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The following shows articles created in 2010 with the most page views.
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1 | List of NCAA football teams by wins* | 2010-10-26 | 22,478 | 2,041,743 | College football program by wins |
2 | Denard Robinson* ![]() | 2010-09-04 | 126,207 | 1,352,173 | UM quarterback 2010-12 |
3 | List of college football coaches with 200 wins* | 2010-06-19 | 42,394 | 1,185,332 | College football coaches with 200 wins |
4 | List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches* | 2010-05-29 | 34,538 | 724,026 | UM head football coaches |
5 | Leonard Skinner* | 2010-09-20 | 9,366 | 655,564 | Gym teacher and namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd |
6 | Devin Gardner* | 2010-02-07 | 31,583 | 429,354 | UM quarterback 2012-14 |
7 | 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-26 | 129,860 | 167,138 | 7–6 record, Robinson QB |
8 | List of Michigan Wolverines football players* | 2010-08-08 | 94,408 | 141,004 | Notable UM football players |
9 | List of college baseball coaches with 1,100 wins* | 2010-07-06 | 17,139 | 114,119 | College baseball coaches with 1,100 wins |
10 | Mike Martin* ![]() | 2010-09-30 | 22,147 | 102,298 | 37 games as UM nose tackle 2008-2011 |
The following shows articles expanded in 2010 with the most page views.
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1 | Tony Eason | 2010-05-04 | 15,937 | 554,292 | QB for Illinois (1981-82), NFL (1983-90) |
2 | Harvard Crimson football ![]() | 2010-10-25 | 57,962 | 527,037 | 13 national championships and 20 CFHOF inductees |
3 | Yale Bulldogs football | 2010-10-24 | 44,705 | 385,139 | 27 national championships, two of the first three Heisman Trophy winners, 100 consensus All-Americans, 28 CFHOF inductees, including "Father of American Football" Walter Camp, |
4 | List of Detroit Tigers team records | 2010-01 | 38,400 | 380,980 | Detroit Tigers team records |
5 | List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams | 313,257 | |||
6 | Larry Kehres | 2010-10 | 22,168 | 134,591 | Mount Union head coach (1985-2020, 332–24–3, 11 Division III national |
7 | Ernie Zampese ![]() | 2010-04 | 23,099 | 100,881 | Coach (1962-2004) |
8 | William Shakespeare ![]() | 2010-03 | 21.110 | 85,390 | Notre Dame HB, AA (1935) |
9 | Rick Volk ![]() | 2010-10 | 22,575 | 56,784 | Safety at UM (1964-66), Colts (1967-75) |
10 | Jay Riemersma | 2010-04 | 19,538 | 43,653 | UM tight end (1992-1995) |
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1 | Denard Robinson* ![]() | 2010-09-04 | 126,207 | 1,352,173 | UM QB (2010-12) |
2 | Devin Gardner* ![]() | 2010-02-07 | 31,583 | 429,354 | UM QB (2012-14) |
3 | List of Michigan Wolverines football players* | 2010-08-08 | 94,408 | 141,004 | Notable UM football players |
4 | Mike Martin* ![]() | 2010-09-30 | 22,147 | 102,298 | 37 games as UM nose tackle (2008-11) |
5 | Steven Threet* ![]() | 2010-04-27 | 18,943 | 78,720 | UM QB (2007-08) |
6 | Rick Volk ![]() | 2010-10 | 22,575 | 56,784 | Safety at UM (1964-66), Colts (1967-75) |
7 | Jay Riemersma ![]() | 2010-04 | 19,538 | 43,653 | UM TE (1992-1995) |
8 | Chuck Heater* ![]() | 2010-08-09 | 24,821 | 42,449 | UM RB (1972-74) |
9 | Morgan Trent | 2010-10 | 11,486 | 37,446 | Cornerback at UM (2005-08), NFL (2009-12) |
10 | Craig Roh* ![]() | 2010-08-04 | 35,434 | 41,297 | UM hybrid LB (2009-12) |
11 | John Wangler* ![]() | 2010-08-04 | 35,434 | 40,406 | UM QB (1979-80) |
12 | Michael Taylor* ![]() | 2010-08-12 | 22,673 | 32,318 | UM QB (1986-89) |
