2010-07-17 13,835 6,564 UM HB (1937-39), HC EMU (1952-64)
69 Howard Abbott* 2010-11-24 6,601 6,516 QB for first Minnesota team (1886) and Michigan (1889)
70 Donald R. Deskins Jr.* 2011-07-19 3,440 6,472 UM T 1958-59
71 Russ Reader* 2010-02-22 5,532 6,333 UM DB/HB/QB (1941), MSU (1945-46), NFL (1947), CFL (1949)
72 Ralph Kohl 2010 exp 19,252 6,264 UM T (1947-48)
73 George Babcock 2011 exp 9,372 6,132 Tackle (1923-25, HC Cincinnati 1927-3
74 John Brennan* 2010-02-24 10,092 6,106 UM guard (1936-38)
75 Garvie Craw* 2010-08-08 3,546 6,103 UM FB/HB (1967-69)
76 Tom Johnson* 2010-09-25 12,573 c. 6,000 UM DT/OT (1949-51), Packers (1952)
77 Gene Knutson 2010-07-24 6,686 5,974 UM DE (1951-53), Packers (1954, 1956)
78 Edmond H. Barmore* 2010-11-27 8,269 5,877 UM HB (1879-80)
79 William J. Olcott* 2010-11-22 10,947 5,831 UM three-quarter back (1881-83)
80 S. Spencer Scott* 2012-01-25 3,758 5,783 UM FB/T 1911-13
81 Frank G. Higgins* 2010-11-25 8,879 5,738 UM forward (1885), Lt. Gov. Montana (1901-05)
82 Arnie Simkus* 2010-02-22 3,152 5,733 UM DE/DT (1962, 1964), Jets (1965), Vikings (1967)
83 Stanley Borleske 2010 exp 12,147 5,652 UM E (1908-10); HC ND Ag nand Fresno State
84 Darrell Harper* 2010-08-25 9,408 5,594 UM HB/PK (1957-59), Buffalo (1960)
85 Royal T. Farrand* 2010-11-24 7,987 5,567 UM QB (1887)
86 Stanley Fay* 2010-07-19 10,688 5,444 UM HB/QB (1931-33)
87 Paul White* 2010-01-01 4,648 5,441 UM HB/DB (1941-43, 1946)
88 William Caley 2012-02-21 19,688 5,364 UM G/HB 1896-98
89 Jack Karwales* 2010-08-27 11,833 5,340 End (1941-42), NFL (1946-47)
90 Bob Topp* 2010-08-29 8,936 5,214 UM end (1952-53) Giants (1954, 1956)
91 Thomas J. Riley* 2011-12-11 14,709 5,191 UM G 1908, HC Maine 1912-13, Amherst 1914-16
92 John Regeczi* 2010-03-29 9,312 5,167 UM FB/HB (1932-34)
93 Herb Graver* 2010-03-18 13,265 5,165 UM E/HB/FB/QB (1901-03), HC Marietta (1904)
94 James E. Lawrence* 2011-07-19 14,925 5,145 UM T/FB/PK (1902)
95 Jack Wheeler* 2010-08-03 8,294 5,131 UMHB/FB/QB (1928-30)
96 Forrest M. Hall 2012 exp 16,933 5,102 UM G 1895
97 Tony Dauksza* 2012-02-04 11,227 5,074 UM 1933, filmmaker, outdoorsman
98 Frank Millard* 2011-01-05 7,107 5,068 UM guard (1912-15)
99 Jack Carpenter* 2010-08-28 9,961 5,067 UM tackle (1946), pro (1947-54)
100 Bert Carr 2012-02-23 11,759 5,029 UM G/C 1894-96
101 James Simrall* 2009, 2011 14,161 5,025 UM HB/QB, MVP 1929
102 George W. Gregory* 2011-05-21 21,151 4,983 UM C (1901-03)
103 Charles Widman* 2012-02-19 11,011 4,927 UM HB (1898)
104 Rudy Rosatti* 2010-02-21 3,924 4,919 UM tackle (1922), NFL (1923-28)
105 John W. Hollister 2011 exp 11,622 4,904 UM HB 1893, 1895
106 Don Peterson* 2010-08-01 5,925 4,849 UM FB/HB (1948-51), MVP (1951)
107 Douglas Farmer* 2011-05-28 5,865 4,848 UM QB (1935-37)
108 Tony Momsen 2010 exp 9,434 4,811 UM C/LB (1945, 1949-50)
109 Charles B. Carter* 2010-11-01 8,426 4,770 UM guard (1902, 1904)
110 Archie Kodros 2010 exp 12,478 4,732 UM C (1937-39), HC Whitman and Hawaii
111 Benjamin H. Southworth 2011-05-22 7,849 4,668 UM G/C 1900-01
112 Howie Auer* 2010-01-01 5,267 4,658 UM tackle (1929-31), NFL (1933)
113 Frederick L. Conklin* 2010-03-28 8,741 4,631 UM E/T/G (1909-11)
114 William Fortune* 2010-02-21 3,007 4,627 UM G/T (1917-18), NFL (1920, 1924-25)
115 J. De Forest Richards* 2010-11-27 5,588 4,576 UM HB/QB (1894-97)
116 Jim Brieske* 2011-07-16 21,027 4,558 PK/C (1942, 1946-47)
117 Frank Villa* 2012-02-22 20,955 4,523 UM T 1893-96
118 William L. Allen 2012 exp 11,153 4,478 UM guard (1897-98), HC Washington State (1900, 1902)
119 Joseph Truskowski 2011-05-24 11,011 4,448 UM E 1926-29
120 Dave Glinka* 2010-08-21 10,191 4,406 UM QB (1960-62)
121 Walter D. Graham* 2010-12-13 10,120 4,393 UM G/T (1904-07)
122 Abe Cohn* 2011-03-08 17,253 4,382 UM HB/E (1917-18, 1920)
123 Roy Beechler* 2011-12-08 10,332 4,350 UM C/T (1904), HC Mount Union (1905)
124 Willie Smith* 2011-07-23 4,595 4,307 UM T 1956-58
125 James K. Watkins* 2010-12-08 6,979 4,299 UM T/FB/C (1905-09), Detroit police commissioner(1934-36)
126 James E. Duffy* 2010-04-08 13,100 4,288 UM HB (1885-91)
127 Joe Gembis* 2011-11-14 14,333 4,281 UM 1926-29, Wayne HC 1932-45
128 Matt Patanelli* 2010-08-01 16,165 4,250 UM E/HB
129 Fred Townsend 2011-06-27 6,019 4,191 UM forward 1881
130 James Joy Miller* 2010-03-29 7,693 4,169 UM E/HB/QB (1907-10), academic scandal
131 Walter Rheinschild 2010 exp 26,581 4,100 UM T/FB (1904-05, 1907), HC Washington State (1908), Occidental (1917)
132 John Kowalik* 2011-05-28 5,102 4,039 UM G 1960-62
133 Harry S. Hammond* 2011-05-23 9,915 4,009 UM E/HB (1904-07)
134 Estel Tessmer* 2010-03-28 4,235 3,997 UM QB (1929-31)
135 George Dygert* 2010-04-07 15,544 3,966 UM FB/HB/QB (1890-94)
136 Thomas H. McNeil* 2010-11-26 5,884 3,904 UM QB (1884-85)
137 Stanley Muirhead* 2010-02-21 7,560 3,898 UM T/G (1921-23), NFL (1924)
138 Oscar Lambert* 2011-03-08 20,339 3,892 UM center (1917)
139 Henry Fonde* 2010-01-21 9,472 3,890 UM HB (1945-47)
140 Ralph Fritz* 2010-02-21 4,676 3,885 UM guard (1939-40), NFL (1941)
141 David L. Dunlap* 2011-12-08 15,218 3,852 UM E/HB 1901-03, 1905, HC N Dakota 1908-11
142 William F. Borgmann* 6,601 3,829 UM G 1932-34
143 Omer LaJeunesse* 2010-07-15 10,572 3,766 UM G/FB (1929-31), HC Michigan Tech (1957-62)
144 Harry James* 2011-12-05 15,970 3,752 UM QB 1903
145 Frank Gates Allen* 4,673 3,705 UM forward 1879-80
146 Don Robinson 2012-10-08 10,136 3,650 UM HB/QB 1941-43, 1945-46
147 Herbert Huebel* 2011-04-11 12,817 3,619 UM QB/HB (1911-12)
148 George Greenleaf* 6,176 3,576 UM QB/E 1893-96
149 Lewis Reimann 2011-01-05 16,291 3,553 UM T 1914-15
150 Paul Kromer* 2011-05-29 12,767 3,528 UM HB (1937-39)
151 Ferris Jennings* 2011-04-04 14,019 3,495 UM QB/S (1934-36)
152 Quentin Sickels* 2011-07-14 12,237 3,418 UM G 1944, 1946-48
153 Charles H. Campbell* 2011-06-29 7,566 3,389 1879 UM team, lawyer
154 Elmer Beach* 7,403 3,373 UM QB/forward 1882-83
155 Milo Sukup* 2011-04-02 9,374 3,306 UM guard (1938-40)
156 Lawrence Roehm* 2011-02-08 12,027 3,274 UM QB/HB 1913-15
157 Andrew G. Reid 2011-12-07 12,532 3,255 UM FB 1901
158 Theodore M. Stuart* 2011-12-10 15,342 3,125 UM E/HB 1904-05
159 F. Stuart Wilkins* 2010-07-16 9,402 3,451 UM guard (1945-48)
160 Ebin Wilson 2010 exp 10,463 4,109 UM C/G 1899-1901
161 John W. F. Bennett* 2010-04-13 7,095 3,651 UM G/E 1896-98
162 Paul Magoffin* 2010-01-09 11,380 3,485 UM HB (1904-07), HC ND State (1908), George Washington (1910)
163 James Van Inwagen* 2010-12-12 9,729 3,452 UM FB/E/HB (1888-91)
164 Leo J. Keena* 2010-11-23 9,491 3,418 UM FB (1897-1899), Ambassador to Honduras and later South Africa
165 Norm Daniels* 2010-06-12 16,002 3,417 UM E/HB 1929-31
166 Alanson Weeks* 2010-11-23 5,735 3,265 UM FB (1898)
167 James Edward Johns* 2010-02-22 3,115 3,215 UM G/T 1920-22
168 William Harrison Mace* 2010-11-28 6,970 3,208 UM rusher (1882), professor of American history
169 Reuben Kelto* 2010-08-01 6,249 3,205 UM tackle (1939-41), MVP (1941)
170 Alan Bovard* 2010-07-14 12,432 3,203 UM center 1926-29
171 Prentiss Douglass 2010 exp 4,206 3,155
172 Rudy Smeja* 2010-02-24 4,310 3,092 UM E 1941-43
173 Thomas A. Bogle Jr.* 2011-12-09 6,166 3,083 UM C/G/T (1910-11), HC DePauw (1913-14)
174 Arthur Karpus* 2011-03-10 14,685 3,072 UM E/HB (1917-18)
175 Arthur Redner* 2010-03-14 6,875 3,060 UM HB (1900-01)
176 Henry M. Senter 2010-11-23 17,026 3,023 UM 1893-96
177 Jackson Keefer* 2010-02-22 5,636 3,004 UM HB/FB (1922),NFL (1926, 1928)
178 Frederick W. Henninger* 2010-04-12 11,378 3,001 UM T/G (1897-99)
179 Herb Steger* 2010-03-25 9,442 2,987 UM HB (1922-24)
180 Otto Carpell* 2011-01-02 7,335 2,916 UM HB (1909-12)
181 Dick Hill* 2012-12-15 3,913 2,909 UM G 1953-56
182 Virgil Tupper* 2010-12-07 4,415 2,833 UM guard (1891-92)
183 Bill Pritula 2012-01-14 9,340 2,795 UM T 1941-42, 1946-47
184 Robert Derleth* 2010-01-01 8,871 2,790
185 Walter S. Horton* 2010-11-27 3,431 2,769
186 John A. Bloomingston* 2010-12-07 15,425 2,768 UM FB 1894-95
187 Horace Dyer* 2011-07-02 8,171 2,684 UM HB 1894
188 Norman Sterry* 2010-11-02 12,766 2,644 UM HB/E 1900-02
189 William C. Malley 2010-01-04 6,160 2,630 UM T/G (1888-1890), HC Wabash (1892)
190 Harold Watts* 2010-08-01 3,277 2,620 UM center (1943-45), MVP (1945)
191 George C. Thomson 2012-04-17 16,586 2,604 UM FB/P 1911-12
192 Emory J. Hyde* 2011-12-07 8,674 2,582 UM (1901), HC TCU (1905-07)
193 Andrew W. Smith* 2011-12-11 7,687 2,518 UM G/C 1909
194 Horace LaBissoniere* 2010-02-22 2,600 2,515 UM C/G, Hammond Pros (1922)
195 William J. Duff* 2010-11-28 4,437 2,507 UM football (1882-1884)
196 Art Renner* 2011-05-28 6,834 2,482 UM end (1943-46)
197 Leo Draveling* 2010-12-31 12,720 2,472 UM E/T 1928-30
198 Rolla Bigelow* 2011-11-01 10,183 2,471 UM HB/FB (1902-03)
199 George S. Holden* 2010-11-24 4,951 2,462 UM QB 1890
200 Ernest Sprague 2011-06-27 4,203 2,454 Rusher 1886-87
201 Charles S. Mitchell* 2011-06-28 9,491 2,427 UM goalkeeper (1879)
202 Fred Rehor 2011-03-07 10,178 2,401 UM G 1914-16
203 Charles Grube* 2010-02-21 3,943 2,385 End at UM (1923-25) Detroit NFL (1926)
204 Stark Ritchie* 2012-04-28 11,285 2,301 UM HB (1935-37)
205 Jesse R. Langley* 2011-12-08 6,760 2,275 UM 1904-07
206 Walter W. Shaw* 2010-03-19 5,159 2,250 UM HB/QB (1899-1901)
207 Alvin Loucks* 2010-02-21 6,774 2,207 UM guard
208 Collins H. Johnston* 2011-06-29 9,129 2,207 UM HB 1879
209 William D. Cochran* 2011-01-04 11,079 2,160 UM G/T (1913-15)
210 Jerry Marciniak* 2011-03-29 5,988 2,155 UM G 1955-58
211 Walter Niemann* 2010-02-21 2,920 2,112 UM center (1915-16)
212 Cecil Gooding* 2011-05-22 5,312 2,089 UM guard (1902-03)
213 George M. Lawton* 2011 exp 7,761 2,084 UM FB/P 1908-10
214 Bruce Gregory* 2010-02-22 3,801 1,909
215 Efton James* 2011-01-02 4,537 1,893 UM end (1912-13)
216 John Wombacher* 2010-11-24 7,738 1,804 UM C 1896
217 Roy Torbet 2011-01-01 14,320 1,669 UM E/FB/HB 1910-13
218 Walt Kreinheder* 2010-02-21 3,573 1,383 UM C/G (1920-21), NFL (1922-23, 1925)
219 Fred Dawley* 2010-02-24 4,597 1,278 Michigan FB (1939-41), Lions (1944)
220 Fred Ratterman* 2010-02-24 2,813 1,235 UM HB/QB (1930, 1933), NFL (1934)

