User:Cbl62/Articles on University of Michigan topics

(Complete 5/21/07-8/13/20)

Professors and administrators

Ralph W. Aigler DYK: ...that law professor Ralph Aigler, once known as the "dominant figure in Michigan's athletics," negotiated the Big Ten's exclusive contracts with the Rose Bowl in 1946 and 1953? [created 2008]
Thomas Benton Cooley DYK ... 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"? [created 2010]
Arthur Lyon Cross (American historian specializing in English history) [created 2010]
John Archibald Fairlie (Scottish-born political scientist who spent his professional career in the United States) [created 2010]
Charles Ezra Greene (dean of College of Engineering 1895-1903) [expanded 2009]
Albert Pattengill DYK ... 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? [created 2009]
Marcus Plant (faculty representative to the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference; president of the NCAA from 1967-69; member of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1969-72) [created 2009]
John Strong Perry Tatlock (American literary scholar and medievalist) [created 2010]
Thomas Trueblood DYK: ...that University of Michigan elocution professor Thomas Trueblood (pictured) received nationwide attention when the Chicago Tribune reported in 1903 that he was offering a new "course in love making"? [created 2008]
Jacob J. Van Riper (Michigan regent) [created 2010]

University of Michigan athletics

General

University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor [created 2010]
Michigan Wolverines [expanded a bit in 2009]
Ralph W. Aigler DYK: ...that law professor Ralph Aigler, once known as the "dominant figure in Michigan's athletics," negotiated the Big Ten's exclusive contracts with the Rose Bowl in 1946 and 1953? [created 2008]
Charles A. Baird DYK ... that Michigan's first athletic director Charles Baird built the largest college athletic ground in the United States and negotiated the school's appearance in the first Rose Bowl game? [created 2009]
Philip Bartelme DYK ... that University of Michigan athletic director Philip Bartelme hired Branch Rickey as a baseball coach in 1910, and the two later worked together for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers? [created 2009]
Marie Hartwig DYK: ...that Marie Hartwig, faculty member at the University of Michigan from 1930-1976, was a lifelong advocate for women's sports and one of the first women inducted into the school's Hall of Honor? [created 2008, expanded 2017]
George A. May (41 years at Michigan, 1901-42, as instructor/physical examiner, then professor/director, at Waterman Gymnasium; also trainer of the undefeated 1918 Michigan football team) [created 2013, expanded 2016]
Albert Pattengill DYK ... 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? [created 2009]
Marcus Plant (faculty representative to the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference; president of the NCAA from 1967-69; member of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1969-72) [created 2009]
William Revelli DYK: ...that William Revelli, director of the University of Michigan Marching Band for 36 years, was the first to synchronize music and movement, in place of traditional rigid military-style formations? [created 2008]
We Don't Give a Damn [expanded 2018]

Football

General

List of Michigan Wolverines football players [created 2010]
Michigan Wolverines Football All-Americans [created 2008]
List of Michigan Wolverines head football coaches DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
List of Michigan Wolverines football trainers [created 2011]
Chicago–Michigan football rivalry (Michigan's principal football rivalry from 1892 to 1905) [created 2014]
Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry [expanded 2015, 2020]
Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry [expanded 2012]
Template:Michigan Wolverines football navbox [created 2007]
Regents Field [expanded 2007]
Washtenaw County Fairgrounds [expanded 2007]