13 | Bob Mann ![]() | 2010-09 | 55,295 | 30,159 | End for UM (1944, 1946-47), NFL (1948-54) |
14 | Jim Van Pelt | 2010-08 | 18,404 | 25,362 | QB at UM (1955-57), Winnipeg (1958-59) |
15 | Dennis Brown* ![]() | 2010-08-13 | 16,425 | 23,705 | UM QB (1966-68), broke school passing records |
16 | Larry Stevens* | 2010-09-01 | 9,223 | 19,253 | UM DE/LB (2000-03) |
17 | Gerald White* ![]() | 2010-10-13 | 14,834 | 16,488 | UM fullback (1983-86) |
18 | Ernest Shazor | 2010-04 | 9,425 | 16,343 | UM safety, AA (1994) |
19 | Ed Shuttlesworth* ![]() | 2010-09-02 | 15,505 | 14,465 | UM leading rusher (1972, 1973) |
20 | Andre Weathers | 2010-10 | 11,350 | 15,152 | Cornerback at UM (1995-98), Giants (1999-2000) |
21 | Darryl Stonum* | 2010-08-28 | 11,732 | 14,320 | UM wide receiver (2008-11) |
22 | Andy Cannavino* | 2010-09-08 | 7,471 | 14,178 | UM linebacker (1977-80) |
23 | Wally Gabler ![]() | 2010-08-18 | 10,121 | 13,909 | Michigan QB (1964-65) |
24 | Gil Chapman* ![]() | 2010-08-29 | 17,205 | 13,377 | UM RB and returner (1972-74) |
25 | Julius Curry* | 2010-08-31 | 6,491 | 11,659 | UM safety and punt returner (1999-2002) |
26 | DeWayne Patmon* | 2010-08-08 | 10,356 | 11,643 | UM defensive back (1997-2000) |
27 | Burnie Legette* | 9,073 | 10,038 | 11,150 | UM running back (1989-1992) |
28 | Marty Huff* ![]() | 2010-09-03 | 13,962 | 10,862 | UM linebacker (1967-1970) |
29 | Dennis Fitzgerald* | 2010-07-26 | 17,154 | 10,623 | UM halfback, MVP of 1960 team |
30 | Stan Noskin* | 2010-08-22 | 16,577 | 10,297 | UM quarterback (1957-59) |
31 | Fred Baer* | 2010-08-07 | 9,030 | 9,305 | UM fullback (1952-54) |
32 | George Mans* ![]() | 2010-01-20 | 13,370 | 9,195 | UM end (1959-61) |
33 | Mel Anthony* | 2010-08-09 | 8,218 | 9,102 | UM fullback (1962-64), MVP 1965 Rose Bowl |
34 | Ted Kress | 2010-07-26 | 9,019 | 8,737 | UM halfback (1951-53) |
35 | Larry Cipa* | 2010-08-28 | 4,071 | 8,437 | UM QB (1971-73) |
36 | Monte Robbins* | 2010-09-20 | 9,493 | 8,100 | UM punter (1984-87) |
37 | Steve Strinko* ![]() | 2010-07-28 | 13,022 | 8,032 | UM linebacker (1972-74) |
38 | Robert Thompson* | 2010-09-08 | 9,495 | 7,794 | UM linebacker (1979-82) |
39 | Jim Maddock* ![]() | 2010-08-22 | 12,048 | 7,050 | UM QB (1954-56) |
40 | Jerry Diorio* | 2010-09-07 | 7,356 | 6,987 | Michigan OG (1980-83), Lions replacement player (1987) |
41 | Lou Baldacci | 2010-08-23 | 11,021 | 6,900 | UM halfback (1953-55), Steelers (1956) |
42 | Tony Rio* | 2010-07-31 | 7,655 | 6,858 | UM FB (1957-59), MVP (1959) |
43 | Thomas Guynes* | 2010-08-31 | 3,561 | 6,301 | Michigan OT/OG (1994-96), NFL (1997-98) |
44 | Marion Body* | 2010-09-08 | 3,248 | 6,097 | UM CB (1979-92), Michigan Panthers (1983) |
45 | Jerry Meter* | 2010-01-23 | 6,351 | 5,964 | UM LB/DE (1976-78), coach (1980-87) |
46 | Henry Hill* ![]() | 2010-07-29 | 10,975 | 5,908 | UM guard (1968-70), MVP (1970) |
47 | Tony Branoff* | 2010-07-31 | 17,424 | 5,888 | UM HB (1952-55), MVP (1953) |
48 | John Ghindia* ![]() | 2010-08-20 | 15,995 | 5,777 | UM QB/LB (1946-49) |
49 | Buster Stanley* | 2010-08-02 | 6,915 | 5,684 | UM DT/nose guard (1990-93), Patriots (1994) |
50 | Tom Beckman* | 2010-08-29 | 7,636 | 5,557 | UM DE/LB/T (1969-71), Cardinals (1972) |
51 | Garvie Craw* | 2010-08-08 | 3,195 | 5,091 | UM FB/HB (1967-69) |
52 | Tom Johnson* ![]() | 2010-09-25 | 11,018 | c. 5,000 | UM DT/OT (1949-51), Packers (1952) |
53 | Gene Knutson | 2010-07-24 | 6,608 | 4,914 | UM DE (1951-53), Packers (1954, 1956) |
54 | Arnie Simkus* | 2010-02-22 | 3,114 | 4,794 | U DE/DT (1962, 1964), Jets (1965), Vikings (1967) |
55 | Paul Girgash* | 2010-09-07 | 6,733 | 4,757 | UM ILB (1979-82), Michigan Panthers (1984) |