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1 Denard Robinson* 2010-09-04 131,019 1,541,553 UM QB 2010-12
2 Devin Funchess* 2012-11-05 41,604 989,533 UM TE 2012-14, NFL 2015-20
3 Thomas Rawls* 2012-11-04 37,907 764,400 UM RB 2011-13, NFL 2015-18
4 Devin Gardner* 2010-02-07 32,702 497,985 UM QB 2012-14
5 Fitzgerald Toussaint* 2011-09-09 37,729 278,025 UM RB 2011-13 NFL 2014-17
6 Blake Countess* 2011-07-03 29,607 173,332 UM CB 2011-14
7 List of Michigan Wolverines football players* 2010-08-08 97,256 163,133 Notable UM football players
8 Greg Morton 2012 exp 11,072 149,958 UM defensive end (1974-76)
9 Jeremy Gallon* 2011-09-25 26,874 121,558 UM wide receiver (2010-2013) and professionally (2014-2019)
10 Mike Martin* 2010-09-30 22,657 112,559 37 games as UM nose tackle 2008-2011
11 Dennis Franks 2012 exp 12,759 105,384 UM center (1972-74)
12 Craig Roh* 2010-08-04 27,490 87,185 UM hybrid LB (2009-12)
13 Steven Threet* 2010-08-18 24,561 85,437 UM QB (2007-08)
14 Vincent Smith* 2011-10-29 9,856 79,813 UM RB 2009-12
15 Kyle Kalis* 2012-08-30 18,694 76,501 UM G/C (2013-16)
16 Matt Wile* 24,125 76,213 UM PK 2011-14
17 Dennis Norfleet* 2012-11-12 13,097 71,944 UM WR/RB (2012-14)
18 Curt Mallory* 2012-11-09 20,349 64,825 UM LB (1988-90)
19 William Campbell* 2012-11-11 21,458 52,396 UM OT (2009-12)
20 Jay Riemersma 2010 exp 20,206 53,046 UM TE (1992-1995)
21 Chuck Heater* 2010-08-08 25,938 47,751 UM RB (1972-74)
22 John Wangler 2010-08-04 35,830 46,895 UM QB (1979-80)
23 Morgan Trent 2010 exp 12,073 43,591 Cornerback at UM (2005-08), NFL (2009-12) (1983-86)
24 Mike Keller* 13,397 43,582 UM LB 1969-71
25 Michael Taylor* 2010-08-12 24,742 36,149 UM QB (1986-89)
26 Erik Campbell* 2012-10-09 13,454 34,853 UM safety/WR (1984-87)
27 Todd Schlopy* 2011-07-23 7,244 33,713 UM PK 1981-84
28 Glenn Doughty 30,512 29,520
29 Mike Jolly 2012 exp 9,414 23,656 UM S 1976-79
30 Mike Hoban* 4,322 22,540
31 Josh Williams* 2011-07-20 7,508 c. 20,800 UM DT 1996-99
32 Larry Stevens* 2010-09-01 10,390 21,110 UM DE/LB (2000-03)
33 Drew Dileo* 2012-11-05 13,732 19,680 UM WR (2010-13)
34 Walt Downing 2012 exp 12,808 19,472 UM G 1975-77, started 36 consecutive games
35 Chris Zurbrugg* 2011-10-23 8,639 19,453 UM QB 1984-86
36 Gerald White* 2010-10-12 16,373 19,406 UM fullback
37 Ernest Shazor 2010 exp 10,098 18,949 UM safety, AA (1994)
38 Andre Weathers 2010 exp 12,721 18,066 Cornerback at UM (1995-98), Giants (1999-2000)
39 Doug Skene* 2011-07-20 10,234 18,030 UM G 1989-92
40 Ed Shuttlesworth* 2010-09-01 16,038 17,455 UM leading rusher (1972, 1973)
41 Andy Cannavino* 2010-09-07 8,009 16,548 UM linebacker (1977-80)
42 Darryl Stonum* 2010-08-28 11,795 16,416 UM wide receiver (2008-11)
43 Gil Chapman* 2010-08-29 18,564 15,877 UM RB and returner (1972-74)
44 Tom Seabron* 2011-07-23 4,293 13,886 UM LB 1975-78
45 Julius Curry* 2010-08-30 6,570 13,779 UM safety and punt returner (1999-2002)
46 Jim Betts* 2012-12-10 13,031 13,685 UM QB/safety (1968-70)
47 James Whitley* 2011-07-20 8,052 13,652 UM CB 1997-2000
48 DeWayne Patmon* 2010-08-08 10,720 13,475 UM defensive back (1997-2000)
49 Marty Huff* 2010-09-02 15,092 12,972 UM linebacker (1967-1970)
50 Burnie Legette* 2010-09-01 10,395 12,842 UM RB 1989-92
51 Doug Marsh 2012 exp 16,130 12,320 UM TE 1976-79
52 Charles Drake 2012 exp 7,286 11,484 UM S 1999-2002
53 Chris Ziemann* 2011-07-18 7,062 9,811 UM OT 1996-99
54 Brian Townsend* 2011-07-20 6,786 9,662 UM LB 1988-1991
55 Larry Cipa* 2010-08-28 4,570 10,508 UM QB (1971-73)
56 Monte Robbins* 2010-09-20 10,464 9,651 UM punter (1984-87)
57 Steve Strinko* 2010-07-28 13,527 9,142 UM linebacker (1972-74)
58 Robert Thompson* 2010-09-08 10,384 9,428 UM linebacker (1979-82)
59 Tom Dohring* 2011-07-24 6,929 8,237 UM OT 1987-90
60 Jerry Diorio* 2010-09-07 8,189 8,708 Michigan OG (1980-83), Lions replacement player (1987)
61 Fritz Seyferth* 2012-12-11 14,414 8,346 UM HB/FB (1969-71)
62 Thomas Guynes* 2010-08-31 3,682 7,671 Michigan OT/OG (1994-96), NFL (1997-98)
63 Cecil Pryor* 2012-12-09 13,655 7,585 UM DE 1967-69
64 Jerry Meter* 2010-01-23 6,511 7,336 UM LB/DE (1976-78), coach (1980-87)
65 Clint Haslerig 7,956 7,306 UM WR 1971-73
66 Marion Body* 2010-09-08 3,281 6,895 UM CB (1979-92), Michigan Panthers (1983)
67 Henry Hill* 2010-07-29 11,339 6,828 UM guard (1968-70), MVP (1970)
68 Bob Thornbladh* 2010-01-23 5,603 6,865 UM FB 1971-73
69 Buster Stanley* 2010-08-02 7,061 6,607 UM DT/nose guard (1990-93), Patriots (1994)
70 Tom Beckman* 2010-08-29 7,905 6,703 UM DE/LB/T (1969-71), Cardinals (1972)
71 Paul Girgash* 2010-09-07 6,963 5,758 UM ILB (1979-82), Michigan Panthers (1984)
72 Carl Russ* 2012-12-08 7,761 4,719 UM LB 1972-74
73 Guy Murdock 2012 exp 8,960 4,663 UM offensive line
74 Pete Newell* 2012-12-13 7,664 4,460 UM DT 1968-70
75 William P. Edmunds 2011 exp 12,617 4,172 UM T 1908-10, HC Wash U 1913-16
76 John Hennessy 2012 exp 4,180 4,166 UM LB 1974-76
77 Jason Vinson* 2012-11-11 4,785 3,977 UM punter 1997-98
78 Milt Carthens* 2010-08-08 3,290 3,759 UM OT/TE (1982-83), Colts (1987)
79 Fred Grambau* 2012-12-12 4,564 3,678 UM DT 1969-72

Coaches

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1 Brady Hoke exp 2011 47,426 1,350,741 UM HC 2011-14
2 List of Michigan head coaches* 2010-05-29 39,760 871,010 UM head football coaches
3 Frank Crawford 2011 exp 24,974 40,441 UM HC and player 1891
4 Jeff Hecklinski* 2012-11-09 14,305 31,205 UM WR coach (2011-14)
5 Steve Szabo* 2012-10-09 15,999 23,206 UM LB coach (2006-07)
6 Tirrel Burton* 2010-01-21 13,431 22,786 Miami (OH) halfback, UM assistant coach
7 Dick Hunter* 2010-01-23 3,941 16,446 Miami (OH) quarterback, assistant coach under Bo Schembechler 1967-71
8 Jerry Hanlon* 2010-01-20 8,096 16,633 Assistant coach under Schembechler 1966-1991
9 Jed Hughes 2010-01-23 2,677 18,133 UM linebackers coach 1974-75
10 Frank Barbour 2007-11-23 19,266 13,138 UM HC 1892-93
11 William Ward exp 2007, 2011 19,664 12,987 Michigan HC 1896
12 Lindsy McLean 2010-01-24 6,137 13,587 UM trainer, 1968-79, later came out as gay and reported harassment
13 Bobby Morrison 2012-10-08 8,410 9,545 UM asst coach 1987-2002
14 Jack Nelson* 11,209 c. 9,000 UM ends coach 1959-65
15 Milan Vooletich* 12,525 6,112 UM asst coach 1978-85
16 Kit Cartwright* 2012-10-08 8,898 5,701 UM QB/WR coach 1994-95
17 A. J. Sturzenegger* 2010-12-13 9,453 4,000 Assistant coach at UM (1920-23), UCLA (1925-48)

Seasons

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1 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-26 131,249 197,614 7–6 record, Robinson QB
2 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team 2012 79,902 68,071 10–2, Big Ten co-champion, AP/UPI No. 3
3 1964 Michigan Wolverines football team* 52,909 38,597 9–1, Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion, AP/UPI No. 4
4 1950 Michigan Wolverines football team* 23,480 23,740 6–3–1, Big Ten and Rose Bowl champion, UPI No. 6
5 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team* 52,691 55,621 9–0 consensus national champion
6 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team* 47,125 53,649 10–0, Big Nine and Rose Bowl champion, national champion
7 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 87,343 17,560 Big Ten co-champion, No. 3 in AP poll, featured Bill Daley, Bob Wiese, Merv Pregulman
8 1942 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 26,210 13,113 7–3 AP No. 9
9 1941 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 43,558 14,373 Ranked No. 5 in final AP poll, led by Bob Westfall, Tom Kuzma and Al Wistert
10 1940 Michigan Wolverines football team* 50,212 21,339 7–1 AP No. 3, Tom Harmon consensus AA
11 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team* 81,757 34,241 7–0–1 national champion
12 1932 Michigan Wolverines football team* 36,449 30,499 8–0 national champion
13 1931 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 29,633 13,459 Big ten co-champion led by Maynard Morrison, Bill Hewitt and Ivy Williamson
14 1930 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 35,491 14,799 Undefeated Big Ten co-champion led by QB Harry Newman
15 1926 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 17,894 15,498 7–1 Big Ten co-champion
16 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 78,556 22,568 "The Benny-to-Bennie Show," Yost called them "the greatest football team I ever saw in action."
17 1923 Michigan Wolverines football team* 63,651 26,173
18 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-01 72,247 15,159 Undefeated Big Ten co-champion starring Harry Kipke
19 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team* 49,239 24,315 5–0 national champion
20 1917 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-08 41,656 11,844 8–2
21 1916 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-08 46,220 11,216 7–2
22 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-07-26 59,285 11,052 6–1, James B. Craig MVP
23 1912 Michigan Wolverines football team* 56,773 11,430 5–2
24 1911 Michigan Wolverines football team* 91,646 12,082 5–1–2
25 1910 Michigan Wolverines football team* 86,587 19,528 3–0–3 Albert Benbrook
26 1909 Michigan Wolverines football team* 95,299 14,179
27 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team* 61,422 13,901
28 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-08 42,999 14,724 Team led by Germany Schulz, Paul Magoffin, and Walter Rhinschild
29 1905 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-07 44,708 26,572 Lost final game to Chicago, 2-0, on Clark's blunder, breaking five-year unbeaten streak
30 1904 Michigan Wolverines football team* 22,758 33,796
31 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team* 67,591 35,661
32 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team* 71,104 62,447
33 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team* 68,399 101,850
34 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team* 65,252 22,154
35 1894 Michigan Wolverines football team* 53,251 17,960
36 1892 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-07 55,395 16,402 First games against Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northwestern
37 1891 Michigan Wolverines football team 45,587 23,258
38 1890 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-05 28,278 17,049 First racially integrated UM football team with Jewett in backfield
39 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-06 23,654 14,992 2–1 including 76-4 victory over Albion
40 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-06 17,877 16,587 Undefeated team outscored opponents 102 to 10
41 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-06 23,512 14,740
42 1884 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-06 16,417 14,488
43 1882 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-06 3,449 11,147
44 1880 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-06 12,445 16,664 Second UM football team defeated Toronto Lacrosse Club in Toronto
45 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team* 2010-01-06 24,323 38,409 First UM football team
  1. Template:1923 Michigan Wolverines football navbox*
  2. Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry
  3. List of Michigan Wolverines football trainers*
  4. Michigan Wolverines football statistical leaders
  5. List of historically significant Michigan Wolverines football games

Baseball/softball

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Detroit Tigers/Wolverines

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1 Mickey Lolich 2011, 2019 exp 34,916 465,150 Detroit pitcher 1963-75, MLB wins and strikeouts leader 1971
2 List of Detroit Tigers team records 2010-01 38,810 390,534 Detroit Tigers team records
3 Frank Lary 2011 exp 21,367 83,988 Detroit pitcher 1954-64, "Yankee Killer"
4 Bobby Lowe 2011 exp 230,267 44,579 MLB 2B 1890-1907, first MLB player to hit 4 HR in a game, tied MLB record with 17 total bases and six hits in a game
5 Fred Dunlap 2011 exp 37,055 28,784 MLB 2B 1880-1891
6 Pete Conway* 2007, 2011 17,403 15,495 MLB pitcher 1885-89, 30 wins in 1888 for Detroit
7 Bill Watkins 2011, 2014 50,265 c. 15,000 MLB 3B/manager 1884-99
8 Chick King* 2007, 2011 8,256 12,036 MLB pitcher 1954-59
9 Steve Larkin 2011 exp 4,227 11,729 Detroit pitcher 1934
10 Dave Tobik 2011 exp 11,778 10,924 Tigers pitcher 1978-82
11 Marvin Lane* 2011-10-05 6,009 9,820 MLB OF 1971-74, 1976
12 Billy Lush* 2007, 2011 17,619 5,913 MLB OF 1895-1904
13 Don Leshnock* 2011-10-05 10,404 5,087 Detroit pitcher (1972)
14 Paul Jata 2007, 2011 4,585 4,868 Detroit 1B/OF 1972
15 Scat Metha* 2007, 2011 7,889 3,031 Detroit 2B/3B 1940
16 Pug Cavet* 2007, 2011 7,230 2,581 Detroit pitcher 1911, 1914-15
17 Razor Ledbetter 2011 exp 3,944 2,105 Detroit pitcher 1915

University Michigan

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1 Casey Close* 2011-01-12 12,985 855,285 UM 1983-86, later a sports agent
2 Steve Boros 2012 exp 59,135 38,399 UM (1956-57), Detroit 3B (1957-62), Oakland manager (1983-84)
4 Johnny Gee 2012 exp 46,289 20,110 UM (1935-37), MLB (1939-46), 6'9" tallest player in MLB until Randy Johnson
5 Carl Lundgren 2011 exp 26,180 19,021 MLB pitcher 1902-09, UM HC 1914-21
6 Pete Appleton 2012 exp 42,520 18,132 UM pitcher played MLB 1927-45
7 Bert Sincock 2012 exp 10,904 14,013 UM pitcher, MLB 1909
8 Bud Middaugh* 2011-03-27 3,482 12,544 UM HC 1980-89
9 Bruce Haynam* 2012-06-28 3,780 7,471 UM SS 1951-53
10 Don Eaddy 2012 exp 9,530 7,217 UM 3B 1952-44, Cubs 1959
11 Skel Roach 7,506 6,431 MLB pitcher 1899, UM HC 1903
12 Henry Clarke 2011 exp 13,467 6,235 MLB 1897-98, UM HC 1899
13 John Perrin 2012 exp 10,841 c. 6,000 UM football and baseball 1917-20, MLB 1921, 1926
14 Fred Blanding* 2007, 2012 29,251 5,827 UM pither 1909, MLB 1910-14
15 Frank Bliss 2012 exp 8,630 5,583 UM catcher 1869-73, used long boots for protection
16 Bob Glenn 2012 exp 10,057 5,459 UM pitcher 1917-18, MLB 1920
17 Bill Mogk* 2012-06-30 6,175 4,721 UM 1B 1950-53, led team to first CWS championship
18 Hal Elliott* 2007, 2012 7,845 4,677 UM pitcher 1921-22, MLB 1929-32
19 Slicker Parks 2007, 2011 11,087 4,421 UM pitcher 1919-20, Detroit Tigers 1921
20 Bud Chamberlain* 7,774 3,960 UM 3B 1938-42, UM Athletic Hall of Honor
21 Jack Enzenroth 2012 exp 9,827 3,806 UM catcher 1908-10, MLB 1914-15
22 John Hibbard 2012 exp 11,107 3,507 UM pitcher 1884-87
23 Charles F. Watkins* 9,039 3,459 UM P, HC 1897-98, 1900
24 Chris Harrison* 2011-03-27 3,818 3,473 UM baseball HC 2002
25 Bud Morse 2012 exp 12,872 2,927 UM 2B 1927-28, MLB 1929
26 William B. "Buck" Giles* 2011-09-27 5,732 2,782 UM 2B 1924-25, UM Athleitc Hall of Honor
27 Lincoln MacMillan 2012-05-28 6,518 1,354 UM 3B/P 1883-84, 1887

Bill McAfee

Other baseball

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1 List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League* 2012-06-10 23,229 687,113
2 List of college baseball career coaching wins leaders* 2010-07-06 23,492 135,860 College baseball coaches with 1,100 wins
3 Gordie Gillespie* 2010-07-06 14,314 102,586 Winningest college baseball coach with 1,893 wins
4 Weldy Walker 2012 exp 38,435 72,817 Third African-American in MLB, 1884
5 Dummy Taylor 2011 exp 33,545 52,148 Deaf MLB pitcher 1900-08
6 John Ely (baseball) 2010 exp 12,487 34,821 LA Dodgers pitcher 2010-12, my photo
7 Mysterious Walker 2010 exp 56,152 32,343 MLB pitcher 1910-15, college coach of baseball, football, basketball and AD 1907-40
8 Socks Seybold 2010 exp 10,905 19,449 MLB OF 1899-1908, set AL HR in 1902
9 Duncan Curry* 2012-06-03 25,001 12,253 Drafter of Knickerbocker Rules of baseball
10 Wally Gilbert 2012 exp 16,108 9,095 MLB 3B 1928-31, also played in NFL
11 John Kobs* 12,674 8,408 Michigan State HC 1925-63
13 Red Snapp 2011 exp 11,270 5,201 "King of the minors" in Texas
14 Scoops Carey 2010 exp 7,532 4,216 MLB 1B 1895-1903
15 Danny Lynch* 2011-08-28 7,625 1,938 MLB 2B 1948
James Gronninger 2011 exp 7,086 1,706 AfD rescue
  1. Heine Meine
  2. Heinie Peitz
  3. Heinie Sand
  4. Heinie Scheer
  5. Henry Sexton
  6. Heinie Wagner

|111||Jerome Utley || ||13,351||4,760||Baseball | ||Ed Carfrey ||14,618||1,718||Baseball

Softball

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1 Patty Gasso* 2012-07-01 27,406 463,031 Oklahoma HC 1995-present
2 List of college softball career coaching wins leaders* 2011-04-06 13,500 90,441
3 Sue Enquist* 2011-04-07 6,015 50,084 UCLA HC 1989-2006
4 Jenny Dalton-Hill* 2012-05-01 21,519 38,177 Arizona 2B 1993-96
5 Margie Wright* 2010-06-24 24,398 26,134 Fresno softball coach 1998-2012, was second winningest softball coach
6 Sharron Backus* 2010-06-28 10,420 18,306 UCLA softball coach 1975-1997, nine national championships, 847–167–3 record
7 Jordan Taylor (softball)* 2010-05-27 15,332 15,321 UM softball pitcher 2008-2011, Big Ten career leader in strikeout
8 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame* 2010-06-23 15,685 12,587
9 Gayle Blevins* 2010-06-25 6,692 10,588 Softball coach at Indiana and Iowas 1980-2010, was second all-time in victories with 1,245–588–5 record
10 Judi Garman* 2010-06-24 9,534 6,950 Cal State Fullerton HC 1980-99

Basketball

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Michigan players and coaches

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1 Osborne Cowles 2011 exp 40,971 19,576 UM HC 1946-48, Minnesota HC 1948-59
2 E. J. Mather* 2010-01-14 16,598 14,153 First Michigan basketball coach (1919-28)
3 John Tidwell* 2010-04-21 10,359 c. 12,000 UM basketball 1958-1961, broke UM scoring records
4 George F. Veenker 2010 exp 20,384 c. 10,000 UM coach 1931-36
5 William Perigo* 2011-03-12 9,506 8,941 UM HC 1952-60
6 George Corneal* 2011-03-11 15,391 5,526 UM HC 1909
7 George Haggarty* 2012-04-07 11,170 4,821 Leading scorer on 1923-24 and 1924-25 UM teams
8 Henry Hallowell Farquhar* 2012-04-03 10,333 4,432 Lead scorer in UM's first basketball team 1908-09
9 Pete Tillotson* 2012-04-07 8,619 3,472 UM center 1955-58
10 James Skala* 2012-04-07 6,523 3,436 UM MVP and lead scorer 1951-52, EMU HC 1954-60
11 Arthur Karpus* 2011-03-10 14,685 3,072
12 Frank Harrigan* 2012-04-07 7,660 3,060 UM leading scorer 1925-26, 1926-27
13 Walter B. Rea* 2012-04-04 14,013 2,367 UM leading scorer 1919-20, captain 1921-22
14 Leo VanderKuy* 2012-04-02 5,547 2,329 UM center 1948-51, broke single-season scoring record as senior
15 Stanley C. Cox* 2012-04-03 3,436 2,003 Played on first UM team 1908-09
16 James Mandler* 2012-04-07 8,210 1,427 UM leading scorer 1941-42, 1942-43
17 Timothy Y. Hewlett* 2012-04-03 4,590 1,025 UM 1917-18, 1918-19
18 Ralph O. Rychener* 2012-04-03 3,291 927 UM basketball 1917-20