Prior to 1901

History of Michigan Wolverines football in the early years [created 2013]
1879 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1879 Michigan football team defeated Racine College, 1–0, in the first intercollegiate football game in the school's history? [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1880 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1880 Michigan football team played its only game in a foreign country and at a lacrosse club? [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1881 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: that the 1881 Michigan Wolverines football team is credited with playing the first intersectional football games against Harvard, Yale and Princeton? [created 2009]
1882 Michigan Wolverines football team [created 2010]
1884 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1884 Michigan football team's first game was part of a "field day" that included heavyweight boxing, "catch-as-catch-can wrestling" and "chasing greased pig"? [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1885 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team played a game on roller skates against the Princess football team? [created 2010, expanded 2015]
1886 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1886 Michigan football team had a "goalkeeper" and played games measured in "innings"? [created 2009]
1887 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1887 Michigan Wolverines football team taught the members of the newly formed Notre Dame team how to play the game of football? [created and expanded 2010]
1888 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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"? [created 2009, expanded 2012]
1890 Michigan Wolverines football team [created 2010, expanded 2011-12, 2018]
1891 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2010-11, 2018]
1892 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that after George Jewett played for the 1892 Michigan football team, it was 40 years before another African-American played for the Wolverines? [created 2010, expanded 2011-12, 2018]
1893 Michigan Wolverines football team [created 2009, expanded 2010-11, 2018]
1894 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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"? [created 2009, expanded 2012, 2018]
1895 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: that the 1895 Michigan football team outscored its opponents 266 to 14 and clinched a claim to the Western championship of American football? [created 2009-10, expanded 2018]
1896 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1896 Michigan football team appeared in the first college football game played indoors and under electric lights? [created 2009, expanded 2010-12, 2018] (good article)
1897 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1897 Michigan Wolverines football team won the inaugural game in the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry by a score of 34 to 0? [created 2009, expanded 2010-12, 2018]
1898 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team's Western Conference championship inspired a student to write the fight song "The Victors"? [created 2009, expanded 2012]
1899 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that after taking the 1899 Michigan football team to an 8–2 season, coach Gustave Ferbert resigned to participate in the Klondike Gold Rush and became a millionaire? [created 2009, expanded 2010-12, 2018]
1900 Michigan Wolverines football team (7-2-1 record under coach Langdon Lea) [created 2009, expanded 2010-12, 2018]
Howard Abbott DYK ... that Judge Howard Abbott was the captain and quarterback of the first Minnesota Golden Gophers football team in 1886? [created 2010]
Frank Gates Allen (forward, 1879-80) [created 2010]
William L. Allen DYK: ... that William Allen played on the undefeated 1898 Michigan football team and led Washington State to an undefeated record as head football coach in 1900? [expanded 2012]
James Baird DYK ... that Michigan quarterback James Baird supervised the construction of the Flatiron Building, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? [created 2010]
Frank Barbour DYK: ... that Frank Barbour, coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1892 to 1893, later led Beech-Nut into the chewing gum business? [created 2007, expanded 2011]
Edmond H. Barmore DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a steamboat builder? [created 2010]
Elmer Beach DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included the brother of a famous novelist? [created 2010]
John W. F. Bennett DYK ... that J.W.F. Bennett, captain of the undefeated 1898 Michigan football team, later supervised the construction of the Algonquin, Ritz and Waldorf Hotels? [created 2010]
John A. Bloomingston DYK ... that Michigan fullback John Bloomingston, who became one of Chicago's best known trial lawyers, was disbarred in 1896 for playing professional baseball? [created 2010]
Frank F. Bumps (1885-1886, later a prominent attorney) [created 2020]
William Caley (1896-98; first-team All-Western, 1898) [created 2012]
Charles H. Campbell (halfback, 1879) [created 2011]
Bert Carr (guard/center, 1894-95) [created 2012]
John Chase DYK: ... that ophthalmologist John Chase commanded the Colorado National Guard in the Colorado Labor Wars, the arrest of Mother Jones, and the Ludlow Massacre? [created 2011]
Frank Crawford (coach at Michigan, 1891) [expanded 2011]
William Cunningham DYK: ...that William Cunningham became Michigan's first All-American based on his performance in an 1898 game against Chicago that inspired Louis Elbel to write the school's fight song, "The Victors"? [created 2007]
Thomas Jesse Drumheller DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a sheep rancher from Walla Walla? [created 2010]
William J. Duff (1882, 1884) [created 2010]
James Duffy DYK ... that Michigan's James Duffy played seven years of college football and set a world record by drop kicking a football 168 feet, 7-1/2 inches? [created 2010]
Horace Dyer (halfback, 1894) [created 2011]
George Dygert DYK ... that Michigan's 1892/1893 captain George Dygert played professional football for a Butte, Montana, team sponsored by mine owners that defeated teams from Denver and San Francisco? [created 2010]
Royal T. Farrand DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included the physician at a Kimberly-Clark mill? [created 2010]
Gustave Ferbert DYK: ...that Gustave Ferbert quit his job as head football coach at the University of Michigan in 1900 to prospect for gold in the Klondike Gold Rush and returned home in 1909 as a millionaire? [expanded 2007]
Richard France DYK ... that rough hits from Michigan's Richard France induced Wisconsin star Pat O'Dea to slug France, leading to O'Dea's ejection from the 1899 Western Conference championship game? [created 2009]
George Greenleaf (quarterback, 1893-94, end, 1895-96) [created 2010]
H. G. Hadden (played at Michigan 1894, coached at Notre Dame 1895) [expanded 2011]
Forrest M. Hall DYK: ... that Forrest Hall 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? [expanded 2012]