56 | Darrell Harper* | 2010-08-25 | 9,410 | 4,679 | UM HB/PK (1957-59), Buffalo (1960) |
57 | Bob Topp* | 2010-08-29 | 7,959 | 4,334 | UM end (1952-53) Giants (1954, 1956) |
58 | Don Peterson* | 2010-08-01 | 5,581 | 4,127 | UM FB/HB (1948-51), MVP (1951) |
59 | Dave Glinka* | 2010-08-21 | 10,158 | 3,653 | UM QB (1960-62) |
60 | Milt Carthens* | 2010-08-08 | 3,200 | 2,891 | UM OT/TE (1982-83), Colts (1987) |
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1 | Frederic L. Smith* ![]() | 2010-11-27 | 8,137 | 86,556 | General Motors co-founder |
2 | William Dennison Clark* | 2010-11 | 11,963 | 34,588 | UM football 1903-05; blunder broke 56-game unbeaten streak |
3 | Willie Heston ![]() | 2020-07 | 29,455 | 33,518 | UM halfback (1901-04), CFHOF |
4 | James Baird* ![]() | 2010-04-12 | 19,099 | 16,369 | UM QB 1892-95, builder of Flatiron Building and Lincoln Memorial |
5 | Ivy Williamson ![]() | 2010-07-18 | 19,653 | 13,237 | Michigan end (1930-32), Wisconsin AD (1955-69) |
6 | Irving Kane Pond ![]() | 2010-03-06 | 40,921 | 12,921 | Noted architect, scored first UM TD 1879 |
7 | Edward Slaughter ![]() | 2010-03 | 17,803 | 11,823 | UM guard, AA (1923-24) |
8 | William Wilson Talcott* ![]() | 2010-11-29 | 32,897 | 11,217 | UM football 1897-1900, later killed himself after wife joined a "love cult" |
9 | William W. Hannan* | 2010-11-28 | 10,100 | 9,546 | Played on first UM football team, later a real estate developer and first president of National Association of Realtors |
10 | Frank Longman | 2010-03-23 | 9,426 | 8,762 | UM FB (1903-05), Notre Dame HC (1909-10) |
11 | Fred Negus | 2010-01-01 | 5,671 | 8,726 | UM center 1943 |
12 | William Renner* ![]() | 2010-03-29 | 9,918 | 7,642 | UM QB (1931-35) |
13 | Thomas S. Hammond* ![]() | 2010-03-21 | 25,584 | 7,620 | UM FB/HB/E (1903-05) |
14 | Henry Schulte ![]() | 2010-01-13 | 20,905 | 7,512 | UM G/C (1903-05),HC Missouri (1914-18), Nebraska (1919-20) |
15 | Thomas Jesse Drumheller* | 2010-11-27 | 7,496 | 7,100 | UM QB (1896), sheep rancher in Walla Walla |
16 | Robert Kolesar* ![]() | 2010-02-24 | 11,372 | 6,671 | UM guard (1940-42), Browns (1946) |
17 | Hercules Renda* ![]() | 2010-07-17 | 11,193 | 6,575 | UM HB (1937-39) |
18 | Louis Gilbert* | 2010-12-27 | 15,858 | 6,150 | UM HB (1925-27) |
19 | Howard Abbott* | 2010-11-24 | 6,511 | 5,718 | QB for first Minnesota team (1886) and Michigan (1889) |
20 | Fred Trosko* ![]() | 2010-07-17 | 13,748 | 5,714 | UM HB (1937-39) |
21 | Robert J. Dunne* ![]() | 2010-03-26 | 14,194 | 5,688 | UM E/G (1918-21) |
22 | Bob Wiese* | 2010-01-01 | 6,734 | 5,671 | UM FB/QB (1942-44,1946), Lions (1947-48) |
23 | Fred Janke* | 2010-08-07 | 7,939 | 5,619 | UM T/FB (1936-38) |
24 | Russ Reader* | 2010-02-22 | 5,419 | 5,581 | UM DB/HB/QB (1941), MSU (1945-46), NFL (1947), CFL (1949) |
25 | Roger Sherman* ![]() | 2010-04-11 | 14,354 | 5,557 | UM QB/E (1890-93), HC Iowa (1894) |
26 | John Brennan* | 5,124 | |||
27 | Ralph Kohl | 5,095 | |||
28 | William M. Morrow | 2010-11-26 | 9,205 | 5,063 | UM football 1885-86, Brigadier General in US Army |
29 | Edmond H. Barmore* | 4,987 | |||
30 | Paul White* | 2010-01-01 | 4,185 | 4,838 | UM HB/DB (1941-43, 1946) |
31 | Frank G. Higgins* ![]() | 8,792 | 4,694 | ||
32 | Stanley Fay* | 4,626 | |||
33 | Royal T. Farrand* | 4,620 | |||
34 | Jack Wheeler* ![]() | 2010-08-03 | 8,121 | 4,604 | UMHB/FB/QB (1928-30) |
35 | Stanley Borleske | 4,597 | |||
36 | William J. Olcott* ![]() | 2010-11-22 | 10,590 | 4,595 | UM three-quarter back (1881-83) |
37 | Jack Karwales* ![]() | 2010-08-27 | 10,997 | 4,520 | End (1941-42), NFL (1946-47) |