Michigan teams

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1 List of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons* 2012-04-01 37,193 91,408
2 1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team 2010-09-03 15,011 7,319 6–18
3 1948–49 Michigan basketball* 2012-04-01 3,873 2,505 15–6
4 1938–39 Michigan basketball* 2012-07-02 3,302 2,540 11–9
5 1937–38 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-31 9,694 2,588 12–8
6 1936–37 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-31 9,231 2,634 16–4, Johnny Gee captain
7 1935–36 Michigan basketball* 2012-04-01 3,687 2,531 15–5
8 1930–31 Michigan basketball* 2012-07-02 3,214 2,385 13–4
9 1929–30 Michigan basketball* 2012-04-01 3,192 2,388 9–5
10 1927–28 Michigan basketball 2012 exp 7,229 2,605
11 1924–25 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-28 6,075 4,634 8–6
12 1923–24 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-28 2,730 12,146 10–7
13 1922–23 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-28 11,209 9,399 11–4
14 1921–22 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-27 14,236 3,035 15–4
15 1920–21 Michigan basketball 2012 exp 15,430 5,238 18–4 Big Ten champion
16 1919–20 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-27 13,201 3,096 10–13
17 1918–19 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-26 8,572 4,469 16–8
18 1917–18 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-25 31,295 4,200
19 1908–09 Michigan basketball* 2012-03-28 13,852 4,532 First UM basketball team, 1-4

Coaches

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1 Leslie Mann 2011 exp 18,847 33,360 Indiana HC 1923-24, MLB 1913-28
2 Fred Cozens 2011 exp 8,870 10,656 UCLA HC 1919-21, AD 1919-42
3 Dana Evans* 2011-12-18 4,768 c. 10,000 Indian HC 1917-19, Northwestern 1921-22
4 Charles Bemies 2011 exp 26,051 5,886 Michigan Aggies HC 1899-1901
5 Arthur Berndt* 2011-12-18 3,328 4,029 Indiana HC 1913-15
6 Robert Harris* 2011-12-18 4,535 3,360 Indina HC (1909)
7 Allan Williford* 2011-12-18 2,511 3,030 Indiana HC 1916
8 Lyman Frimodig* 2010-05-18 10,562 2,853 Michigan Agricultural athlete (10 letters) and basketball coach (1920-22)
9 Oscar Rackle* 2011-12-18 6,594 2,716 Indian HC 1911
10 Ed Cook* 2011-12-18 2,048 2,615 Indiana HC 1908, Franklin 1911-12
11 James Kase* 2011-12-18 2,190 1,997 Indiana HC 1911-12

Other basketball

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1 List of college men's basketball coaching wins leaders 2010 exp 44,993 149,276 Mike Krzyzewski all-time leader
2 List of vacated and forfeited games in college basketball* 2011-07-10 33,713 85,640
3 List of college women's basketball career coaching wins leaders* 2011-04-05 27,181 46,011 Geno Auriemma all-time leader
4 Cleveland Rosenblums 2011 exp 11,488 31,650 ABL team won three championships
5 Christian Steinmetz 2011 exp 16,428 24,414 Wisconsin 1903-05, "Fahter of Wisconsin Basketball"
6 Lorri Bauman* 2012-05-01 7,014 17,513 Drake 1981-84, first NCAA woman to score 3,000 points
7 1973–74 Detroit Pistons season* 2011-08-04 25,171 11,573 52–30, Dave Bing and Bob Lanier
8 Wanda Ford* 2012-05-01 5,398 9,142 Drake 1982-86, first NCAA woman with 1,500 rebounds
9 Robert Sherwin 2011 exp 8,591 7,257 AfD rescue, Army basketball player, Francis Pomeroy Naismith Award (1973)

Hockey

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Michigan

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1 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey 2011 exp 126,361 512,855
2 Vic Heyliger 2010 exp 20,810 26,487 UM player 1934-37, HC 1944-57
3 Dan Farrell* 2011-03-13 11,748 7,310 UM hockey coach 1973-80
4 Joseph Barss* 2011-03-12 13,517 7,197 UM's first hockey HC 1922-27
5 Wilf Martin* 2011-03-14 8,772 5,871 UM player 1963-65, HC 1980
6 John Giordano* 2011-03-14 11,171 5,840 UM HC 1980-84
7 1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season* 2011-11-04 20,395 3,399 22–4–1 NCAA national champion

Other

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1 List of college men's ice hockey career coaching wins leaders* 2010-06-23 18,378 36,854 College hockey coaches with 400 wins
2 Bill Beaney 2010-06-23 26,041 12,364 Head football coach at Middlebury 1986-2015, 601–260–59 record
3 Bob Emery* 2010-07-17 19,314 9,334 SUNY Pittsburgh 1982-2019
4 Mike McShane* 2010-06-23 26,228 10,319 College hockey coach 1980-2018 with 742–349–69 recor
5 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award* 2010-06-25 15,815 8,921 Heisman Trophy of college hockey
6 Don Roberts* 2010-06-25 19,723 7,968 Gustavus Adolphus hockey HC 1964-97
7 Tim Coghlin* 2010-06-23 20,101 6,742 St. Norbert hockey HC 1993-present
8 Don Brose* 2010-06-22 21,602 4,581 Minnesota State hockey HC 1969-2000
9 Ed Saugestad* 2010-06-25 21,059 2,746 Augsburg hockey coach 1958-96
10 John Rolli* 2010-06-22 15,710 1,687 Mass Dartmouth hockey coach 1984-2016

Track and field

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Michigan

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1 Ron Warhurst* 2010-07-09 5,006 13,349 UM track and field
2 Charles Dvorak 2011 exp 23,899 10,927 Gold medal in pole vault in 1904 Olympics
3 Edward Moulton 2011 exp 19,833 6,637 Sprinter and trainercoach 2000-2008
4 Fred Bonine* 2012-05-26 11,990 5,933 Sprinter and eye doctor
5 John Robinson* 2012-05-26 7,438 3,307 Hurdles and shot put 1903

Other

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1 1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 2010-07-06 5,599 7,192 USC team title
2 1935 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 2010-07-09 5,171 6,925 USC team champion; Jesse Owens won four events
3 1936 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 2010-07-09 7,522 6,450 USC team champion; Jesse Owens won four events
4 1930 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 2010-07-06 4,702 5,044 USC team champion; Frank Wykoff broke world record in 100-yard dash
5 1928 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 2010-07-07 5,809 4,282 Stanford team champion; Claude Bracey won 100-yard dash
6 1939 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 2010-07-06 5,897 4,144 USC team champion; William Watson of Michigan high scorer
7 1933 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 4,126
8 1938 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 4,085 USC team champion
9 1926 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 3,937
10 1937 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 3,871
11 1932 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 3,732
12 1929 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 3,612
13 Claude Bracey* 10,545 3,486 Texas sprinter, won NCAA championship in 100- and 220-yard sprints
14 1927 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 3,468
15 1931 NCAA Track and Field Championships* 3,193
16 Tiny Gooch* 7,962 2,957 Texas athlete and tallest attorney in Texas


Sportswriters

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1 Watson Spoelstra* 2011-08-15 3,294 102,170 The Detroit News 1945-1973
2 Max Kase* 2011-08-10 36,875 42,404 New York Journal-American 1938-1966, Pulitzer Prize
3 Jerry Green* 2011-07-28 15,582 32,827 The Detroit News 1963-2004, PFHOF
4 Joe Falls 2011 exp 13,754 25,876 Detroit 1956-2004
5 Charles Dryden* 2011-08-03 24,765 14,428 Mark Twain of baseball
6 Frank Graham* 2011-08-06 14,509 12,479 New York 1915-1965
7 Gordon Cobbledick* 2011-08-01 10,270 9,552 Cleveland 1923-1964
8 Frank G. Menke* 2011-08-11 12,032 8,457 Sports writer 1907-1954
9 Edward A. Batchelor 2011-08-17 20,168 7,965 Card No. 1 with BBWA, Detroit 1906-1919, came up with "Fighting Irish"
10 H. G. Salsinger 2011 exp 11,229 7,530 Detroit News 1909-1958
11 Harry Grayson* 2011-08-19 15,934 6,794 NEA sports editor 1934-1963
12 Dick Gordon 2011 exp 19,146 6,571 1933-2008
13 John Drebinger* 2011-08-04 3,804 6,686 New York 1911-1964
14 Earl Lawson* 2011-08-05 9,086 7,048 Cincinnati 1949-1984
15 Joe S. Jackson* 2011-08-15 27,122 6,633 Detroit 1901-1921
16 Alan J. Gould 2011-08-09 10,342 6,552 AP sports editor 1922-1963
17 Charley Feeney 2011-08-05 7,644 6,126 Pittsburgh 1966-1986
18 Sam Greene 2011-08-18 22,434 5,500+ Detroit 1922-1963
19 Paul H. Bruske* 2011-08-17 27,481 4,404 Baseball writer 1898-1914
20 Lyall Smith* 2011-08-14 21,000 4,355 Detroit Free Press 1945-65
21 Wilton S. Farnsworth* 2011-08-11 9,620 3,974 Hearst NY sports editor 1914-1937
22 James Isaminger 2011 exp 4,814 3,763 Philadelphia sportswriter 1905-40
23 Norman E. Brown 2011-08-14 12,914 2,189 Central Press sports editor 1920s
24 Paul Purman* 2011-08-13 11,495 1,844 NEA sports columnist 1910s
25 Leo Macdonnell* 2011-08-15 11,664 1,706 Detroit Times 1924-57
26 Jack Veiock* 2011-08-07 7,654 1,358 INS sports editor 1916-21

Michigan sports (not football)

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1 Sam Mikulak* 2012-07-01 38,255 733,526 UM gymnast, six-time national all-around champion (2013-15, 2018-19)
2 Syque Caesar* 2012-07-01 8,861 33,110 UM gymnast
3 Chris Cameron* 2010-04-20 7,155 15,780 UM gymnast, won all-around NCAA title in 2010
4 Brian Eisner* 2011-09-27 9,449 6,288 Michigan tennis HC 1969-99
5 Melinda Copp* 2012-07-19 3,529 3,178 UM swimmer, 4 Big Ten championships

American football

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Detroit Lions

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1 Don Doll 2010-09-28 34,355 27,520 Safety for USC (1944, 1946-48), Lions (1949-52)
2 Ace Gutowsky 2010 exp 14,973 20,056 FB/LB for Lions (1932-38)
3 Ernie Caddel 2010 exp 11,801 12,308 HB Lions (1933-38)
4 Vern Huffman* 2010-04-05 5,584 12,032 Indiana HB/QB, Lions (1937-38)
5 Ken Fantetti 2010 exp 3,791 11,335 Lions LB (1979-85)
6 George Christensen 2010 exp 9,200 8,394 Tackle/guard for Oregon (1928-30), Lions (1931-38)
7 Gil Lefebvre* 2010-12-19 2,889 5,310 Lions back (1935)
8 Pug Vaughan* 2010-12-19 7,404 4,103 Back for Tennessee (1932-34), Lions (1935)
9 Thomas Hupke* 2010-12-19 2,855 3,778 Guard for Alabama (1930-33), Lions (1934-37)
10 Steve Banas* 2010-12-19 3,903 3,001 FB for Notre Dame (1931-33), Lions (1935) and Eagles (1935)
11 Red Stacy* 2010-12-19 4,046 2,581 Tackle/guard for Oklahoma (1932-34), Lions (1935-37)
12 Fred Dawley* 2010-02-24 4,579 1,279 Fullback for UM (1939-41), Detroit (1944)

Harvard

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1 Harvard Crimson football 2010 exp 56,619 635,727
2 Frederick Bradlee* 2010-03-01 7,126 30,429 All-American football player at Harvard; father of Ben Bradlee
3 Huntington Hardwick 2010 exp 18,541 19,376 Harvard HB/E (1912-14), CFHOF
4 Stan Pennock 2010 exp 9,276 5,862 Harvard guard, 3x AA (1912-14)
5 Francis Burr* 2010-02-14 8,868 4,436 Harvard G, consensus AA 1905, 1906
6 Charles Osborne* 2010-02-16 4,963 3,136 Harvard tackle/fullback, AA 1906
7 Walter H. Trumbull* 2010-02-27 2,535 2,580 Harvard tackle/center, AA (1914)
8 Karl Brill* 2010-04-17 3,854 2,140 Harvard tackle, AA 1905

Yale

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1 Yale Bulldogs football 2010 exp 46,488 486,124
2 Jack Siedlecki 2010-06-01 22,482 16,462 Head coach in college football 1988-2016, Yale 1997-2008
3 Hugh Knox* 2010-06-29 6,511 10,049 Yale HB, AA 1906
4 Art Howe 2011 exp 23,831 8,910 Yale QB, AA 1911
5 William F. Knox* 2011-06-20 12,315 7,190 Yale HB/FB AA 1906, Yale HC 1907
6 Charles D. Rafferty* 12,128 6,364 Yale end, AA 1903; Yale HC 1904
7 Joseph Rockwell Swan* 2011-06-20 10,402 5,658 Yale end, AA 1901, Yale HC 1902
8 John Field* 2011-06-26 17,032 4,436 Yale FB/HB, second-team AA 1910, Yale HC 1911
9 Robert Forbes* 2010-02-13 8,392 4,300 Yale end/tackle, AA 1906
10 George B. Chadwick* 2011-06-18 15,010 3,823 Yale HB/FB, AA 1900, 1902, Yale HC 1903
11 George S. Stillman* 2011-06-19 11,144 3,437 Yale takle, AA 1901, Yale HC 1901
12 Roswell Tripp* 2010-04-17 3,273 3,064 Yale guard, AA 1905
13 Clarence Alcott* 2010-06-29 7,440 2,386 Yale end, AA 1907
14 Clarence Hockenberger* 2010-02-18 3,404 1,991 Yale center second-team AA 1906
15 Howard Roome* 2010-04-17 2,644 1,324 Yale HB, AA 1905
16 James O. Rodgers* 2011-06-20 10,162 1,298 Yale tackle, AA 1897, Yale HC 1899

All-Americans

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1 William Shakespeare 2010 exp 21.150 102,277 Notre Dame HB, AA (1935)
2 Glenn Presnell 2011 exp 20,364 32,970 Nebraska HB, second-team AA (1927), Lions (1931-36)
3 Vernon Prichard* 2010-02-28 20,415 24,854 All-American QB for Army 1914, classmate of Eisenhower, and Army officer.
4 Louis Robertshaw* 2010-02-12 15,014 23,638 Center for Navy and Marine pilot in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
5 Louis A. Merrilat* 2010-02-09 13,629 24,495 All-American football player for Army 1913-14; later a soldier of fortune
6 Henry Schoellkopf* 2010-06-18 11,638 17,240 All-American fullback in 1903, Cornell coach, died age 32
7 Willis Glassgow* 2010-04-06 20,730 13,511 Iowa football All-American, received 1929 Chicago Tribune Silver Football
8 Louis Jordan* 2010-03-02 16,530 9,186 Texas guard, second-team AA 1914
9 Paul Des Jardien 2010-02-27 21,075 8,796 Chicago center (1912-14), CFHOF
10 Art Murakowski* 2010-04-06 17,208 7,834 Northwestern FB/LB, AA and Silver Football (1948)
11 Haps Benfer* 2010-02-28 12,903 7,264 Albright fullback, AA (1914)
12 William Newman* 2010-02-16 6,974 6,425 Cornell center, AA (1906)
13 Charley Barrett 2010 exp 8,622 6,227 Cornell QB, consensus AA 1914, 1915
14 Perry Graves* 2010 exp 5,442 6,092 Illinois end, AA 1914
15 Johnny Spiegel* 2010-02-21 6,247 5,218 Wash & Jeff HB, AA 1914
16 Jack Crangle* 2010-02-09 6,080 5,201 Illinois fullback, second-team AA 1920
17 Frederick A. Speik* 8,648 4,015 Chicago end, AA 1904
18 Clarence Schutte* 2011-10-24 4,307 4,813 Minnesota HB second-team AA 1924
19 Harvey Overesch* 2010-03-03 8,940 4,639 Navy end, third-team AA 1914
20 Paul Scull* 2011-10-24 6,536 4,203 Penn halfback/punter, AA (1928)
21 Leland Devore* 2010-02-09 5,110 4,003 Army tackle, AA 1911
22 Ralph Chapman* 2010-02-28 2,747 c. 4000 Illinois guard, AA 1914
23 Harold Pogue* 2010-02-28 8,939 3,996 Illinois QB, AA (1914)
24 Arleigh Williams* 2011-10-24 2,982 3,642 Cal HB, AA 1934
25 Burleigh Cruikshank* 2010-02-25 11,900 3,633 Wash & Jeff center, 3rd team AA (1914)
26 Edward Dillon* 2010-02-16 9,947 3,500 Princeton QB AA 1906
27 Robert Torrey* 2010-04-17 8,212 3,487 Penn C/T/E, AA 1905, CFHOF
28 Percy Northcroft* 2010-02-18 7,913 3,353 Navy tackle, AA 1908
29 Bill Dague* 2010-06-29 10,144 3,141 Navy end AA 1907
30 Earl Martineau* 8,367 3,070 Minnesota HB, AA (1923)
31 Leonard Macaluso* 2010-02-10 4,152 2,554 Colgate FB, AA 1930
32 Elmer Thompson* 2010-02-13 7,356 2,527 Cornell guard, AA (1906)
33 Vic Halligan* 2010-02-28 9,178 2,151 Nebraska T/FB, AA (1914)
34 Gap Powell* 2010-02-09 3,549 2,135 Oregon State FB, AA 1921
35 Henry Torney* 2010-04-17 8,623 2,135 Army HB/FB, AA 1904-05
36 Nick Nardacci* 5,555 1,970 West Virginia HB/QB, second-team AA (1922)
37 Caspar Wister* 2010-02-13 2,869 1,642 Princeton end, consensus AA 1906, 1907
38 Albert Journeay* 2010-02-28 4,520 1,479 Penn center/guard, AA 1914
39 John Toohey* 2010-03-03 8,026 1,027 Rutgers tackle, AA 1914