38 | Herb Graver* | 4,395 | |||
39 | Jack Carpenter* | 4,256 | |||
40 | Rudy Rosatti* | 4,196 | |||
41 | John Regeczi* ![]() | 2010-03-29 | 8,909 | 4,164 | UM FB/HB (1932-34) |
42 | William Fortune* | 4,129 | |||
43 | Charles B. Carter* | 4,082 | |||
44 | Archie Kodros | 3,980 | |||
45 | J. De Forest Richards* | 2010-11-27 | 5,555 | 3,970 | UM HB/QB (1894-97) |
46 | Frederick L. Conklin* | 3,961 | |||
47 | Tony Momsen | 3,883 | |||
48 | Walter D. Graham* | 3,831 | |||
49 | James Joy Miller* | 2010-03-29 | 7,660 | 3,783 | UM E/HB/QB (1907-10), academic scandal |
50 | Howie Auer* | 3,730 | |||
51 | James K. Watkins* ![]() | 2010-12-08 | 6,893 | 3,719 | UM T/FB/C (1905-09), Detroit police commissioner |
52 | James E. Duffy* ![]() | 3,562 | |||
53 | Walter Rheinschild ![]() | 2008-11-25 | 25,954 | 3,509 | UM T/FB (1904-05, 1907), HC Washington State (1908), Occidental (1917) |
54 | Matt Patanelli* ![]() | 2010-08-01 | 15,126 | 3,485 | UM E/HB (1934-36) |
55 | Estel Tessmer* | 2010-03-28 | 3,978 | 3,467 | UM QB (1929-31) |
56 | Thomas H. McNeil* | 2010-11-26 | 5,885 | 3,301 | UM QB (1884-85) |
57 | Ralph Fritz* | 4,770 | 3,290 | ||
58 | Henry Fonde* | 3,245 | |||
59 | Stanley Muirhead* | 2010-02-21 | 7,133 | 3,242 | UM T/G (1921-23), NFL (1924) |
60 | George Dygert* | 15,437 | 3,240 | ||
61 | William F. Borgmann* | 3,216 | |||
62 | Omer LaJeunesse* ![]() | 2010-07-15 | 6,738 | 3,159 | UM G/FB (1929-31), HC Michigan Tech (1957-62) |
63 | Frank Gates Allen* | 3,152 | |||
64 | George Greenleaf* | 3,115 | |||
65 | Elmer Beach* | 2,969 | |||
66 | F. Stuart Wilkins* ![]() | 2010-07-16 | 9,128 | 2,950 | UM guard (1945-48) |
67 | James Edward Johns* | 2,914 | |||
68 | John W. F. Bennett* | 2,913 | |||
69 | Reuben Kelto* | 2010-08-01 | 6,253 | 2,878 | UM tackle (1939-41), MVP (1941) |
70 | Paul Magoffin* ![]() | 2010-01-09 | 10,518 | 2,878 | UM HB (1904-07), HC ND State (1908), George Washington (1910) |
71 | James Van Inwagen* ![]() | 2010-12-12 | 9,696 | 2,831 | UM FB/E/HB (1888-91) |
72 | Leo J. Keena* | 2010-11-23 | 9,491 | 2,830 | UM FB (1897-1899), Ambassador to Honduras and later South Africa |
73 | William Harrison Mace* | 2010-11-28 | 6,576 | 2,727 | UM rusher (1882), professor of American history |
74 | Alan Bovard* | 2,667 | |||
75 | Norm Daniels* | 2,667 | |||
76 | Eben Wilson | 10,420 | 2,609 | ||
77 | Arthur Redner* | 2010-03-14 | 6,403 | 2,572 | UM HB (1900-01) |
78 | Rudy Smeja* | 2,529 | |||
79 | Prentiss Douglass | 2,509 | |||
80 | Jackson Keefer* | 2010-02-22 | 4,730 | 2,478 | UM HB/FB (1922),NFL (1926, 1928) |
81 | Henry M. Senter* | 2,431 | |||
82 | Herb Steger* ![]() | 2010-03-25 | 9,282 | 2,395 | UM HB (1922-24) |
83 | Frederick W. Henninger* ![]() | 2010-04-12 | 11,374 | 2,324 | UM T/G (1897-99) |
84 | Alanson Weeks* | 2010-11-23 | 5,770 | 2,305 | UM FB (1898) |
85 | Norman Sterry* ![]() | 2010-11-02 | 12,275 | 2,295 | UM HB/E (1900-02) |
86 | Walter S. Horton* | 2,260 | |||
87 | William C. Malley | 2010-01-04 | 6,113 | 2,158 | UM T/G (1888-1890), HC Wabash (1892) |
88 | Virgil Tupper* | 2010-12-07 | 4,496 | 2,141 | UM guard (1891-92) |
89 | William J. Duff* | 4,435 | 2,129 | UM football (1882-1884) | |
90 | George S. Holden* | 2,125 | |||
91 | Harold Watts* | 2010-08-01 | 3,110 | 2,125 | UM center (1943-45), MVP (1945) |
92 | Leo Draveling* | 6,615 | 2,085 | ||
93 | John A. Bloomingston* | 2,081 | |||
94 | Robert Derleth* | 2,081 | |||
95 | Charles Grube* | 3,895 | 2,050 | End at UM (1923-25) Detroit NFL (1926) | |
96 | Horace LaBissoniere* | 2,027 | UM C/G, Hammond Pros (1922) | ||