Coaches

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1 List of college football career coaching wins leaders 2010-06-19 42,394 1,349,381 College football coaches with 200 wins
2 Larry Kehres 2010 exp 24,559 169,283 Mount Union head coach (1985-2020, 332–24–3, 11 Division III national
3 Ernie Zampese 2010 exp 24,797 114,479 USC HB, coach for SD State (1967-75), SD Chargers (1979-86), LA Rams (1987-93), Dallas (1994-97)
4 Mike Kelly* 2010-04-27 19,126 85,434 Dayton coach 1981-2007, .819 winning pct
5 Hootie Ingram 2010 exp 20,114 60,525 Clemson HC (1970-72), Florida State AD (1981-89), Alabama AD (1989-95)
6 Eddie Cochems 2010 exp 63,902 37,742 Wisconsin HB (1898-1901), Saint Louis HC (1906-08)
7 Joe Taylor (American football coach) 2010-06-22 27,123 27,338 Football coach at Virginia Union 1984-91, Hampton 1992-2007
8 Cleo A. O'Donnell* 2010-04-24 27,374 26,704 Football coach 1904-1940: Purdue (1916-17), Holy Cross (1919-29), Saint Anselm (1935-40); his 1914 Everett team outscored opponents, 600-0
9 Dennis Douds 2010-06-22 25,054 20,984 Head coach at East Stroudsburg 1974-2018, 230 wins
10 Gordon Johnston 2010 exp 11,735 20,302 Princeton tackle 1894-95, North Carolina HC 1896
11 Cal Young* 2012-11-20 9,407 14,275 Oregon HC 1893-84
12 Willard Bailey* 2010-06-22 20,201 13,451 Virginia Union HC 1971-73, 1995-2003, Norfolk State 1984-92, won 238 games
13 Bill Beaney 2010-06-23 26,041 12,380 Head football coach at Middlebury 1986-2015, 601–260–59 record
14 George Munger 2010-04-24 18,110 12,151 Penn HC 1938-53, CFHOF
15 Albert Berg 14,572 11,845 Purdue HC 1887
16 Manny Martin 2010-09-18 9,005 11,401 Cornerback in NFL and CFL 1992-1999, later a high school coach in Florida
17 Frank Girardi* 2010-06-19 20,579 10,336 Lycoming HC (1972-2007), CFHOF
18 Elton Rynearson* 2010-04-22 27,222 10,322 HC Eastern Michigan (1917-48)
19 Bill MacDermott 2010-06-13 7,151 10,018 Football coach 1966-2016, many in CFL
20 Jim Malosky* 2010-04-25 21,090 8,720 Minn-Duluth HC 1958-97, 255 wins
21 Jim Ostendarp* 2010-06-12 34,347 8,613 Amherst HC 1959-91
22 Mike Brumbelow 2010 exp 17,344 7,939 Texas Western HC (1950-56)
23 Peter Mazzaferro* 2010-06-21 28,262 7,562 Bridgewater State HC 1968-86
24 Keith W. Piper* 2010-06-21 27,062 7,490 Denison HC 1954-92
25 William Goodyear 2012 exp 18,439 7,157 Washington State HC 1894, newspaper publisher in Pullman
26 Fred Schacht* 2010-04-17 11,401 6,987
27 Jerry Vandergriff* 2010-04-25 15,676 16,304 Angelo State HC 1982-2004
28 Mike Welch* 2010-06-05 14,872 5,729 Ithaca HC 1994-2016
29 Sam P. McBirney* 2010-07-13 18,928 4,524 Tulsa HC 1910, 1914-16
30 Eric Hamilton* 2010-06-21 22,933 3,504 TCNJ HC (1977-2012)
31 Albert Wittmer* 2011-06-24 7,480 2,546 Princeton HC 1931

Michigan State

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Duffy Daugherty 2011 exp 25,175 140,592 Michigan State HC 1954-72
2 John Macklin* 2010-04-15 15,490 16,567 Michigan State HC 1911-15
3 George Gauthier 2010 exp 20,931 5,591 Michigan State QB (1911-14), HC (1918), Ohio Wesleyan HC (1921-46)
4 George Denman 2011 exp 8,727 3,691 Michigan State HC 1901-02

Western Michigan

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1 Bill Doolittle* 2011-04-23 12,709 7,708 Western Michigan HC 1964-74
2 Merle Schlosser 2011-04-23 8,812 6,711 Western Michigan HC 1957-63
3 Mike Gary* 2010-04-23 13,513 5,666 Western Michigan HC 1929-41
4 John Gill 2011-04-24 14,041 4,274 Western Michigan HC 1942-52
5 Tubby Meyers 2011-04-25 7,656 4,058 Western Michigan HC 1906
6 Milton Olander 2011-04-23 11,738 3,086 Western Michigan HC 1922-23

Eastern Michigan

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1 Lynn Bell 2011 exp 10,541 4,968 Eastern Michigan HC 1918
2 Curry Hicks 2011 exp 11,572 3,585 Eastern Michigan 1910
3 Joseph McCulloch 2011 exp 11,758 3,584 Eastern Michigan 1931-47
4 Andrew Bird Glaspie 2011 exp 8,933 2,687 Eastern Michigan HC 1897
5 Dwight Watson 2011 exp 9,166 2,261 Eastern Michigan 1899

Rutgers coaches

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1 Harry Rockafeller 2012-11-24 13,578 11,317 Rutgers HC 1927-30, 1942-45, AD 1952-61
2 Henry Van Hoevenberg 2012-11-25 6,931 4,863 Rutgers HC 1902
3 John Stiegman* 10,654 4,667 Rutgers HC 1956-59
4 William V. B. Van Dyck 2012-11-25 11,403 4,593 Rutgers HC 1893-94
5 H. W. Ambruster 2012-11-25 4,334 3,793 Rutgers HC 1895
6 Arthur P. Robinson 2012-11-25 7,446 3,116 Rutgers HC 1901
7 Alfred Ellet Hitchner 2012-11-25 10,456 2,614 Rutgers HC 1904
8 Oliver D. Mann 2012-11-25 6,004 2,685 Rutgers HC 1903, 1905
9 John C. B. Pendleton 2012-11-25 8,502 2,461 Rutgers HC 1891, 1896-97
10 John Wallace* 2012-11-25 5,484 c. 2,350 Rutgers HC 1924-26
11 Herman Pritchard 4,236 1,624 Rutgers HC 1909
  1. Albion coaches: Del Anderson*, Bud Daugherty*, Morley Fraser*, Frank Joranko*, Walter S. Kennedy*, Craig Rundle*, Pete Schmidt*
  2. Wesleyan coaches: Richard E. Eustis, Edgar Fauver*, Frank Hauser*, Jake High, Danny Hutchinson*, Dan Kenan*, Emil Liston, Bill MacDermott*, John Martin*, Donald Russell*, Larry Vorhis*, Mike Whalen* Template:Wesleyan Cardinals football coach navbox
  3. Williams coaches: Joseph W. Brooks*, Larry Catuzzi*, Fred Daly*, Douglas Lawson*, A. Barr Snively*, Len Watters*, Robert P. Wilson
  1. Harry Stiteler Texas A&M HC 1948-50
  2. Marino Casem Alcorn 1964-85, Southern HC 1987-77
  3. Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr.
  4. Paul Stagg
  5. Eli Abbott Alabama HC 1893-95, 1902
  6. D. M. Balliet HC Auburn, Purdue, Wash & Lee
  7. Fred Cozens 10,661||UCLA AD 1919-42
  8. J. W. Knibbs Cal HC 1905
  9. James Knight Washington HC 1902-04
  10. Bill Lange HC 1923-44
  11. Edward Moulton Trainer

Other

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Rank Title Image Date Size Views Description
1 List of NCAA football teams by wins* 2010-10-26 23,572 2,581,364 College football program by wins
2 Forward pass 2010 exp 47,743 739,647
3 Tony Eason 2010 exp 32,056 638,013 Illinois QB 1981-82
4 Pittsburg State Gorillas football 2010-05-07 27,094 239,026 Most wins in DII
5 Wittenberg Tigers football 2010-10-27 9,612 62,934
6 Detroit Titans football* 2011-11-12 9,054 60,896
7 Bryant Moniz* 2010-10-23 16,756 60,511 Hawaii QB 2009-11
8 Arthur Matsu* 2011-08-13 16,140 27,165 William & Mary QB 1923-26, first Asian-American student
9 Tony Moll 2010 exp 8,852 26,825 NFL G/T (2006-2012)
10 Joe Arenas 2010 exp 17,005 24,351 49ers HB/DB (1951-1957)
11 James Bond 2012 exp 12,450 17,730 Pitt guard 1915-16
12 Henry Schoellkopf* 2010-06-18 11,638 17,240 Cornell FB/HB 1900-01, HC 1907-08
9 Chuck Bennett* 2010-04-06 12,936 14,470 Indiana HB, 1928 Chicago Tribune Silver football
10 Edward Leonard King 2010 exp 13,702 9,289 Army HB (1894-95); Commandant of Army Command and General Staff College (1925-29)
11 Pascal Matla 2010 exp 3,950 8,301 Eastern Illinois center born in Netherlands
12 Charles Alexander 2010 exp 17,492 6,497 AfD rescue, LSU defensive tackle 1985-87
13 Mickey Mangham* 2010 exp 8,502 6,646 LSU end (1958-60), winning TD in 1959 Sugar Bowl
14 Tim Lowry (CTSF)* 2010-04-07 4,093 5,027 Northwestern center, Big Ten MVP 1925
15 Ken Rouse (CTSF)* 2010-04-07 5,815 4,048 Chicago center, Big Ten MVP 1927

2011 collegiate leaders

  1. Giovani Bernard*
  2. Alex Carder*
  3. Asher Clark*
  4. Cody Fajardo*
  5. Chris Givens*
  6. Chandler Harnish*
  7. Ronnie Hillman*
  8. A. J. Jenkins*
  9. Henry Josey*
  10. Keith Price*
  11. Ryan Radcliff*
  12. Silas Redd*
  13. Bryn Renner*
  14. Corey Robinson*
  15. Robbie Rouse*
  16. Robert Turbin*
  17. Marquess Wilson*

Miscellaneous

  1. Curtis Alexander (AfD rescue)
  2. Al Blades (AfD rescue)
  3. R. R. Brown
  4. Edwin A. Dalton
  5. Harold Drew
  6. Stuart Forbes
  7. DeWayne Lewis (AfD rescue)
  8. Walter Mendenhall (AfD rescue)
  9. Mike Nesbitt (AfD rescue)
  10. Tim Rebowe (AfD rescue)
  11. Tony Zuzzio (AfD rescue)
  12. Obi Egekeze Maryland PK 2006-08
  13. Mike Jones* Texas A&M TE/QB
  14. Template:Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback navbox
  15. Lynwood Alford
  16. Clayton Beauford
  17. Seth Doege
  18. Robert Emmons
  19. Eric Gordon
  20. MarQueis Gray

AfD rescue

  1. 1891 VMI Keydets football team
  2. Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story
  3. Steve Aponavicius
  4. Adrian Battles
  5. Damien Berry
  6. Matt Bosher
  7. Tommie Campbell
  8. Greg Carter (deprod)
  9. Garrett Chisolm
  10. Steve Collins
  11. Nate Costa
  12. Dowayne Davis
  13. Arthur S. Herman
  14. Andre Holmes
  15. Joe Iacone
  16. Wade Koehl
  17. Eddie Lacy 2,866,473
  18. Marquis Maze 81,050
  19. Eric Mensik
  20. Rylan Reed
  21. Buster Skrine
  22. Zane Taylor
  23. Terrence Toliver
  24. Chris Todd
  25. Lorenzo Washington
  26. Ryan Winterswyk

Historic sites

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Miscellaneous historic sites

Rank Title Image Date Size Views Description
1 Olson House (ME)* 2011-07-28 8,487 141,564 Home depicted in numerous Andrew Wyeth artworks 1939-68, including Christina's World
2 The Rock Hotel (Gibraltar) 2012 exp 11,463 51,770 Hotel in Gibraltar
3 Westlake Theatre (LA)* 2011-06-15 7,209 30,068 Historic theater built 1926
4 Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area (FL) 2012 exp 9,759 15,826 20 Moorish Revival buildings built in 1920s
5 Brockman Building (LA)* 2011-06-16 8,854 15,142 12-story Beaux-Arts, Classical Romanesque Rivival building in Downtown LA
6 Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House 2011 exp 6,667 13,333 Colonial Revival house associated with gay rights activist [[Franklin E. Kameny]
7 Punta Gorda Fish Co. (FL) 2012 exp 10,476 10,583 Structures built in 1890s for fishing industry
8 De Mores Packing Plant Ruins (NE) 2012 exp 4,439 8,959 Ruins of packing plant built 1883
9 Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall (TX) 2012 exp 3,013 5,398 MOdern building designed by Alden B. Dow
10 Harshaville Covered Bridge (OH) 2012 exp 3,497 3,620 Ohio 1855
11 Manistee Iron Works (MI)* 2012-07-18 7,787 3,617 Factory built 1907
12 Christman Covered Bridge (OH) 2012 exp 3,422 3,488 Ohio 1895
13 Pierce County Courthouse (ND) 2012 exp 5,013 2,689 Built 1908
14 Milton Small House (NC) 2012 exp 5,013 2,689 Modernist house in Raleigh, NC, built 1951
15 Masonic Hall (MS) 2011 exp 6,806 2,648 AfD rescue
16 Warnke Covered Bridge (OH) 2012 exp 2,921 2,513 Ohio 1895
17 Jerome Cooperative Creamery (ID) 2012 exp 4,590 2,190 Lava rock structure
18 New Era Building (IA)* 2011-07-22 1,892 2,105 Commerical building built 1890
19 St. Anselm's (Lafayette, CA) 2011 exp 4,320 1,941 Church built 1960

South Los Angeles

Rank Title Image Date Size Views Description
1 28th Street YMCA* 2011-06-15 6,343 33,635 Four-story YMCA in South LA designed by Paul R. Williams
2 Second Baptist Church* 2011-06-15 37,196 29,479 Church built 1925, hosted NAACP national conventions and speeches by MLK and Malcolm X
3 Angelus Funeral Home* 2011-06-15 5,568 27,407 Built 1926, architect Paul R. Williams
4 Fire Station No. 30* 2011-06-16 5,681 23,829 Fire station built 1913 in South LA
5 Lincoln Theater* 2011-06-14 18,706 22,521 Moorish Revival theater built 1926
6 27th Street Historic District* 2011-06-16 20,125 16,336 Historic district in South LA
7 Fire Station No. 14* 2011-06-16 2,942 11,991 International style fire station
8 52nd Place Historic District* 2011-06-16 6,441 10,322 Historic district in South LA with American Craftsman-style homes
9 Prince Hall Masonic Temple 2011 exp 6,806 2,648 Built 1926

Virginia

Rank Title Image Date Size Views Description
1 Matthew Whaley School* 2011-06-13 4,969 17,892 Williamsburg school built 1929-30
2 Grace Hospital* 2013-06-13 3,894 12,353 Hospital in Richmond built 1911
3 John B. Cary School* 2011-06-13 4,979 8,153 Richmond school built 1912-13
4 Clarendon School* 2011-06-13 5,984 6,057 Arlington school built 1910, now an arts center
5 Peabody Building of the Peabody-Williams School* 2011-06-13 3,074 4,118 Petersburg school built 1920
6 Highland Park Public School* 2011-06-13 3,503 3,783 Richmond school built 1909
7 Nathaniel Bacon School* 2011-06-13 3,658 3,632 Richmond school built 1914
8 Orange High School* 2013-06-13 3,138 3,133 Orange school built 1911
9 Shea Terrace Elementary School* 2011-06-13 2,823 2,611 Portsmouth school built 1925
10 Springfield School, Richmond* 2013-06-13 2,961 1,647

Architects, builders, engineers

Rank Title Date Size Views Description
1 Alden B. Dow 2012 exp 29,141 83,869 Modern architect based in Midland, MI
2 Thompson–Starrett Co. 2012 exp 23,386 24,727 Leading NYC construction and engineering firm 1899-1968, works include Woolworth Building, General Motors Building
3 Louden Machinery Company 2012 exp 14,585 21,225 Engineering, manufacturing and design company, developed early monorail equipment carrier
4 Architects of the National Park Service 2012 exp 92,246 14,097
5 Esenwein & Johnson 2012 exp 12,056 10,661 Buffalo architects
6 Henry W. Cleaveland 2012 exp 9,247 6,856 Architect (1827-1919) active in NYC, San Francisco, and Portland
7 F. A. Henninger 2012 exp 11,071 5,785 Omaha architect
8 Champion Bridge Company 2012 exp 11,681 4,699 Ohio steel fabricator
9 Charles M. Robinson 2011 exp 26,013 9,784 Architect in Altoona and Pittsburgh 1889-1906
10 Joseph C. Wells 2012 exp 8,683 7,051 English architect active in NYC 1839-1860
11 Kilham & Hopkins 24,147 6,258 AfD rescue, Massachusetts architecture firm founded 1899
12 Shirley Simons 2012 exp 9,871 4,997 Texas architect (1897-1963)
13 Fred Brinkman 2011 exp 15,983 4,469 Montana architect (1892-1961)
14 Orlo Epps 2012 exp 7,693 4,055 AfD rescue, Greensboro (NC) architect and socialist
15 Keplar B. Johnson* 2012-07-22 7,450 3,101 Forest Service architect 1937-62
16 Lincoln Construction Co. 2012 exp 4,393 3,049 Nebraska company built bridges
17 Merel S. Sager* 7,040 2,212 Pioneer of "National Park Service rustic"
18 Charles Punchard Jr.* 2012-10-12 13,164 2,183 Landscape architect pioneer of "Nationl Park Service rustic"
19 Walter Mickle Smith 2012 exp 15,764 2,000 AfD rescue, civil engineer (1867-1953) worked on Panama Canal and man lock projects
20 John Wosky* 2012-10-26 11,543 1,973 Yosemite's resident architect 1928-52

Others: John Parks Almand, Alexander Boyter, , George H. Clemence, D. F. Creighton, Jeremiah Cunningham, [[Bill Darrah, , George Feick, James Otis Follett, James J. Gaffney, Leon C. Goodrich, Frederick H. Gouge, William Haugaard, H.J. Huck & Co., Jules Leffland, Jack Oughton, Parkinson & Dockendorff, Patton & Fisher, Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples, Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co., Frederic Hutchinson Porter, Benjamin D. Price, South Dakota Department of Transportation, N. M. Stark and Company, Henry Voss, C. Ferris White, Wing & Mahurin, John and Donald Parkinson 86,671

Music

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1 Tak Shindo* 2011-01-08 21,086 21,985 Exotica musician, composer, arranger, Manzanar internee during WWII
2 Chaino* 2011-01-17 10,239 16,290 American bongo player created fictional biography of orphan from lost tribe in Africa rescued by a missionary
3 Orienta (album)* 2011-01-31 16,879 8,832 1959 album by The Markko Polo Adventurers featuring sound effects and Asian-inspired music
4 Polynesian Fantasy* 2011-02-01 5,880 4,810 1961 exotic album by The Out Islanders

Other

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1 Leonard Skinner 2010-09-20 9,568 785,923 Gym teacher and namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd
2 Joanne Siegel* 2011-02-23 9,239 219,191 Joe Shuster's model for Lois Lane
3 J. S. P. Tatlock* 2010-12-06 5,210 114,068 Literary scholar and medievalist (1876-1948)
4 Luke Matheny 2011 exp 14,255 52,885 Film actor, writer, director, Academy award for God of Love
5 Donald Goerke* 2010-01-15 4,831 34,225 Inventor of SpagettiOs
6 Herbert Spiegel* 2010-01-10 10,532 34,138 Pioneer of therapeutic hypnosis, treated "Sybil"
7 Bill Littlejohn* 2010-09-21 23,797 22,646 Animator and union organizer, worked on Tom and Jerry and Peanuts specials
8 Murray Sayle* 2010-09-22 24,125 21,846 Australian journalist, novelist and adventurer
9 Ysrael Seinuk 2010 exp 7,197 20,999 NYC construction engineer, emigrated from Cuba
10 Thomas Benton Cooley* 2010-12-06 14,907 20,241 UM pediatrician and hematologist, Babies' Milk Fund
11 Dodge Morgan* 2010-09-20 15,238 20,224 First American to sail solo around the world without stops
12 Victor Martinez* 7,294 19,269 2011-03-02 American poet and author (1954-2011)
13 Chris Cameron 2010-04-20 7,155 15,780 UM gymnast, won all-around NCAA title in 2010
14 Arnall Patz* 2010-03-23 13,866 13,683 Pioneer in research and treatment of childhood blindness, received Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004
15 James Hartzell* 2010-09-24 2,839 10,472 Advertising writer responsible for "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet" campaign in 1974
16 Henri Salmide 2010-03-07 6,384 9,966 German naval officer who, in 8/44, refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux and instead blew up the ordnance bunker
17 Gloria Nord* 2010-01-08 7,031 9,130 Roller skater, ice skater, and pin-up girl
18 Norman Sas 2012-07-10 9,653 9,103 Toy inventor, including electric football
19 Charles Muscatine 2010 exp 8,454 8,902 Medieval literature professor at UC Berkeley, fired for refusing to sign McCarthyite oath
20 John F. Antisdel* 2010-12-04 5,181 8,499 Detroit hotelier
21 Felix Wurman* 2010-01-08 13,398 8,303 Cellist and composer, founder of Church of Beethoven
22 Celso Duarte* 2010-05-23 12,304 7,948 Virtuoso of Paraguayan harp
23 George H. Torney* 2010-04-17 5,810 5,845 Surgeon-General of the US. Army
24 Bill Combs* 2010-04-19 4,078 4,786 All-American wrestler, killed at invasion of Iwo Jima 1945
25 John Archibald Fairlie* 2010-12-06 7,200 3,757 Scottish political scientist at UM
26 Bartlett L. Thane 2011 exp 8,226 3,239 Mining engineer and dam builder 1877-1927
27 Gustave May 2011 exp 7,515 2,388 Photographer and Edmonton City Council
28 Jacob J. Van Riper* 2010-11-18 1,584 1,796 Michigan AG 1881-85
29 Arthur Lyon Cross* 2010-11-18 1,405 1,726 UM professor of English history
  1. List of college women's lacrosse coaches with 250 wins*
  2. List of college women's ice hockey coaches with 250 wins*
  3. List of U.S. college men's soccer coaches with 400 wins*
  4. List of college field hockey coaches with 300 wins*
  5. List of college women's soccer coaches with 300 wins*
  6. List of college women's volleyball coaches with 750 wins*
  7. Central Press Association*
  8. Gibraltarpedia
  9. Sporting Life