97 | Walter W. Shaw* | 2010-03-19 | 4,996 | 1,867 | UM HB/QB (1899-1901) |
98 | Alvin Loucks* ![]() | 2010-02-21 | 5,680 | 1,861 | UM guard (1916, 1919) |
99 | Walter Niemann* | 2010-02-21 | 2,907 | 1,792 | UM center (1915-16) |
100 | Bruce Gregory* | 3,708 | 1,582 | ||
101 | John Wombacher* | 1,516 | |||
102 | Walt Kreinheder* | 2010-02-21 | 3,540 | 1,212 | UM C/G (1920-21), NFL (1922-23, 1925) |
103 | Fred Dawley* | 4,223 | 1,060 | Michigan FB (1939-41), Lions (1944) | |
104 | Fred Ratterman* | 2010-02-24 | 2,769 | 1,039 | UM HB/QB (1930, 1933), NFL (1934) |
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1 | List of Michigan head coaches* | 2010-05-29 | 34,538 | 724,026 | UM head football coaches |
2 | Tirrel Burton* ![]() | 2010-01-21 | 13,282 | 21,500 | Miami (OH) halfback, UM assistant coach |
3 | Dick Hunter* | 2010-01-23 | 3,895 | 14,292 | Miami (OH) quarterback, assistant coach under Bo Schembechler 1967-71 |
4 | Jerry Hanlon* | 2010-01-20 | 7,986 | 14,200 | Assistant coach under Schembechler 1966-1991 |
5 | Jed Hughes | 2010-01-23 | 2,400 | 13,670 | UM linebackers coach 1974-75 |
6 | Lindsy McLean | 2010-01-24 | 4,559 | 11,998 | UM trainer, 1968-79, later came out as gay and reported harassment |
7 | Bob Thornbladh* | 5,592 | |||
8 | Milan Vooletich* | 5,425 | |||
9 | A. J. Sturzenegger* ![]() | 2010-12-13 | 9,234 | 3,318 | Assistant coach at UM (1920-23), UCLA (1925-48) |
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1 | 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-26 | 129,860 | 167,138 | 7–6 record, Robinson QB |
2 | 1905 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-07 | 40,806 | 21,678 | Lost final game to Chicago, 2-0, on Clark's blunder, breaking five-year unbeaten streak |
3 | 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-06 | 23,066 | 28,732 | First UM football team |
4 | 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-01 | 71,941 | 17,938 | "The Benny-to-Bennie Show," Yost called them "the greatest football team I ever saw in action." |
5 | 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-01 | 78,617 | 14,840 | Big Ten co-champion, No. 3 in AP poll, featured Bill Daley, Bob Wiese, Merv Pregulman |
6 | 1890 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-05 | 28,133 | 13,493 | First racially integrated UM football team with Jewett in backfield |
7 | 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-06 | 17,932 | 13,100 | Undefeated team outscored opponents 102 to 10 |
8 | 1880 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-06 | 12,544 | 12,830 | Second UM football team defeated Toronto Lacrosse Club in Toronto |
9 | 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-01 | 69,885 | 12,826 | Undefeated Big Ten co-champion starring Harry Kipke |
10 | 1892 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-07 | 55,372 | 12,776 | First games against Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Northwestern |
1930 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 12,486 | ||||
11 | 1930 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-01 | 35,296 | 12,470 | Undefeated Big Ten co-champion led by QB Harry Newman |
12 | 1941 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-01 | 43,073 | 12,141 | Ranked No. 5 in final AP poll, led by Bob Westfall, Tom Kuzma and Al Wistert |
13 | 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-06 | 23,081 | 12,049 | 2–1 including 76-4 victory over Albion |
14 | 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-08 | 38,480 | 11,973 | Team led by Germany Schulz, Paul Magoffin, and Walter Rhinschild |