DYKs

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914. Mike Jolly (12/29/12) ... that Mike Jolly was the starting weak side cornerback in 35 of 36 games for Michigan teams that played in two Rose Bowls and a Gator Bowl from 1977 to 1979?
913. Carl Russ (12/24/12) ... that Carl Russ started as a walk-on and became the starting wide linebacker for Michigan football teams that had a record of 20–1–1?
912. Fred Julian (12/23/12) ... that Fred Julian led Michigan in rushing in 1959 and led the New York Jets in interceptions in 1960?
911. Walt Downing (12/22/12) ... that Walt Downing, the seventh All-American center for Michigan, won a Super Bowl with the 1981 San Francisco 49ers?
910. Pete Newell (12/21/12) ... that Bo Schembechler praised Pete Newell for traveling to Iowa with the 1969 Michigan football team rather than to a large antiwar rally "with the damn hippies where he really wanted to be"?
909. Jim Betts (12/18/12) ... that Michigan quarterback Jim Betts persuaded Bo Schembechler in 1969 to relax his clean-shave policy by claiming that facial hair was part of the African-American players' "heritage"?
908. Cecil Pryor (12/18/12) ... that Bo Schembechler knew his 1969 team was no longer afraid of Ohio State when a fight the day before the game ended with Cecil Pryor yelling, "And we're gonna kick your ass tomorrow, too!"?
907. Greg Morton (12/17/12) ... that Greg Morton, college football's defensive player of the year for 1976, collected exotic flora, including a purple passion plant he named Claudine?
903-906. Rutgers coaches (12/16/12) ... that the earliest head coaches of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team include John C. B. Pendleton, Henry Van Hoevenberg, Alfred Ellet Hitchner, and Arthur P. Robinson, all four combining for a record of 12–33?
902. Guy Murdock (12/16/12) ... that Guy Murdock, the MVP of football's Chicago Fire, joined with the Winds after the Fire was extinguished?
901. 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team (12/15/12) ... that 21 players from the 1976 Michigan football team went on to play in the NFL, and another opted instead to play Major League Baseball?
900. Doug Marsh (12/15/12) ... that tight end Doug Marsh was Michigan's leading receiver in 1979 and later played seven NFL seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals?
899. Dennis Franks (12/12/12) ... that Dennis Franks, an American football offensive lineman, participated in figure skating to develop his agility and leg strength?
898. Edward A. Dalton (12/8/12) ... that E. A. Dalton, the first paid coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team, had a coaching tenure that lasted for ten days in October 1892?
897. Herman G. Steiner (12/7/12) ... that Herman Steiner was the head coach at Duke University in football, baseball and track?
896. William Goodyear (12/6/12) ... that Billy Goodyear, the first football coach at Washington State, became a newspaper publisher, ran for Congress and died weeks after having his leg amputated?
895. Harold Drew (12/5/12) ... that Maine native Harold Drew coached the Alabama Crimson Tide football team to a 54–28–7 record and appearances in the Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls?
894. 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team (12/4/12) ... that the 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team lost its only game to Notre Dame in a game that matched teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the AP Poll?
893. Stuart Forbes (12/4/12) ... that Stuart Forbes, the first head coach of the Arizona Wildcats football team, was also the author of Trail Sketches: Word Pictures of the West?
892. Vincent Mroz (12/3/12) 23,000 ... that United States Secret Service agent Vincent Mroz shot an attempted presidential assassin in the "biggest gunfight in Secret Service history"?
891. William L. Allen (12/2/12) 1,675 ... that William Allen (pictured) played on the undefeated 1898 Michigan football team and led Washington State to an undefeated record as head football coach in 1900?
890. Orlo Epps (12/2/12) ... that Greensboro, North Carolina, architect Orlo Epps was also a professor of mathematics and physics and a socialist?
889. Harry Rockafeller (11/30/12) ... that Harry Rockafeller (pictured), who played for the Rutgers football team from 1912 to 1915, was still athletic director in 1961?
888. William V. B. Van Dyck (11/29/12) ... that William V. B. Van Dyck coached football at Rutgers, worked on a project to light the Strait of Magellan and participated in the first chess game played by "wireless"?
887. R. R. Brown (11/26/12) ... that Robert Roswell Brown (pictured) was a head football coach at six colleges, including Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Tulane, and New Mexico State?
886. Cal Young (11/26/12) ... that Cal Young, the first head coach of the Oregon Ducks football team, was born in a log cabin?
885. Albert Berg (11/24/12) ... that Albert Berg, the first Purdue football coach, was a deaf-mute whose coaching reportedly "consisted of excited sign language and some rather bizarre sounds from his throat"?
884. John Wosky (11/7/12) 380 ... that John Wosky designed a number of historic structures at Yosemite National Park, including Crane Flat Fire Lookout and the Generals' Highway Stone Bridges?
883. Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area (10/24/12) 2,950 ... that the Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area includes 20 buildings developed by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss using an "Arabian Nights" theme?
882. The Rock Hotel (10/24/12) ... that John Lennon married Yoko Ono at The Rock Hotel?
881. Champion Bridge Co. (10/13/12) 1,100 ... that Champion Bridge Co. was charged with criminal antitrust violations in 1906 as part of the Ohio Attorney General's "war on the bridge trust"?
880. Joseph C. Wells (10/12/12) 600 ... that the works of Joseph C. Wells, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include "Old First" in Greenwich Village?
879. Louden Machinery Company (10/11/12) ... that Louden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns (catalog pictured) as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant?
878. Thompson–Starrett Co. (10/11/12) 4,000 ... that Thompson-Starrett Co. built six National Historic Landmarks in the U.S., including the Rockefeller Estate and the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1913 to 1930 (pictured)?
877. Punta Gorda Fish Co. (10/10/12) ... that ten Florida fish cabins and icehouses built by the Punta Gorda Fish Co. have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places?
876. Henry W. Cleaveland (10/9/12) 407 ... that the works of Henry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include the original Palace Hotel, San Francisco?
875. C. Ferris White (8/6/12) 2,300 ... that C. Ferris White designed more than 1,100 buildings in the U.S. state of Washington (example pictured) and over 300 more in the company town of Potlatch, Idaho?
874. Norman Sas (7/30/12) ... that Norman Sas invented electric football?
873. Syque Caesar (7/30/12) 5,900 ... that a University of Michigan gymnast dubbed the "Golden Syque" won the first gold medal in international competition for Bangladesh and was chosen to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
872. Steve Boros (7/21/12) ... that Oakland Athletics manager Steve Boros was criticized for his pioneering use of an Apple II computer to guide his managerial decisions in 1983?
871. Patty Gasso (7/20/12) 1,000 ... that Patty Gasso has led the Oklahoma Sooners softball team to seven appearances in the Women's College World Series, including a national championship in 2000 and a second-place finish in 2012?
870. De Mores Packing Plant Ruins (7/12/12) 3,100 ... that a pretender to the French throne built the De Mores Packing Plant in the Dakota Territory in 1883?
868-869. Bruce Haynam, Bill Mogk (7/12/12) ... that Bruce Haynam and Bill Mogk were part of the "million dollar infield" on the 1953 Michigan Wolverines baseball team that won the College World Series?
867. Ed Carfrey (7/9/12) ... that Ed Carfrey, who played in Major League Baseball in 1890, was mistakenly omitted from baseball records until 2005?
865. Pete Appleton (7/8/12) ... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did?
864. Sam Mikulak (7/7/12) ... that University of Michigan gymnast Sam Mikulak won the 2011 NCAA all-around championship and will represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
863. Sporting Life (7/6/12) ... that the masthead of Sporting Life displayed the motto "Devoted To Base Ball, Trap Shooting and General Sports"?
862. Bill McAfee (7/6/12) ... that former Albany, Georgia, mayor Bill McAfee (pictured) participated in a 13-game baseball tour of Japan in 1929 before embarking on a five-year career in Major League Baseball?
861. List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League (7/4/12) ... that athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League include two Heisman Trophy winners and seven inductees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
860. Don Eaddy (7/4/12) ... that Don Eaddy (pictured) was an All-American baseball player, All-Big Ten basketball player, and halfback for the football team at the University of Michigan?
859. Wally Gilbert (7/3/12) ... that Wally Gilbert played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, football in the NFL and professional basketball for Buffalo and Denver?
858. Bud Morse (7/2/12) ... that professional baseball player Bud Morse was honored for his heroism in disarming a gunman during a hospital shooting spree?
857. Henry Oxley (6/1/12) ... that Henry Oxley is one of only three people from Prince Edward Island to have played in Major League Baseball?
856. John Herrnstein (7/1/12) ... that John Herrnstein was the third generation of the Herrnstein family to play for the Michigan Wolverines football team?
855. Hal Elliott (6/30/12) ... that Hal Elliott led the National League in games played by a pitcher in 1930, appearing in 48 games for the last place Philadelphia Phillies?
854. Johnny Gee (6/28/12) ... that pitcher Johnny Gee, sometimes known as the "$75,000 Lemon", was the tallest person ever to play Major League Baseball until Randy Johnson debuted in 1988?
853. Bob Glenn (6/23/12) ... that Major League Baseball pitcher Bob Glenn later became a pioneer in highway and traffic engineering from the 1920s through the 1950s?
852. Jack Enzenroth (6/20/12) ... that Jack Enzenroth (pictured) in 1910 was the captain of the first baseball team to be coached by Branch Rickey?
851. Fred Blanding (6/18/12) ... that Fritz Blanding retired from baseball due to "excessive weight" and because he could have "a heap more fun" on his farm?
850. Duncan Curry (6/14/12) ... that Duncan Curry, sometimes called the "Father of Baseball", was the president of the first organized baseball team and helped draft the first written rules of the game in 1845?
849. Bert Sincock (6/12/12) 1,160 ... that Bert Sincock, born in a gold rush boomtown in 1887, was the first British Columbia native to play Major League Baseball?
848. John Hibbard (6/11/12) 1,100 ... that John Hibbard played three years of college baseball for the University of Michigan despite having previously played professional baseball for the Chicago White Stockings?
847. Lincoln MacMillan (6/10/12) ... that Lincoln MacMillan played on Michigan football teams that defeated Notre Dame in each of the first five games between the schools?
846. Fred Bonine (6/8/12) 1,557 ... that Fred Bonine set the world's record in the 110-yard dash in 1886, and later saw over a million patients in his medical office?
845. Frank Bliss (6/7/12) 1,600 ... that Frank Bliss, the first Michigan Wolverine to play Major League baseball, tucked his trousers into long boots for shin protection as a catcher in the early 1870s?
844. Weldy Walker (6/7/12) 10,348 ... that an 1888 letter written by Weldy Walker, the second African American in Major League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"?
843. Lorri Bauman (5/18/12) 1,200 ... that Lorri Bauman in 1984 became the first women's collegiate basketball player to score 3,000 points and still holds all-time NCAA records for field goals and free throws?
841-842. 1911 Michigan Wolverines football team (5/13/12) ... that a newspaper quipped that the 1911 Michigan football team, featuring "Bottles" and "Bubbles", could claim the world championship for having players injured?
840. Forrest M. Hall (4/26/12) 3,200 ... that Forrest Hall (pictured) played for Princeton's 1893 national championship football team, coached Auburn to a 94–0 victory over Georgia Tech in 1894, and set a shot put record at Michigan in 1895?
839. 1910 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/24/12) 3,700 ... that the undefeated 1910 Michigan football team featured three All-Americans in Albert Benbrook, Stanfield Wells and Joe Magidsohn (pictured)?
838. 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/22/12) ... that the 1925 Michigan football team allowed only thee points all year and featured one of the sport's greatest passing combinations in "The Benny-to-Bennie Show"?
837. George Haggarty (4/22/12) 1,050 ... that George Haggarty was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan for 1921 and won the U.S. Seniors' Golf Association championship in 1966?
836. Frank Harrigan (4/21/12) ... that West Virginia native Frank Harrigan led Michigan to two Big Ten basketball championships and played for the Cook Painter Boys' 1929 national championship team?
835. Walter B. Rea (4/16/12) 2,565 ... that Walter Rea, the leading scorer for the 1919–20 Michigan Wolverines basketball team, later became the university's spokesman on "panty raids"?
834. 1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (4/12/12) ... that the 1917–18 team was the University of Michigan's first basketball team after an eight-year hiatus and the only winless conference season in the school's history?
833. Henry Hallowell Farquhar (4/11/12) ... that Henry Hallowell Farquhar, the leading scorer on the first Michigan Wolverines basketball team in 1909, became a professor at Harvard Business School?
832. 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/10/12) ... that 1907 Michigan football team gave up an average of only one point per game and shut out Vanderbilt in front of the largest crowd to see a football game south of the Mason–Dixon Line?
831. 1908–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (4/8/12) ... that the development of basketball as "almost a major sport" led the University of Michigan to form its first basketball team in 1909?
830. 1906 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/8/12) ... that John Garrels of the 1906 Michigan football team threw the school's first legal forward pass, won Olympic medals in the hurdles and shot put, and set a world record in the discus throw?
829. 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/7/12) 1,500 ... that Fielding H. Yost opined that Germany Schulz (pictured) gave "the greatest one-man exhibition of courage I ever saw on a football field" for the 1908 Michigan football team? (4,200 views for Germany Schulz)
828. 1909 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/30/12)
2,100 ... that the 1909 Michigan football team won the first battle for the Little Brown Jug (pictured), the oldest rivalry trophy in American college football?
827. 1880 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/30/12) 1,900 ... that the 1880 Michigan football team played its only game in a foreign country and at a lacrosse club?
826. 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/26/12) ... that during an 1888 visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Theodore Roosevelt quipped that it was "not healthy to get in the way of the U. of M. rugby team"?
825. 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/21/12) ... that the 1879 Michigan football team defeated Racine College, 1–0, in the first intercollegiate football game in the school's history?
824. 1884 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/20/12) 3,600 ... that the 1884 Michigan football team's (pictured) first game was part of a "field day" that included heavyweight boxing, "catch-as-catch-can wrestling" and "chasing greased pig"?
823. 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team ... that the 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team played a game on roller skates against the Princess football team?
822. 1892 Michigan Wolverines football team ... that after George Jewett (pictured) played for the 1892 Michigan football team, it was 40 years before another African-American played for the Wolverines?
821. 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/28/12) 2,700 ... that after the 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team won the first game in what was to be an undefeated season, Gerald Ford wrote that the University of Michigan had "more drunks than ever"?
820. Russell D. Oliver (2/19/12) ... that Russ Oliver, dubbed the "second Red Grange" at age 16, was the fourth University of Michigan athlete to win nine varsity letters in three major sports?
819. Tony Dauksza (2/15/12) 3,200 ... that former American football player Tony Dauksza in 1971 became the first person to traverse the Northwest Passage in anything other than a ship, completing the journey by himself in a canoe?
818. 1923 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/13/12) ... that the 1923 Michigan football team's undefeated season was saved when Edliff Slaughter executed what Fielding Yost called "the greatest play in football I ever saw"?
817. 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/5/12) 2,500 ... that the 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team featured running by Jimmy Craig (pictured), a "Hawaiian yell," and snake dancing behind the Michigan band?
816. 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/30/12) 3,200 ... that the undefeated 1922 Michigan football team held opponents to 1.8 points per game and shut out Vanderbilt and Ohio State at dedication games for their new stadia?
815. 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/28/12) ... that the 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team won the national championship while holding opponents to 4.8 points per game and extending the team's winning streak to 23 games?
814. Theodore M. Stuart (12/20/11) ... that Theodore M. Stuart, an end and halfback for the "Point-a-Minute" football teams at the University of Michigan in 1904 and 1905, was also the university's tennis champion?
813. Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House (12/13/11) 1,400 ... that the Frank Kameny House in Washington, D.C., was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in the gay rights activism of its namesake?
812. Red Snapp (11/3/11) 2,800 ... that Red Snapp was considered the "king of the minor leagues"?
811. Cleveland Rosenblums (10/10/11) 1,200 ... that the Cleveland Rosenblums, owned by department store owner Max Rosenblum, won the first championship of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1926?
810. Brian Eisner (10/9/11) ... that Brian Eisner led the University of Michigan men's tennis team to 18 Big Ten Conference championships in 30 years as the head coach?
809. Bill Lange (10/9/11) 400 ... that Bill Lange led the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1941?
808. Ryan Winterswyk (9/7/11) 1,750 ... that after joining the Boise State football team as a walk-on, Ryan Winterswyk appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and was named to the school's All-Decade team?
807. Joe Iacone (9/5/11) ... that American footballer Joe Iacone gained 3,983 rushing yards in three years and set PSAC rushing and scoring records that remained unbroken for decades?
806. Dummy Taylor (9/2/11) ... that Dummy Taylor, once the highest salaried deaf person in the United States, was ejected from a baseball game for cursing out the umpire in sign language?
805. Fred Dunlap (9/2/11) ... that Fred Dunlap, who was once the highest paid player in professional baseball, died penniless at the age of 43?
804. Heinie Meine (8/30/11) 4,500 ... that during the Prohibition era, the National League's leading pitcher Heinie Meine (pictured) operated a speakeasy known for "moose milk that would peel the paint off a battleship"?
803. Sam Greene (8/29/11) 629 ... that Sam Greene, who covered Detroit sports from 1922 to 1963, was called "one of America's best known sports chroniclers," "a gentlemanly patriarch" and one of sport's "most beloved figures"?
802. Heinie Peitz (8/28/11) ... that Heinie Peitz was on the receiving end of the famed "Pretzel Battery" in the 1890s?
801. Paul H. Bruske (8/25/11) 911 ... that Detroit sportswriter Paul Bruske drove a Flanders "20" roadster from Quebec to Mexico City in 1910 and later managed Eddie Rickenbacker's racing team?
800. Edward A. Batchelor (8/25/11) ... that Detroit sportswriter E.A. Batchelor popularized a nickname for the Notre Dame football team by opening a 1909 game account, "Eleven fighting Irishmen wrecked the Yost machine this afternoon"?
799. Joe S. Jackson (8/23/11) 1,500 ... that Joe S. Jackson founded the Baseball Writers Association after reporters at the 1908 World Series had "to climb a ladder to the roof of the first base pavillion and write in the rain and snow"?
798. Alan J. Gould (8/23/11) 524 ... that sports editor Alan J. Gould invented college football's AP Poll in 1936 as an "exercise in hoopla," to fill space between games, and "to keep the pot boiling"?
797. Wilton S. Farnsworth (8/22/11) 468 ... that sportswriter Bill Farnsworth teamed with Damon Runyon in promoting boxing bouts that raised more than $1 million for Hearst's Free Milk Fund for Babies?
796. Lyall Smith ... that Lyall Smith successfully lobbied for the first post-bowl AP Poll in 1948 to settle competing championship claims by undefeated Notre Dame and Michigan football teams?
795. Frank G. Menke (8/21/11) 2,200 ... that after debunking Abner Doubleday as the inventor of baseball, Frank Menke was placed in "the class that would belittle Washington, Lincoln and other men who have played their part in American history"?
794. Max Kase (8/20/11) 1,400 ... that Max Kase wrote in support of jazz and flappers in 1922, helped found the NBA in 1946, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for exposing college basketball point-shaving scandals?
793. Frank Graham (8/20/11) 932 ... that Hall of Fame sportswriter Frank Graham, once described as "psychopathically polite," loved the "shadowy figures and rogues that dwelt on the fringes of his favorite sports"?
792. Arthur Matsu (8/19/11) 4,400 ... that Arthur Matsu was the first Asian American student at The College of William & Mary, the first Asian American quarterback in the NFL and the first Japanese coach in American football?
791. Earl Lawson (8/18/11) ... that after Baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter Earl Lawson had altercations with both Johnny Temple and Vada Pinson , he joked that Pinson was a harder puncher?
790. Charles Dryden (8/17/11) ... that baseball humorist Charles Dryden dubbed the 1906 White Sox the "Hitless Wonders" and said of the 1909 Senators: "Washington – first in war, first in peace and last in the American League"?
789. Jerry Green (8/10/11) ... that Jerry Green was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 and is one of four sports writers to cover each of the first 45 Super Bowls?
788. Olson House (8/8/11) ... that Olson House, made famous by its depiction in Christina's World, was designated a National Historic Landmark in June 2011?
787. Dick Gordon (8/6/11) 751 ... that sportswriter Dick "Scoop" Gordon earned his nickname for reporting at The Daily Princetonian in 1930, and filed his last sports story for the Villager in 2008?
786. James E. Lawrence (8/5/11) 6,400 ... that James E. Lawrence (pictured) was once "considered the greatest place-kicker the University of Michigan ever had"?
785. Mike Keller (8/1/11) ... that former Michigan linebacker Mike Keller has played in the NFL and held executive positions in the USFL, XFL and World League of American Football?
784. Bruce McLenna (8/1/11) ... that NFL halfback Bruce McLenna was killed in 1968 while riding in the rear of a military truck that crashed?
783. Jim Brieske (7/29/11) ... that Jim Brieske, who set multiple placekicking records, had his kicking foot amputated in 1967?
782. Carl Ward (7/27/11) ... that Carl Ward's 104-yard kickoff return in 1967 was the longest in the history of the Cleveland Browns?
781. Glenn Doughty (7/24/11) ... that Glenn Doughty rushed for 329 yards in his first two college football games for the 1969 Michigan Wolverines and later played eight years for the Baltimore Colts?
780. Edward Moulton (7/20/11) ... that "Dad" Moulton, a participant in Sherman's March to the Sea, was the U.S. sprint champion in the 1870s, and trained the "world's fastest human" in the 1880s?
779. Collins H. Johnston (7/11/11) ... that Collins H. Johnston, halfback on the first Michigan football team in 1879, later published papers on eclampsia, tuberculosis, cardiac murmurs, and pulmonary abscess?
778. John Chase (7/10/11) ... that ophthalmologist John Chase (pictured) commanded the Colorado National Guard in the Colorado Labor Wars, the arrest of Mother Jones, and the Ludlow Massacre?
777. Charles S. Mitchell (7/8/11) 4,700 ... that Charles S. Mitchell (pictured), "goal-keeper" on the first Michigan football team, became the editor-in-chief of the Washington Herald?
776. Fred Townsend (7/6/11) ... that despite failing eyesight, Fred Townsend played for the 1887 Michigan football team and became chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party?
767-775. Multiple (7/4/11) ... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including a lingerie manufacturer, "the phantom line cleaver", a manufacturer of machine guns, a victim of typhoid fever, a Harvard law student, the senior partner of Smith Barney & Co., the grandfather of a noted documentary filmmaker, the nephew of the U.S. Secretary of State, and the president of a historically black university?
766. 27th Street Historic District (6/27/11) ... that the 27th Street Historic District in Los Angeles includes a Gothic Revival church that since 1906 has housed white, Armenian, African-American and Hispanic congregations?
765. Second Baptist Church (6/26/11) ... that Second Baptist Church, once the largest African American–owned meeting space in the western U.S., hosted speeches by W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X?
764. Lincoln Theater (6/24/11) ... that the Lincoln Theater in Los Angeles was known as the "West Coast Apollo" and featured performances by jazz legends before being converted into a church?