15 | 1926 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-01 | 17,795 | 11,507 | |
16 | 1931 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-01 | 29,244 | 11,425 | Big ten co-champion led by Maynard Morrison, Bill Hewitt and Ivy Williamson |
17 | 1884 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-06 | 16,295 | 11,358 | |
18 | 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-06 | 23,425 | 11,204 | |
19 | 1942 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-01 | 25,762 | 10,888 | |
20 | 1917 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-08 | 40,860 | 9,864 | |
21 | 1916 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-01-08 | 47,651 | 9,470 | |
22 | 1882 Michigan Wolverines football team* | 2010-01-06 | 3,503 | 9,467 | |
23 | 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team* ![]() | 2010-07-26 | 9,019 | 9,263 |
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1 | E. J. Mather* | 2010-01-14 | 16,274 | 12,987 | First Michigan basketball coach (1919-28) |
2 | John Tidwell* | 2010-04-21 | 10,356 | 10,545 (9,783 + 762) | UM basketball 1958-1961, broke UM scoring records |
3 | Lyman Frimodig* | 2010-05-18 | 10,562 | 2,853 | Michigan Agricultural athlete (10 letters) and basketball coach (1920-22) |
4 | 1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team ![]() | 6,404 | 6–18 | ||
George Veenker | 1,104 |
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1 | Vic Heyliger | 23,014 | |||
2 | Ron Warhurst* | 2010-07-09 | 5,006 | 13,349 | UM track and field coach 2000-2008 |
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Don Doll ![]() | 2010-09-28 | 30,786 | 23,001 | Safety for USC (1944, 1946-48), Lions (1949-52) | |
Ken Fantetti | |||||
Steve Banas* | |||||
Fred Dawley* | |||||
Vern Huffman* | CTSF | ||||
Thomas Hupke* | |||||
Gil Lefebvre* | |||||
Red Stacy* | |||||
Pug Vaughan* | |||||
George Christensen | |||||
Ace Gutowsky | |||||
Ernie Caddel | 10,390 |
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1 | William Shakespeare ![]() | 2010-03 | 21.110 | 85,390 | Notre Dame HB, AA (1935) |
2 | Frederick Bradlee* | 2010-03-01 | 6,119 | 23,809 | All-American football player at Harvard; father of Ben Bradlee |
3 | Vernon Prichard* ![]() | 2010-02-28 | 19,718 | 19,880 | All-American QB for Army 1914, classmate of Eisenhower, and Army officer. |
4 | Louis Robertshaw* ![]() | 2010-02-12 | 14,919 | 19,663 | Center for Navy and Marine pilot in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam |
5 | Louis A. Merrilat* ![]() | 2010-02-09 | 10,294 | 19,173 | All-American football player for Army 1913-14; later a soldier of fortune |
6 | Huntington Hardwick ![]() | 2010-02 | 10,240 | 15,845 | Harvard HB/E (1912-14), CFHOF |
7 | Henry Schoellkopf* ![]() | 2010-06-18 | 11,544 | 13,331 | All-American fullback in 1903, Cornell coach, died age 32 |
8 | Willis Glassgow* ![]() | 2010-04-06 | 19,405 | 12,044 | Iowa football All-American, received 1929 Chicago Tribune Silver Football |
10 | Paul Des Jardien ![]() | 2010-02-27 | 20,450 | 7,467 | Chicago center (1912-14), CFHOF |
11 | Art Murakowski* ![]() | 2010-04-06 | 15,932 | 6,393 | Northwestern FB/LB, AA and Silver Football (1948) |
12 | Haps Benfer* | 2010-02-28 | 12,220 | 6,205 | Albright fullback, AA (1914) |
13 | Charley Barrett | 5,278 | |||
14 | Francis Burr* | 3,668 | |||
15 | Caspar Wister* | 1,350 |
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1 | Larry Kehres | 2010-10 | 22,168 | 134,591 | Mount Union head coach (1985-2020, 332–24–3, 11 Division III national |
1 | List of college football coaches with 200 wins | 2010-06-19 | 42,394 | 1,101,199 | College football coaches with 200 wins |
2 | Ernie Zampese | 100,881 | |||
4 | Mike Kelly* | 2010-04-27 | 18,943 | 72,107 | Dayton coach 1981-2007, .819 winning pct |
5 | Hootie Ingram | 35,246 | |||
Eddie Cochems ![]() | 63,149 | 31,858 | |||
6 | Cleo A. O'Donnell* | 22,921 | |||
7 | Joe Taylor (American football coach) | 2010-06-22 | 26,271 | 17,578 | Football coach at Virginia Union 1984-91, Hampton 1992-2007 |
8 | Gordon Johnston | 17,188 | |||
9 | Dennis Douds | 2010-06-22 | 25,102 | 15,997 | Head coach at East Stroudsburg 1974-2018, 230 wins |
10 | John Macklin* | 15,026 | |||
11 | Cleo A. O'Donnell | 2010-04-24 | 21,474 | 14,723 | Football coach 1904-1940; his 1914 Everett team outscored opponent 600-0 |
12 | George Munger (American football) | 2010-04-24 | 18,110 | 12,151 | Penn football coach 1938-1953, CFHOF |
13 | Jack Siedlecki | 2010-06-01 | 22,711 | 10,160 | Head coach in college football 1988-2016 for Eastern teams |
14 | Willard Bailey | 2010-06-22 | 19,348 | 9,844 | Head football coach 1971-2003, won 238 games |
15 | Frank Girardi* | 8,805 | |||
16 | Bill MacDermott | 2010-06-13 | 6,794 | 8,366 | Football coach 1966-2016, many in CFL |
17 | Elton Rynearson* | 8,298 | |||
18 | Bill Beaney | 2010-06-23 | 25,919 | 8,281 | Head football coach at Middlebury 1986-2015, 601–260–59 record |
19 | Manny Martin | 2010-09-18 | 8,867 | 8,159 | Cornerback in NFL and CFL 1992-1999, later a high school coach in Florida |
20 | Jim Malosky* | 7,267 | |||
21 | Jim Ostendarp* | 7,258 | |||
22 | Peter Mazzaferro* | 6,194 | |||
23 | Keith W. Piper* | 6,063 | |||
24 | Fred Schacht* | 5,427 | |||
25 | Jerry Vandergriff* | 5,304 | |||
26 | Mike Welch* | 4,603 | |||
27 | Mike Gary* | 4,476 | Western Michigan | ||
28 | John Stiegman* | 3,830 | |||
29 | Sam P. McBirney* | 3,626 | |||
30 | Eric Hamilton* | 2,149 |
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1 | List of NCAA football teams by wins* | 2010-10-26 | 22,478 | 2,041,743 | College football program by wins |
2 | Forward pass | 635,088 | |||
3 | Tony Eason | 554,292 | |||
4 | Harvard Crimson football ![]() | 527,037 | |||
5 | Yale Bulldogs football | 385,139 | |||
6 | Trevor Harris | 2010-04 | 33,309 | 259,528 | AfD rescue; NFL/CFL QB (2010-present) |
7 | Ashton Youboty | 16,612 | 64,242 | Cornerback for OSU (2004-2005), NFL (2006-11) | |
8 | Bryant Moniz* | 54,343 | Hawaii QB | ||
9 | Joe Arenas | 2010-04 | 16,612 | 21,847 | 49ers HB/DB (1951-1957) |
10 | Tony Moll | 21,829 | NFL G/T (2006-2012) | ||
11 | Henry Schoellkopf* | 15,032 | |||
12 | Chuck Bennett* ![]() | 2010-04-06 | 12,531 | 10,540 | Indiana halfback received 1928 Chicago Tribune Silver football |
13 | Edward Leonard King | 7,843 | Army HB (1894-95); Commandant of Army Command and General Staff College (1925-29) | ||
14 | Pascal Matla | 2010-04 | 3,985 | 7,269 | Eastern Illinois center born in Netherlands |
15 | Mickey Mangham* | 5,645 | LSU end (1958-60), winning TD in 1959 Sugar Bowl | ||
16 | Charles Alexander | 5,559 | (AfD rescue) | ||
17 | Tim Lowry (CTSF)* | 4,040 | |||
18 | Ken Rouse (CTSF)* | 3,483 |
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1 | List of Detroit Tigers team records | 2010-01 | 38,400 | 380,980 | Detroit Tigers team records |
2 | List of college baseball coaches with 1,100 wins* | 2010-07-06 | 17,139 | 114,119 | College baseball coaches with 1,100 wins |
3 | Gordie Gillespie* | 2010-07-06 | 9,405 | 85,194 | Winningest college baseball coach with 1,893 wins |
4 | Margie Wright | 2010-06-24 | 24,240 | 22,361 | Fresno softball coach 1998-2012, was second winningest softball coach |