763. Charles M. Robinson (6/21/11) 521 ... that Charles M. Robinson was the College Architect for the College of William and Mary and designed more than 15 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
762. Fred Brinkman (6/19/11) 400 ... that more than ten works by Kalispell, Montana, architect Fred Brinkman have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places?
761. Paul Kromer (6/9/11) ... that Paul Kromer and Tom Harmon formed a backfield duo for the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team that became known as the "Touchdown Twins"?
760. Jack Weisenburger (6/3/11) ... that Jack Weisenburger was the "spinning fullback" for the undefeated Michigan football team that became known as the "Mad Magicians"?
759. George W. Gregory (5/30/11) ... that Stanford University's president wrote in 1907 that the career of Michigan center George W. Gregory illustrated "the evils of football"?
758. William Ward (5/20/11) 9,300 ... that Michigan football coach William Ward later became a physician who experimented with the surgical creation of artificial vaginas?
757. Charles Bemies (5/7/11 ... that Charles Bemies organized the first college basketball team in the 1890s and later became a Presbyterian minister and evangelist?
756. Curry Hicks (5/5/11) ... that Curry Hicks was the head football coach for the Michigan State Normal Normalites in 1910 and the athletic director at UMass from 1911 to 1949?
755. Milton Olander (5/3/11) ... that Milton Olander, who led the Western Michigan football team to an unbeaten and unscored upon record in 1922, was later offered a position as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor?
754. Joseph McCulloch (4/27/11) ... that, in the 1918 season, Joseph McCulloch coached star American football players from multiple schools, including 1917 All-American Archie Weston?
753. Dickshooter, Idaho (4/23/11) ... that Dickshooter was named for Dick Shooter?
752. Ferris Jennings (4/18/11) ... that 140-pound quarterback Ferris Jennings ran 66 yards for the first of only two touchdowns scored all year by the 1934 Michigan football team that also featured future US President Gerald Ford?
751. Carl Lundgren (4/6/11) ... that Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren (pictured) had "speed to burn green hickory and an assortment of curves that would keep a cryptograph specialist figuring all night but he was wild as a March hare in a cyclone"?
750. Bobby Lewis (4/4/11) ... that Boston Beaneater Bobby "Link" Lowe (pictured) was the first Major League player to hit four home runs in a game and was selected in 1911 as the best utility player in baseball history?
749. Frank Sexton (4/3/11) ... that Michigan baseball coach Frank Sexton was confronted with a knife, a cane and an arrest warrant after declaring a forfeit when Indiana refused to continue play due to darkness?
748. Skel Roach (3/30/11) 1,347 ... that during an eleven-year professional baseball career, German-born Rudolph "Skel" Roach played for teams known as the Prohibitionists, Omahogs, Orphans and Siwashes?
747. Henry Clarke (3/30/11) ... that before becoming a state legislator and then railroad commissioner in Nebraska, Henry Clarke pitched with Cy Young for the Cleveland Spiders and coached Michigan Wolverines baseball?
746. John Giordano (3/29/11) ... that John Giordano, named 1981 collegiate Coach of the Year by The Hockey News, was fired three years later when all 22 of his players signed a petition listing their grievances against him?
745. Pete Conway (3/26/11) ... that Pete Conway won 30 games as a pitcher for the Detroit Wolverines in 1888, "snapped a cord in his arm" in 1889, later worked as a mule skinner, and was dead by age 36?
744. Wilf Martin (3/26/11) ... that Wilf Martin played for the 1964 NCAA championship Michigan Wolverines ice hockey team and later set the Denver Spurs' single-season and career records for goals, assists, and points? March 26, 2011 (72)
743. Charles F. Watkins (3/25/11) 10,800 ... that Michigan Wolverines baseball player and coach Charles F. Watkins sustained severe burns from an X-ray machine, which ultimately resulted in his death?
742. Jerome Utley (3/24/01) 1,060 ... that Michigan baseball player and coach Jerry Utley was the owner of a luxury hotel in Baja California and the promoter of the 1933 Max SchmelingMax Baer heavyweight championship fight?
741. Joseph Barss (3/23/11) ... that Joseph Barss, the first head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team, was born in Madras, India, in 1892?
740. Dan Farrell (3/23/11) ... that Michigan ice hockey coach Dan Farrell later became the chairman and CEO of a uranium exploration company?
739. Abe Cohn (3/22/11) 2,030 ... that Abe Cohn, son of immigrant parents identified as "Russian Yiddish" by U.S. Census-takers, played for the Michigan Wolverines football and basketball teams while attending law school?
738. Arthur Karpus (3/22/11) ... that Michigan's Arthur Karpus (pictured) played for Big Ten championship teams in football, basketball and baseball?
737. William Perigo (3/21/11) ... that former Michigan coach William Perigo played professional basketball with John Wooden as a member of the Indianapolis Kautskys in the 1930s?
736. George Corneal (3/21/11) ... that George Durkin Corneal became the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team in 1909?
735. Osborne Cowles (3/21/11) ... that Ozzie Cowles of Carleton, Dartmouth, Michigan and Minnesota was among the Top 15 winningest college basketball coaches of all-time when he retired at 59 in 1959?
734. Oscar Lambert (3/18/01) 2,100 ... that the Michigan football coach complained his "defense was in the law library" after law student Oscar Lambert was declared ineligible?
733. Fred Rehor (3/17/01) 7,861 ... that Fred Rehor (pictured), a 256-pound pharmacy student from the University of Michigan, helped lead the 1917 Massillon Tigers to the "world's professional football championship" against Jim Thorpe's Canton Bulldogs?
732. Frank Barbour (3/11/11) ... that Frank Barbour, coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1892 to 1893, later led Beech-Nut into the chewing gum business?
731. Joanne Siegel (3/4/11) 13,600 ... that Joanne Siegel was the original model for Lois Lane and later married Superman's co-creator?
730. Luke Matheny (3/4/11) ... that Luke Matheny, whose hair was described as "a vast black bouffant that makes him look like an untidy microphone", began his Academy Award acceptance speech by joking, "I should've gotten a haircut"?
729. John Garrels (3/3/11) ... that University of Michigan fullback John Garrels won medals in both the 110 m hurdles and shot put at the 1908 Olympics in London?
728. Charles Dvorak (2/28/11) ... that Charles Dvorak (pictured) missed the pole vault finals at the 1900 Olympics after being told the event was postponed, but returned to win the gold medal at the 1904 Olympics?
727. Lawrence Roehm (2/19/11) ... that Michigan's 1915 quarterback Lawrence Roehm was called the "thinking type", "160 pounds of undaunted courage", and a "peppery" player who imbued his team with "do-or-die spirit"?
726. Ted Bank (2/18/11) ... that Michigan quarterback Ted Bank wore a specially constructed knee brace to allow him to play football after suffering a shrapnel injury in World War I? February 18, 2011 (235)
725. Orienta (2/9/11) 1,573 ... that the exotica album Orienta by "Star Trek" composer Gerald Fried was said to resemble the dreams of a person who has fallen asleep during a Fu Manchu movie on television?
724. Chaino (1/27/11) 3,109 ... that bongo player Chaino, whose albums included Jungle Mating Rhythms, claimed to be an orphan from a lost tribe in central Africa but was actually born in Philadelphia and raised in Chicago?
723. Brady Hoke 3,421 ... that it had been said that the new Michigan Wolverines football coach Brady Hoke would "crawl on hot, broken glass to work inside Schembechler Hall as the head coach"?
722. Tak Shindo (1/16/11) ... that Manzanar internee Tak Shindo went on to become a "Giant of Jazz" for exotica albums like Mganga! and Brass and Bamboo?
721. Casey Close (1/16/11) ... that Casey Close was Baseball America's National Player of the Year, married former Miss America Gretchen Carlson and negotiated more than $350 million in contracts for Derek Jeter and Ryan Howard?
720. Roy Torbet (1/14/01) ... that The New York Times in 1912 wrote that the expert passing of "Squib" Torbet had placed the Michigan football team "on a higher plane than they have reached before"?
719. Lewis Reimann (1/13/11) ... that Michigan football player and author Lewis Reimann wrote in 1916 that post-game celebrations by students "filled with 'spirit'" were damaging the university's reputation?
718. William D. Cochran (1/12/11) ... that William D. Cochran, former Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, was known as "Pink Cheeks" as a Michigan Wolverines football player?
716-717. Otto Carpell + Efton James (1/10/11) ... that halfback Otto Carpell and ends Efton James and Curtis Redden were the three Michigan Wolverines football players killed while serving in the military during World War I?
715. Steve Collins (1/9/11) ... that Steve Collins was the first freshman in Oklahoma Sooners football history to start at quarterback in a season opener?
714. Louis Gilbert (1/7/11) ... that Louis Gilbert, who scored all 21 points in Michigan Stadium's dedication game, was described as "the campus sheik" who "wears bear grease on his hair and dances a mean black bottom"?
713. Ace Gutowsky (12/28/10) 1,700 ... that in the 1932 NFL championship game, Chicago Bears coach George Halas stuck out his foot from the sidelines and tripped Ace Gutowsky while he was returning a kickoff for the Portsmouth Spartans?
712. George Christensen (12/28/10) ... that former Oregon Duck and Detroit Lion George Christensen co-founded a multinational manufacturing company with factories in France, Japan, Canada and the United States?
711. Dick Hoerner (12/26/10) 686 ... that Dick Hoerner played in three consecutive NFL Championship Games, became the Los Angeles Rams' all-time leading rusher and was considered "a murderous line backer"?
710. James Van Inwagen (12/25/10) ... that Michigan football captain James Van Inwagen (pictured) operated the Tiffany Enameled Brick Co. and the company that made Tiffany Never-Wind Clocks?
709. Ernie Caddel (12/21/10) 2,300 ... that Stanford and Detroit Lions running back Ernie Caddel, known as the "Blond Antelope," led the NFL in average yards gained per rushing carry for three consecutive years?
708. A. J. Sturzenegger (12/20/10) 686 ... that "football nut" "Sturzy" Sturzenegger spent most of his career coaching college football at Michigan, USC and UCLA despite having attended Harvard Law School?
707. John A. Bloomingston (12/19/10) 3,500 ... that Michigan fullback John Bloomingston (pictured), who became one of Chicago's best known trial lawyers, was disbarred in 1896 for playing professional baseball?
706. Walter D. Graham (12/17/10) 11,800 ... that Michigan football player "Octy" Graham (pictured) at age 16 was called a "young Hercules" after "gripping machines did not register high enough to show his strength"?
705. James K. Watkins (12/16/10) ... that Michigan footballer and Rhodes Scholar James K. Watkins became Detroit Police Commissioner and formed a group in 1936 "to save their country from a perpetuation of the New Deal"?
704. Thomas Benton Cooley (12/9/10) 1,700 ... that Thomas Benton Cooley was inducted into the Legion of Honour for his work with the children of France during World War I and later discovered "Cooley's anemia"?
703. William Harrison Mace (12/6/10) ... that Syracuse University dean emeritus William Harrison Mace was a Michigan Wolverines football player in 1882?
702. Frank G. Higgins (12/5/10) ... that Lt. Governor Frank G. Higgins was the first person born in Montana to become a member of the state's bar and of its legislature?
694-701. Michigan QBs (12/5/10) 14,000 total ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a Brigadier General decorated for valor in World War I, the brother of a famous novelist, one of the founders of General Motors, the physician at a Kimberly-Clark mill, the son of the Governor of Wyoming, a steamboat builder, a Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias (pictured) and a sheep rancher from Walla Walla? McNeil led with 4,400 and Morrow followed at 2,300
693. William Wilson Talcott (12/4/10) 13,700 ... that ice cream manufacturer William Wilson Talcott (pictured) killed himself by jumping from an excursion steamer into Lake Michigan with rocks in his pockets after he was unable to extricate his wife from a "love cult" in 1922?
692. William W. Hannan (12/3/10) ... that the Michigan Federation of Labor in 1906 wrote that perhaps no individual had done more to "promote the interests of wage-earners than William W. Hannan, the real estate hustler"?
691. Howard Abbott (12/1/10) ... that Judge Howard Abbott was the captain and quarterback of the first Minnesota Golden Gophers football team in 1886?
690. William J. Olcott (11/30/10) 2,700 ... that William J. Olcott (pictured), captain of the 1882 and 1883 Michigan Wolverines football teams, became the president of a railroad and a mining company?
689. Henry M. Senter (11/29/10)
6,300 ... that Mort Senter (pictured), Michigan's 1896 football captain, became involved in a diplomatic incident after Colombian soldiers seized property from his home in 1902?
688. Christian Steinmetz (11/28/10) 1,100 ... that Christian Steinmetz was the inaugural College Basketball Player of the Year in 1905, despite being only 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighing 137 pounds (62 kg)?
687. 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team (11/24/10) 2,100 ... that the 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team taught the members of the newly formed Notre Dame team how to play the game of football?
686. William Dennison Clark (11/17/10) 5,364 ... that William Dennison Clark, whose "wretched blunder" in 1905 ended Michigan's 56-game unbeaten streak in football, killed himself 27 years later, reportedly expressing the hope to atone for his error?
685. Charles B. Carter (11/12/10) 2,100 ... that Maine Senator Charles "Babe" Carter was known for his agility, nerve, and "wonderful handling of his massive frame" as a football player in the early 1900s?
684. 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team (11/19/10) 2,500 ... that the 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team (game program pictured), which had its season shortened by a global flu pandemic, was recognized decades later as a co-national champion?
683. Edorian McCullough (11/18/10) ... that Edorian McCullough twice won the Texas high school 100 meter championship and later played for the Frankfurt Galaxy in World Bowl XV?
682. Norman Sterry (11/12/10) ... that Los Angeles attorney Norman Sterry represented the New York Yankees in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld an exemption from the antitrust laws for Major League Baseball?
680-681. Stagg Brothers (11/10/10) ... that brothers Amos Jr. and Paul Stagg both played quarterback for their father Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of Chicago, and later led teams against each other as college coaches themselves?
679. Harvard Crimson football (11/6/10) 4,000 ... that the Harvard Crimson football team (home stadium pictured) has won 12 national championships and is the eighth winningest team in NCAA Division I football history?
678. Pittsburg State Gorillas football (11/6/10) ... that the Pittsburg State Gorillas have won more games than any other American football program in NCAA Division II history?
677. 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team (11/5/10) 12,200 ... that 10 players from the 1902 "Point-a-Minute" Michigan football team (pictured), which outscored opponents 644–12, became head coaches?
676. Wittenberg Tigers football (11/5/10) ... that the Wittenberg Tigers from Springfield, Ohio, have won more games than any other Division III college football team?
675. Bryant Moniz (11/2/10) 2,300 ... that American football player Bryant Moniz, who began the 2009 season as a walk-on for Hawaii delivering pizzas to pay his expenses, currently leads the NCAA in both passing yards and total offense? N
674. Yale Bulldogs football (11/2/10)
5,300 ... that the Yale Bulldogs football team (mascot pictured) has won 27 national championships and ranks second in wins in college football history?
673. Gerald White (10/22/10) 1,576 ... that running back Gerald White played football for Bo Schembechler at Michigan, Tom Landry at Dallas and Don Shula at Miami?
672. Morgan Trent (10/11/10) ... that Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Morgan Trent was a sprinter for the Michigan track team and set indoor state track records in the 60-yard dash and 200-meter run?
671. Rick Volk (10/10/10) ... that four-time NFL All-Pro safety Rick Volk spent two days in an intensive-care unit after a helmet-to-helmet collision with Jets fullback Matt Snell in Super Bowl III? October 10, 2010 (199)
670. Andre Weathers (10/10/10) ... that Andre Weathers returned interceptions for game-winning touchdowns against Ohio State in Michigan's 1997 national championship season and in his first NFL game in 1999?
669. Ysrael Seinuk (10/10/10) 2,600 ... that Ysrael Seinuk came to the United States with little more than "my slide rule and my diploma from the University of Havana" and became known as "Mr. New York"?
668. Mike Martin (10/10/10) ... that Mike Martin won consecutive high school state championships in both wrestling and shot put and has been called "the Most Valuable Player Not Named Denard" on the 2010 Michigan football team?
667. Don Doll (10/9/10) 2,400 ... that Don Doll, the only player in NFL history to register 10 or more interceptions in 3 separate seasons, changed his surname to "Doll" after being discharged from the Marines? October 9, 2010 (2,400 DYK views) (167)
666. Bob Mann (10/6/10) 3,400 ... that Bob Mann, the first black player for Detroit and Green Bay, claimed he was "railroaded" out of football when he objected to a pay cut after leading the NFL in receiving yards?
665. Tom Johnson (10/5/10) ... that Michigan's All-American 60-minute man Tom Johnson was the second African-American player for the Green Bay Packers?
664. Murray Sayle (10/2/10) 2,600 ... that Australian Murray Sayle, known for his "rat-like cunning", was a war correspondent in Vietnam, tracked Che Guevara through the Bolivian jungle, climbed Mt. Everest and sailed solo across the Atlantic?
663. Monte Robbins (10/1/10) ... that Monte Robbins holds the Michigan Wolverines football records for longest punt at 82 yards and the highest career average for a punter?
662. Bill Littlejohn (10/1/10) 1,700 ... that the work of "animation God" Bill Littlejohn includes Tom and Jerry, A Charlie Brown Christmas and an Oscar-winning short with Dizzie Gillespie debating the possibility of nuclear war?
661. Dodge Morgan (10/1/10) 2,400 ... that radar detector millionaire Dodge Morgan at age 54 sailed solo around the globe without stops in 150 days, shattering the prior record of 292 days?
660. Leonard Skinner (9/29/10) 8,800 ... that The New York Times called Leonard Skinner, the namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd, "arguably the most influential high school gym teacher in American popular culture"?
659. Manny Martin (9/27/10) 1,700 ... that former American football player Manny Martin made the Buffalo Bills team in 1996, despite being considered by media as "the longest of long shots"?
658. Mickey Mangham (9/27/10) ... that Mickey Mangham, a walk-on player from Maryland, scored the only touchdown in the 1959 Sugar Bowl to secure a national championship for the undefeated 1958 LSU Tigers football team?
657. Craig Roh (9/25/10) 5,300 ... that Craig "Death" Roh adopted a diet of six meals and more than 4,000 calories a day because he considered himself "tiny" at 230 pounds (104 kg)?
654-656. 1980 linebackers (9/21/10) ... that the 1980 Michigan defense, led by All-Big Ten linebackers Andy Cannavino, Paul Girgash and Robert Thompson, gave up an average of only 1.8 points per game in the last five games of the season?
653. Marty Huff (9/15/10) ... that Michigan linebacker Marty Huff intercepted three passes thrown in one game by Hall of Fame quarterback Mike Phipps?
652. Denard Robinson (9/15/10) 6,547 ... that in his first two games as a starter, Denard "Shoelace" Robinson achieved the two highest single-game total offense totals in Michigan Wolverines history—and did so with his shoes untied?
651. Ed Shuttlesworth (9/15/10) ... that fullback Ed Shuttlesworth became Michigan's all-time leader in rushing attempts while playing for teams that finished 30–1–1 from 1971 to 1973?
650. Tom Beckman (9/11/10) 1,297 ... that Michigan linebacker Tom Beckman worked more than 30 years for General Motors where he was in charge of new vehicle launches?
649. Julius Curry (9/10/10) ... that Michigan strong safety Julius Curry in 2006 formed Curry Racing, the first NASCAR racing team with sole minority ownership?
648. Gil Chapman (9/9/10) ... that Gil Chapman was Michigan's career leader in kickoff return yards and the first African-American elected to office in Elizabeth, New Jersey?
647. Bob Topp (9/8/10) 2,900 ... that Bob Topp helped the New York Giants defeat the Cleveland Browns in 1956 by intercepting radio signals used to relay plays onto the field from the Browns' bench?
646. Darryl Stonum (9/8/10) 1,700 ... that, after receiving contact lenses in 2010, Michigan wide receiver Darryl Stonum reported, "I could see everything like in HD"?
645. Jack Karwales (9/7/10) 1,492 ... that Jack Karwales spent time as a Wolverine, Bear, and Cardinal, and a coach of Billikens?
644. Darrell Harper (9/6/10) ... that former Michigan halfback Darrell Harper scored the first points and kicked the first field goal and extra point in the history of the Buffalo Bills?
643. Jack Carpenter (9/5/10) ... that Michigan tackle Jack Carpenter later played for the Toronto Argonauts and was described as "the pillar of strength on the Argos' front wall"?
640-642. Oosterbaan's QBs (9/3/10) ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan included John Ghindia (1949), Lou Baldacci (1953–1954), and Jim Maddock (1954–1956)?
637-639. Elliott's QBs (9/3/10) ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bump Elliott included Stan Noskin (1957–1959), Dave Glinka (1960–1962), and Wally Gabler (1965)?
636. Jim Van Pelt (9/1/10) ... that former Michigan quarterback Jim Van Pelt set Canadian Football League records with a 107-yard touchdown pass and seven touchdown passes in one game?
635. Steven Threet (8/29/10) 1,139 ... that quarterback Steven Threet began his college football career at Georgia Tech, played for Michigan in 2008 and is now a member of the 2010 Arizona State team?
634. John Wangler (8/26/10) 1,561 ... that after watching "the greatest single play" in team history, Bob Ufer exclaimed "Johnny Wangler to Anthony Carter will be heard until another 100 years of Michigan football is played!"? Aug. 26, 2010 (171)
633. Michael Taylor (8/24/10) ... that Michael Taylor led Michigan to consecutive Big Ten football championships and became the school's all-time leader in passing efficiency?
632. Dennis Brown (8/23/10) ... that Dennis Brown broke the Big Ten single game total offense record in his first start and set the Michigan football record for career passing yards?
631. Mel Anthony (8/22/10) ... that Michigan fullback Mel Anthony set a Rose Bowl record with an 84-yard touchdown run in 1965?
630. Chuck Heater (8/22/10) ... that former Michigan running back Chuck Heater coached national championship football teams at Notre Dame and Florida?
629. DeWayne Patmon (8/21/10) ... that American football player DeWayne Patmon appeared in a few movies after his National Football League career ended?
628. Fred Janke (8/20/10) ... that former Jackson, Michigan, mayor Fred Janke was the captain of Fritz Crisler's first Michigan Wolverines football team?
627. Fred Baer (8/19/10) ... that 1954 Michigan football MVP Fred Baer and 1953 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lattner played in the same backfield for Fenwick High School in the Chicago Catholic League in 1949?
626. Jack Wheeler (8/17/10) ... that despite a slight build at 155 pounds, Jack Wheeler was the MVP of the undefeated 1930 Michigan football team and finished second in voting for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football?
625. Buster Stanley (8/16/10) ... that Youngstown, Ohio, native Sylvester "Buster" Stanley won the 1993 Michigan football MVP and Dick Katcher awards?
624. Matt Patanelli (8/16/10) ... that Matt Patanelli was the first University of Michigan football player selected in an National Football League Draft?
623. Reuben Kelto (8/15/10) ... that Upper Peninsula native Reuben Kelto was selected as the MVP of the 1941 Michigan football team that was ranked fifth in the final AP poll?
622. Tony Branoff (8/14/10) ... that Tony Branoff became the first sophomore selected as MVP of the Michigan football team after leading the 1953 squad in scoring, handling punting duties and throwing a 66-yard touchdown pass?
621. Tony Rio (8/13/10) ... that Tony Rio, placed on probation in 1958 for being part of a football gambling ring, went on to become the MVP of the 1959 Michigan football team?
620. Steve Strinko (8/12/10) ... that 1974 Michigan football MVP Steve Strinko suffered a degenerative knee injury and later formed an organization to provide medical assistance to others injured in college athletics?
619. Ted Kress (8/8/10) ... that Michigan halfback Ted Kress set a Big Ten single-game rushing record with 218 yards in his second conference game?
618. Dennis Fitzgerald (8/6/10) ... that Dennis Fitzgerald won a gold medal in wrestling at the 1963 Pan American Games, and set the Michigan Wolverines football record with a 99-yard kickoff return?
617. George F. Veenker (8/4/10) ... that George Veenker has the highest winning percentage of any basketball coach in Michigan history and served on the NCAA Football Rules Committee from 1938 to 1945?
616. Ray Courtright (8/3/10) ... that Ray Courtright, once considered Oklahoma's greatest halfback, pitched a no-hitter for the Sooners and coached the Nevada basketball and Michigan golf and wrestling teams to championships?
615. William F. Borgmann (8/1/10) ... that Bill Borgman was a lineman for the undefeated national champion 1932 and 1933 Michigan football teams and a line-mate of Gerald R. Ford on the 1934 team?
614. Stanley Fay (7/31/10) ... that Stanley Fay, captain and quarterback of the undefeated national champion 1933 Michigan football team, later became Ford Motor Company's personnel director?
613. Ivy Williamson (7/31/10) 1,658 ... that less than six weeks after being fired from his 20-year career as the University of Wisconsin's football coach and athletic director, Ivy Williamson died from falling down a staircase?
612. Bob Emery (7/31/10) 700 ... that Bob Emery at age 46 already ranks among the 20 all-time winningest college men's ice hockey coaches, with 465 wins?
611. Fred Trosko (7/28/10) ... that Eastern Michigan football coach Fred Trosko suffered a 29-game winless streak after the school refused to follow a conference policy allowing athletic scholarships?
610. Hercules Renda (7/28/10) 6,581 ... that Hercules Renda was described as a "midget from the hills of West Virginia" who "ran, squirmed and tackled" his way into the hearts of Michigan football fans in the 1930s?
609. Tony Momsen (7/27/10) ... that Michigan linebacker Tony Momsen blocked a Vic Janowicz punt and recovered it in the endzone for the only touchdown in the famed 1950 Snow Bowl game?
608. Ralph Kohl (7/27/10) 1,572 ... that long-time NFL scout Ralph Kohl was considered the top "judge of football flesh" in BLESTO, the scouting combine of the Bears-Lions-Eagles-Steelers Talent Organization?
607. F. Stuart Wilkins (7/27/10) ... that Stu Wilkins, an offensive guard on Michigan's 1947 "Mad Magicians" team, was a leader in establishing the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his hometown of Canton, Ohio?
606. Sam P. McBirney 2,000 ... that Irish-American banker Sam McBirney coached a football team from a college with 400 students to a 16–0 win that broke the Oklahoma Sooners' 18-game winning streak?
605. Alan Bovard (7/24/10) ... that Michigan Wolverines center Alan Bovard coached the Michigan Tech football team to its first undefeated season in 1948?
604. Claude Bracey (7/18/10) 700 ... that Claude Bracey, know as "the Texas Flyer," won the 100- and 220-yard sprints at the 1928 NCAA Track Championships and tied the world record in the 100-meter race in 1932?
603. Tiny Gooch (7/16/10) 2,120 ... that Tiny Gooch, placed third in the discus at the NCAA track championships, won the Southwest Conference heavyweight wrestling championship and was acknowledged as "the tallest attorney in Texas" until 1950?
602. Gordie Gillespie (7/16/10) 1,100 ... that Gordie Gillespie is the all-time winningest college baseball coach and was also selected as the head coach of the Chicago Tribune all-time Illinois high school football team?
601. Willie Heston (7/11/10) 3,400 ... that Willie Heston (pictured), rated by Knute Rockne as the greatest back of all time, helped Michigan outscore its opponents 2,326 to 40 in his four years with the team?
600. Hugh Knox (7/9/10) ... that Hugh Knox, son of the U.S. Secretary of State and Attorney General, was an All-American halfback at Yale?
599. Bill Dague (7/8/10) ... that Bill Dague was the first consensus All-American football player from the United States Naval Academy?
598. Frank Joranko (7/8/10) ... that Frank Joranko was selected as the most valuable football player in the MIAA and later coached Albion College to nine MIAA baseball championships?
597. Sharron Backus (7/6/10) 820 ... that Sharron Backus played on seven national and two international championship softball teams and coached UCLA to nine national championships?
596. Don Roberts (7/4/10) 1,000 ... that Legend of Hockey Don Roberts was assigned to coach hockey despite having never played the sport and coached his team in boots due to his unsteadiness on skates?
595. List of college football coaches with 200 career wins ... that the list of college football coaches with 200 career wins is topped by John Gagliardi, Eddie Robinson, and Joe Paterno?
594. Eric Hamilton (7/3/10) ... that Eric Hamilton, the youngest American college football head coach when hired by Trenton State College at age 23, has held the same job for 33 years?
593. Keith W. Piper (7/3/10) ... that Keith Piper successfully perpetuated the single-wing, "the formation-of-choice during football's leather-helmet era," for decades after it had been discarded by other teams?
592. Dennis Douds (7/3/10) ... that football coach Denny Douds, climbing the career wins list after decades at the same university, jumped with the U.S. Army Parachute Team in May 2010 at age 69?
591. Joe Taylor (7/3/10) ... that Florida A&M football coach Joe Taylor has a career record of 214–82–4 and won four Black College Championships at Hampton?
590. Peter Mazzaferro (7/2/10) ... that Peter "Papa Bear" Mazzaferro was removed as head football coach at Bridgewater after 19 years, sued for age discrimination, and coached another 17 years there after being reinstated?
589. Ed Saugestad (7/2, 7/4) 1,000 ... that Ed Saugestad began coaching the Augsburg College hockey team while he was still a student and led the school to three NAIA national championships in 37 years as the coach?
588. Mike McShane (7/1/10) 600 ... that Mike McShane led Norwich to eight Frozen Fours and ranks ninth all-time among NCAA men's ice hockey coaches with 564 wins?
587. Gayle Blevins (7/1/10) 600 ... that Iowa and Indiana coach Gayle Blevins retired in June 2010 ranked second in NCAA Division I softball history with 1,245 wins?
586. Tim Coghlin (7/1/10) 550 ... that Tim Coghlin advanced to the Frozen Four in six of the past eight years and has the second highest career winning percentage among the 100 all-time winningest college men's hockey coaches?
585. Judi Garman (7/1/10) 1,000 ... that Judi Garman, raised by a Mennonite pastor on the Saskatchewan prairie, became the winningest coach in college softball history at Cal State Fullerton?
584. Bill Beaney (6/30/10) 900 ... that Bill Beaney led Middlebury College to an unprecedented five straight national men's ice hockey championships and ranks 11th on the all-time NCAA hockey win list?
583. Margie Wright (6/30/10) 1,100 ... that Margie Wright is the all-time winningest NCAA softball coach and ranks second all-time in career victories among NCAA Division I coaches in all sports?
582. Henry Schoellkopf (6/27/10) ... that Henry Schoellkopf, selected as an All-American fullback while attending Harvard Law School, later shot himself in the head at his Milwaukee law office?
581. Larry Catuzzi (6/27/10) ... that former Ohio State football coach Larry Catuzzi served on the Flight 93 Federal Advisory Commission after his daughter died on United Airlines Flight 93?
580. Frank Girardi (6/27/10) ... that Frank Girardi's Lycoming football team wore shoes borrowed from Joe Paterno in the 1990 NCAA football tournament?
579. A. Barr Snively (6/26/10) ... that Princeton's "Whoop" Snively, known as "the best forward-passer in the East," later coached lacrosse and ice hockey at Williams College and New Hampshire?
578. Joseph W. Brooks (6/24/10) ... that Williams College football coach Joseph Brooks served in a machine gun battalion in World War I and survived a plane crash in 1931?
575-577. Wesleyan coaches (6/23/10) ... that Norm Daniels, Frank Hauser and Bill MacDermott achieved the most wins among the football coaches in Wesleyan history, and Daniels led the team to four consecutive undefeated seasons?
574. Edgar Fauver (6/22/10) ... that Dr. Edgar Fauver, a football and baseball player in the 1890s, became a pioneer in women's athletics coaching women's basketball and baseball at Barnard College in the 1900s?
573. Emil Liston (6/22/10) ... that Emil "Liz" Liston, founder of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and organizer of the NAIA college basketball tournament, was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975?
572. Donald Russell (6/21/10) ... that Donald Russell from 1964 to 1970 accumulated the highest winning percentage (.661) of any Wesleyan football coach with more than two years as head coach?
571. Jake High (6/20/10) ... that football coach Jake High has both the highest winning percentage (.778) in the history of Wesleyan football and the lowest percentage (.000) in the history of NYU football?
570. Mike Whalen (6/18/10) ... that current Wesleyan football coach Mike Whalen led the Williams College "Ephs" to four consecutive Little Three football championships and a undefeated record against Wesleyan?
569. Jim Ostendarp (6/16/10) .. that Jim "the Darp" Ostendarp, Amherst College football coach for 33 years, refused to allow ESPN to televise a game saying, "We're in education. We aren't in the entertainment business"?
568. Craig Rundle (6/12/10) ... that Craig Rundle, a college football head coach for 24 years, led Albion College to the 2001 MIAA championship with his sons playing at quarterback and tight end?
567. Jack Siedlecki (6/12/10) ... that Jack Siedlecki led Yale, Amherst and Worcester to conference championships in 21 years as a head football coach?
566. List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches (6/3/10) ... that all nine individuals who served as Michigan Wolverines head football coaches from 1900 to 1989 have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame?
565. Celso Duarte (6/1/10) ... that Paraguayan and jarocho harpist Celso Duarte began touring at age 10 and has performed with his band at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center and the Getty Center?
564. Lyman Frimodig (5/28/10) ... that Frim Frimodig played high school football with The Gipper and held Michigan State's single-game basketball scoring record for 35 years?
563. Gooch Gauthier (5/28/10) ... that Gooch Gauthier coached a "little band of Battling Bishops" to victory over the Michigan Wolverines in the 1928 season opener at The Big House?
562. Mysterious Walker (5/27/10) 3,200 ... that Mysterious Walker, who played for or coached more than 30 baseball, basketball and football teams, earned his nickname pitching for the San Francisco Seals under a pseudonym and wearing a mask?
561. John Kobs (5/26/10) ... that John Kobs, Michigan State's first hockey coach, switched Baseball Hall of Famer Robin Roberts from a first baseman to a pitcher?
560. Don Coleman (5/20/10) ... that Don Coleman was the first Michigan State football player to have his number retired, the Spartans' first African-American coach, and the first African-American teacher at Flint Central?
559. Bob Valesente (5/16/10) ... that Bob Valesente has coached football for the Kansas Jayhawks, Baltimore Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers and Frankfurt Galaxy?
558. Harry Stiteler (5/14/10) 1,500 ... that Texas A&M football coach Harry Stiteler resigned in 1951 after admitting he had misrepresented the facts about being beaten by a stranger near a Houston hotel?
557. Hootie Ingram (5/10/10) 1,500 that Hootie Ingram tied the SEC record for interceptions, coached football at Clemson, and was the athletic director at Florida State and Alabama?
556. Ernie Zampese (5/10/10) 1,600 ... that Ernie Zampese coached the leading pass offense in the NFL six times in seven years and has been credited with putting the "air" in Air Coryell?
555. Jerry Vandergriff (5/8/10) ... that Jerry Vandergriff led the Angelo State Rams to 18 consecutive winning seasons and the winningest record of all Texas universities in the 1980s?
554. Jay Riemersma (5/8/10) 1,600 ... that Jay Riemersma, tight end for the Michigan Wolverines, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers, is currently a Republican candidate for Congress from West Michigan?
553. Joe Arenas (5/8/10) 1,600 ... that Lupe Joe Arenas, one of the first Mexican-American football stars, once held the NFL career record with 4,572 kick and punt return yards?
552. Mike Brumbelow (5/7/10) ... that Mike Brumbelow was captain and MVP of the TCU Horned Frogs' first Southwest Conference championship team in 1929 and coached UTEP to two wins in three appearances in the Sun Bowl in the 1950s?
551. Elton Rynearson (5/6/10) ... that over the course of his career at Michigan State Normal College, Elton Rynearson coached at least one year in every varsity sport, including football, basketball, baseball, and track?
554. John Tidwell] (5/6/10) 2,300 ... that John Tidwell broke the University of Michigan's single game and season basketball scoring records in 1960 despite "the handicap of a short and twisted left arm"?
553. Mike Gary (5/3/10) ... that Mike Gary played football at Minnesota with Bronko Nagurski and coached Western Michigan for 13 years, including undefeated seasons in 1932 and 1941?
552. George Munger (5/3/10) ... that the George Munger Award, given since 1989 to the college football coach of the year, is named for long-time Penn coach and decathlon champion George Munger?
551. Cleo A. O'Donnell (5/2/10) 2,150 ... that Cleo O'Donnell coached the 1914 Everett team that outscored opponents 600 to 0 and was rated by Sports Illustrated as the greatest high school football team of all time?
550. James S. Malosky (5/2/10) ... that when Minnesota Duluth coach Jim Malosky retired in 1998 he was the winningest football coach in Division II history and ranked 11th in wins among all college football coaches?
549. Mike Kelly (5/1/10) 1,500 ... that Dayton Flyers coach Mike Kelly has the fourth best winning percentage (81.9%) of all time among college football coaches with at least 25 years of experience?
548. Chris Cameron (4/29/10) 1,500 ... that Chris Cameron won the individual all-around title and led the Michigan Wolverines to the team title at the 2010 NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship?
547. Walter S. Kennedy (4/29/10) 3,500 ... that quarterback Walter Kennedy's amateur status became a national media story in 1898 after his mother said he was receiving $500 a year to play football at the University of Chicago?
546. Frederick A. Speik (4/29/10) ... that in addition to being the captain of the 1904 University of Chicago football team, Fred Speik was a member of Chicago's water polo and track and field teams?
545. Henry Torney (4/26/10) 2,900 ... that Army All-American Henry Torney, who later became a millionaire, was arrested at a 1910 Shirtwaist Strikers protest that led the New York Mayor to rebuke the "police dictators"?
544. John Macklin (4/23/10) 1,600 ...
543. Willis Glassgow (4/23/10) 1,600 ... that Big Ten MVP Willis Glassgow was called the "Dancing Master" for his shiftiness on the gridiron and because he managed the most popular ballroom in Iowa City?
542. John W. F. Bennett (4/22/10) ... that J.W.F. Bennett, captain of the undefeated 1898 Michigan football team, later supervised the construction of the Algonquin, Ritz and Waldorf Hotels?
541. Frederick W. Henninger (4/20/10) ... that "Pa" Henninger, captain of the 1895 Michigan football team that outscored its opponents 266 to 14, was twice named to all-time All-Michigan teams?
540. Art Murakowski (4/20/10) 1,700 ... that East Chicago native Art Murakowski survived a kamikaze attack during the Battle of Okinawa and was named the most valuable football player in the Big Ten Conference in 1948?
539. Roger Sherman (4/19/10) 4,600 ... that Roger Sherman (pictured in 1890) was accused of offering a football player $600 to play for Michigan and later served as president of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations?
538. Chuck Bennett (4/17/10) 1,900 ... that Indiana halfback Chuck Bennett built his physique working in coal mines and was selected as the MVP of the Big Ten Conference despite playing for the ninth place team?
537. George Dygert (4/17/10) 4,200 ... that Michigan's 1892/1893 captain George Dygert (pictured) played professional football for a Butte, Montana, team sponsored by mine owners that defeated teams from Denver and San Francisco?
536. James Baird (4/16/10) 3,300 ... that Michigan quarterback James Baird supervised the construction of the Flatiron Building (video right), the Lincoln Memorial, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
535. James Duffy (4/16/10) 4,400 ... that Michigan's James Duffy (pictured) played seven years of college football and set a world record by drop kicking a football 168 feet, 7-1/2 inches?
533-534. Regeczi & Renner (4/11/10) ... that team MVP Gerald Ford (pictured) recalled that Michigan's 1934 "Punt, Pass and Prayer" offense lost punter John Regeczi and passer "Hard Luck Bill" Renner and "all we had left was the prayer"?
532. Herb Steger (4/5/10) ... that from his freshman year at Oak Park High School through his junior year at the University of Michigan, Herb Steger never lost a game of football?
531. Frederick L. Conklin (4/5/10) ... that Dr. Fred Conklin received the Legion of Merit for setting up a mobile hospital in New Caledonia and later presented a medal to John F. Kennedy for heroism on the PT 109?
530. William Shakespeare (4/1/10) 3,200 ... that William Shakespeare was nicknamed "The Merchant of Menace"?
529. Robert J. Dunne (4/1/10) ... that Duke Dunne, an Olympic pentathlete and Michigan football captain, later presided over the sale of the Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck and the Kansas City Athletics to Charlie Finley?
528. Arnall Patz (3/31/10) ... that ophthalmologist Arnall Patz received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for solving one of "the great medical mysteries of the postwar era"?
527. Thomas S. Hammond (3/30/10) 12,500 ... that American football player Tom Hammond (pictured) always played without protective padding, saying "I want them to feel my bones"?
526. Charles Muscatine (3/28/10) 1,700 ... that Chaucer scholar Charles Muscatine participated in the D-day landing on Omaha Beach and was fired by UC Berkeley for refusing to sign a McCarthyite oath?
525. Herb Graver (3/25/10) ... that Herb Graver scored five touchdowns in the 1903 Michigan–Ohio State game, a record that has not since been matched by a player for either team?
524. 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team 8,700 ... that Michigan's 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team (pictured), rated one of the greatest college football teams of all time, outscored its opponents 550–0 and beat Stanford 49–0 in the first Rose Bowl game?
523. Henri Salmide (3/19/10) ... that Heinz Stahlschmidt was credited with saving 3,500 French lives when he refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux and instead blew up the munitions bunker, killing approximately 50 Germans?
521-522. Harold Pogue, Perry Graves (3/18/10) 1,900 ... that Harold Pogue, Perry Graves and Ralph Chapman became the University of Illinois' first first-team College Football All-Americans in 1914?
520. Vernon Prichard (3/17/10) 3,000 ... that General Vernon Prichard, commander of the "Old Ironsides" armored division during the Italian Campaign in World War II, was Dwight Eisenhower's quarterback at West Point?
519. Irving Kane Pond (3/16/10) 6,100 ... that Irving Pond (pictured) designed three National Historic Landmarks, performed a backflip on his 80th birthday, and scored the first ever touchdown for the Michigan Wolverines?
518. Edward Leonard King (3/16/10) 2,100 ... that footballer Edward King was honored for heroism in the Philippines and tactical skill in France and later became Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College?
517. Harold Ballin (3/15/10) 1,400 ... that Hall of Fame tackle Harold Ballin was "the hardest-hitting player" ever faced by fellow Hall of Famer Charles Brickley and the last Princeton player to play without a helmet?
516. Huntington Hardwick (3/14/10) 1,700 ... that Football Hall of Famer Huntington "Tack" Hardwick was called "a big, fine-looking aristocrat from blue-blood stock" who "loved combat – body contact at crushing force – a fight to the finish"?
515. Frederick Bradlee (3/14/10) ... that Frederick Josiah Bradlee was a Boston Brahmin, an All-American halfback and the father of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee?
514. Vic Halligan (3/14/10) ... that Nebraska's first All-American Vic Halligan was called "The premier punter of the West, A master of the forward pass, A tackler equal to the best"?
512-513. Cruikshank & Benfer (3/14/10) ... that 1914 College Football All-Americans Burleigh Cruikshank of Washington & Jefferson and Haps Benfer of Albright College went on to become Presbyterian and United Evangelical ministers?
511. Paul Des Jardien (3/13/10) ... that College Football Hall of Fame center Shorty Des Jardien played in the NFL for the Chicago Tigers and in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians?
510. Stan Pennock (3/11/10) 2,900 ... that College Football Hall of Fame inductee Stan "Bags" Pennock was killed in an explosion that wrecked the chemical plant he opened in an abandoned New Jersey slaughterhouse?
509. Charley Barrett (3/11/10) 3,100 ... that Hall of Fame quarterback Charley Barrett died of an illness contracted in an explosion on the USS Brooklyn in Yokohama Harbor during World War I?
508. Louis Jordan (3/10/10) 1,600 ... that Louis Jordan was the first University of Texas All-American football player and the first Texas officer killed in action in World War I?
507. Robert Kolesar (3/10/10) 1,500 ... that medical student Bob Kolesar was one of Michigan's renowned "Seven Oak Posts" in 1942?
506. John Brennan (3/7/10) 2,900 ... that John Brennan, a 201-pound football player, was voted "queen" of the University of Michigan ice carnival after challenging the pulchritude of the school's co-eds?
505. Stanley Muirhead (3/3/10) ... that Stanley Muirhead helped lead Michigan to a national football championship in 1923 and was a first-team All-NFL player in 1924 for the Dayton Triangles and Cleveland Bulldogs?
498-504. 1906 College Football All-America Team (3/1/10) 7,400 total ... that the 1906 College Football All-America Team included Princeton quarterback Eddie Dillon, Harvard guard Francis Burr, Yale end Bob Forbes, Cornell center Bill Newman, a midshipman who was the strongest man in the U.S. Naval Academy, and a guard who was described as "one of the largest men who ever played on a college gridiron"?
497. Louis Robertshaw (2/26/10) ... that Louis Robertshaw flew combat missions in World War II and Korea and flew an F-4D Phantom fighter in Vietnam as commanding general of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing?
496. Devin Gardner (2/23/10) 1,500 ... that University of Michigan freshman Devin Gardner compiled 3,287 yards of total offense as a high school junior and was ranked as the top quarterback prospect in the United States in 2009?
495. Louis A. Merrilat (2/22/10) 2,000 ... that Louis Merrilat played football with Dwight Eisenhower at West Point, trained Iran's Persian Guard, and served as a soldier of fortune in China and with the French Foreign Legion?
491-494. Michigan assistant coaches (2/5/10) ... that many of Bo Schembechler's assistant coaches at Michigan, including Milan Vooletich, Jerry Hanlon, Tirrel Burton, and Dick Hunter, had previously coached at Miami of Ohio, the "Cradle of Coaches"?
490. George Mans (2/2/10) ... that George Mans, captain of the 1961 Michigan football team, later served in the Michigan House of Representatives and as an assistant coach under Bo Schembechler?
489. Donald Goerke (1/28/10) 1,600 ... that Donald Goerke invented SpaghettiOs, choosing the "O" over pasta shaped like baseballs, cowboys, and spacemen, and later ran the company's dog food division?
488. Walter Rheinschild (1/27/10) ... that the Los Angeles Times wrote in 1914 that American football player Walter Rheinschild had been rated as "the highest salaried amateur athlete in the business"?
487. Herbert Spiegel (1/23/10) ... that psychiatrist Herbert Spiegel, whose work established hypnosis as a legitimate medical therapy, used "Sybil" as a demonstration case for his hypnosis classes at Columbia University?
486. Paul Magoffin (1/23/10) ... that Michigan halfback Paul Magoffin later coached the George Washington "Hatchetites" on the White House Ellipse?
485. Gloria Nord (1/13/10) 6,900 ... that pin-up girl Gloria Nord attracted more than a million people to her rolling skating exhibitions in 1942 and 1943 and later gave a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II?
484. 1930 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/12/10) 1,000 ... that the undefeated 1930 Michigan Wolverines football team was led by Harry Newman, referred to by the United Press as the "crack Jewish field general"?
483. Felix Wurman (1/12/10) 1,100 ... that cellist Felix Wurman founded the Church of Beethoven, described by NPR as "a church for people who don't go to church," in an abandoned gas station off Route 66 in New Mexico?
482. Albert Pattengill (1/7/10) ... that Greek professor Albert Pattengill played on Michigan's 1867 baseball team, nominated "azure-blue and maize" as the university's colors, and was one of the founders of the Big Ten Conference?
481. Fritz Crisler (1/6/10) 1,100 ... that Fritz Crisler developed the platoon system of American football in which separate squads play offense and defense and designed the winged football helmet used by the Michigan Wolverines?
480. Clayton Teetzel (1/5/10) ... that Michigan sprinter Clayton Teetzel coached the BYU basketball team to an 11–1 season and later coached the Utah State football team to an undefeated season outscoring opponents 164 to 0?
479. Wally Teninga ... that Wally Teninga played football for Michigan's undefeated 1947 and 1948 championship teams and later became vice chairman and chief financial officer of Kmart Corporation?
478. Leo Koceski (1/4/10) ... that "Canonsburgh Comet" Leo Koceski, halfback for Michigan's 1948 national championship and 1950 Rose Bowl championship teams, was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame?
477. Howard Yerges (1/3/10) ... that Howard Yerges began his football career with the Ohio State Buckeyes and finished it as the quarterback of Michigan's 1947 "Mad Magicians" national championship team?
476. 1894 Michigan football team (1/2/10) ... that the 1894 Michigan football team played Chicago in a sleet storm as the grandstand was "packed with yelling collegians" and the carriage rooms "filled with society people"?
475. 1895 Michigan football team (1/2/10) 3,200 ... that the 1895 Michigan football team (player pictured) outscored its opponents 266 to 14 and clinched a claim to the Western championship of American football?
474. 1896 Michigan football team (1/2/10)
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2,000 ... that the 1896 Michigan football team (pictured) appeared in the first college football game played indoors and under electric lights?
473. 1897 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/1/10) ... that the 1897 Michigan Wolverines football team won the inaugural game in the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry by a score of 34 to 0?
472. 1899 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/1/10) 1,600 ... that the coach (pictured) of the 1899 Michigan football team resigned to participate in the Klondike Gold Rush and later returned a millionaire? (3,200 views for Ferbert)

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