5 | Sharron Backus* | 2010-06-28 | 10,294 | 15,064 | UCLA softball coach 1975-1997, nine national championships, 847–167–3 record |
6 | Jordan Taylor (softball)* | 2010-05-27 | 14,588 | 14,056 | UM softball pitcher 2008-2011, Big Ten career leader in strikeout |
7 | National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame* | 10,755 | |||
8 | Gayle Blevins* | 2010-06-25 | 6,531 | 9,036 | Softball coach at Indiana and Iowas 1980-2010, was second all-time in victories with 1,245–588–5 record |
9 | John Kobs* | 6,940 | |||
10 | Frank Joranko* | 6,356 | |||
11 | Judi Garman* | 5,278 |
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1 | List of college men's ice hockey coaches with 400 wins* | 2010-06-23 | 13,111 | 30,028 | College hockey coaches with 400 wins |
2 | Bill Beaney | 2010-06-23 | 25,919 | 8,281 | Head football coach at Middlebury 1986-2015, 601–260–59 record |
3 | Bob Emery* | 7,604 | |||
4 | Mike McShane* | 2010-06-23 | 26,075 | 7,538 | College hockey coach 1980-2018 with 742–349–69 recor |
5 | Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award* | 7,453 | |||
6 | Don Roberts* | 7,304 | |||
7 | Tim Coghlin* | 5,321 | |||
8 | Don Brose* | 3,701 | |||
9 | Ed Saugestad* | 2,242 | Augsburg hockey coach (1958-1996) | ||
10 | John Rolli* | 1,384 |
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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 |
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1 | Leonard Skinner | 2010-09-20 | 9,366 | 655,564 | Gym teacher and namesake of Lynyrd Skynyrd |
2 | Herbert Spiegel* ![]() | 2010-01-10 | 10,520 | 29,170 | Pioneer of therapeutic hypnosis, treated "Sybil" |
3 | Donald Goerke* | 2010-01-15 | 4,786 | 27,006 | Inventor of SpagettiOs |
4 | Bill Littlejohn* ![]() | 2010-09-21 | 23,556 | 18,197 | Animator and union organizer, worked on Tom and Jerry and Peanut specials |
5 | Murray Sayle* ![]() | 2010-09-22 | 23,060 | 19,159 | Australian journalist, novelist and adventurer |
6 | Dodge Morgan* | 2010-09-20 | 15,008 | 16,893 | First American to sail solo around the world without stops |
7 | Chris Cameron | 2010-04-20 | 6,811 | 14,142 | UM gymnast, won all-around NCAA title in 2010 |
8 | Arnall Patz* ![]() | 2010-03-23 | 13,715 | 11,659 | Pioneer in research and treatment of childhood blindness, received Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 |
9 | James Hartzell* | 2010-09-24 | 2,825 | 9,606 | Advertising writer responsible for "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet" campaign in 1974 |
10 | Henri Salmide ![]() | 2010-03-07 | 6,319 | 8,013 | German naval officer who, in 8/44, refused to blow up the port of Bordeaux and instead blew up the ordnance bunker |
11 | Gloria Nord* | 2010-01-08 | 6,421 | 7,772 | Roller skater, ice skater, and pin-up girl |
12 | Felix Wurman* ![]() | 2010-01-08 | 13,233 | 7,283 | Cellist and composer, founder of Church of Beethoven |
13 | Celso Duarte* | 2010-05-23 | 12,123 | 7,116 | Virtuoso of Paraguayan harp |
14 | John F. Antisdel* | 2010-12-04 | 4,595 | 7,461 | Detroit hotelier |
15 | George H. Torney* ![]() | 2010-04-17 | 5,485 | 4,652 | Surgeon-General of the US. Army |
16 | Bill Combs* | 2010-04-19 | 3,724 | 3,487 | All-American wrestler, killled at Iow ia |
Lyman Frimodig* | 2010-05-18 | 10,562 | 2,853 | Michigan Agricultural athlete (10 letters) and basketball coach (1920-22) |
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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) | ![]() | 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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