Thomas S. Hammond DYK ... that American football player Tom Hammond always played without protective padding, saying "I want them to feel my bones"? [created 2010]
William W. Hannan DYK ... 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"? [created 2010]
Frederick W. Henninger DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Frank G. Higgins DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
George S. Holden (quarterback, 1890) [created 2010]
John W. Hollister (halfback, 1893, 1896; head coach at Ole Miss and Beloit) [expanded 2011]
Walter S. Horton (halfback, 1880) [created 2010]
George Jewett DYK: ...that George Jewett was the first African-American to earn a varsity letter in football at both the University of Michigan and at Northwestern University? [created 2008]
Collins H. Johnston DYK ... that Collins H. Johnston, halfback on the first Michigan football team in 1879, later published papers on eclampsia, tuberculosis, cardiac murmurs, and pulmonary abscess? [created 2011]
Leo J. Keena (fullback, 1897-99; later a U.S. diplomat) [created 2010]
Henry Killilea (forward/center, 1883-1884; later a founder of the American League and owner of the Boston team) [expanded 2015]
James E. Lawrence DYK ... that James E. Lawrence was once "considered the greatest place-kicker the University of Michigan ever had"? [created 2011]
Langdon Lea (consensus All-American tackle at Princeton, 1893-95; later coach at Michigan for one year before arrival of Fielding H. Yost) [created 2009]
William Harrison Mace DYK ... that Syracuse University dean emeritus William Harrison Mace was a Michigan Wolverines football player in 1882? [created 2010]
Lincoln MacMillan DYK: ... that Lincoln MacMillan played on Michigan football teams that defeated Notre Dame in each of the first five games between the schools? [created 2012]
William C. Malley (lineman, 1888-90) [expanded 2010, 2012]
William McCauley (head coach, 1894-95) [created 2007]
John McLean DYK ... that the 1906 firing of John McLean for paying an athlete to play college football was called "the biggest scandal in the history of Missouri athletics"? [expanded 2009]
Thomas H. McNeil DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias? [created 2010]
Charles S. Mitchell DYK ... that Charles S. Mitchell, "goal-keeper" on the first Michigan football team, became the editor-in-chief of the Washington Herald? [created 2011]
Bill Morley (played for Michigan, 1895; consensus All-American back at Columbia, 1900-01; inducted into College Football Hall of Fame) [expanded 2011]
William M. Morrow DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included a Brigadier General decorated for valor in World War I? [created 2010]
Edward Moulton DYK: ... 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? [expanded 2011]
Mike Murphy DYK ... that Mike Murphy trained heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, was the first Michigan Wolverines football coach, and has been called the "the father of American track athletics"? [expanded 2009]
William J. Olcott DYK ... that William J. Olcott, captain of the 1882 and 1883 Michigan Wolverines football teams, became the president of a railroad and a mining company? [created 2010]
Irving Kane Pond DYK ... that Irving Pond designed three National Historic Landmarks, performed a backflip on his 80th birthday, and scored the first ever touchdown for the Michigan Wolverines? [created 2010]
Horace Greely Prettyman DYK ... that Horace Greely Prettyman played eight years of "college" football for the University of Michigan from 1882 to 1890, some when he was in his 30s and no longer a student? [created 2009]
Regents Field [created 2007]
J. De Forest Richards DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included the son of the Governor of Wyoming? [created 2010]
Henry M. Senter DYK ... that Mort Senter, Michigan's 1896 football captain, became involved in a diplomatic incident after Colombian soldiers seized property from his home in 1902? [created 2010]
Roger Sherman DYK ... that Roger Sherman 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? [created 2010]
Bruce Shorts DYK ... that Bruce Shorts, head football coach at Nevada and Oregon, was described in 1904 as "the best coach west of the Mississippi River"? [created 2009]
Frederic L. Smith DYK ... that the quarterbacks for the Michigan Wolverines football teams of the 19th century included one of the founders of General Motors? [created 2010]
Ernest Sprague (rusher in 1886, guard in 1887) [created 2011]
Allen Steckle DYK ... that medical doctor A.C. Steckle gained fame coaching the University of Nevada, a school with only 80 students, to a 1903 victory over the University of California football team? [expanded 2009]
Norman Sterry DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
William Wilson Talcott DYK ... that ice cream manufacturer William Wilson Talcott 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? [created 2010]
Clayton Teetzel DYK ... 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? [created 2009]
Charles Thomas (guard 1891-92) [expanded a wee bit in 2009]
Fred Townsend DYK ... that despite failing eyesight, Fred Townsend played for the 1887 Michigan football team team and became chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party? [created 2011]
Virgil Tupper (guard, 1891-92) [created 2010]
James Van Inwagen DYK ... that Michigan football captain James Van Inwagen operated the Tiffany Enameled Brick Co. and the company that made Tiffany Never-Wind Clocks? [created 2010]
Frank Villa (first-team All-Western tackle for Michigan, 1895) [created 2012]
William Ward DYK: ... that Michigan football coach William Ward later became a physician who experimented with the surgical creation of artificial vaginas? [created 2007]
Washtenaw County Fairgrounds [created 2007]
Alanson Weeks (fullback, 1898) [created 2010]
Charles Widman (halfback, 1898) [created 2012]
John Wombacher (center, 1895-96) [created 2010]

Yost era (1901-28)

1901 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that Michigan's 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team, 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? [created 2007, expanded 2016]
1902 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that 10 players from the 1902 "Point-a-Minute" Michigan football team, which outscored opponents 644–12, became head coaches? [created 2007]
1903 Michigan Wolverines football team (11-0-1 record, outscored opponents 565 to 6) [created 2007]
1904 Michigan Wolverines football team (10–0 record and outscored opponents 567–22) [created 2007, expanded 2010]
1905 Michigan Wolverines football team (12-1 record and outscored opponents 495–0) [created 2010]
1906 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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? [expanded 2012]
1907 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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? [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1908 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that Fielding H. Yost opined that Germany Schulz gave "the greatest one-man exhibition of courage I ever saw on a football field" for the 1908 Michigan football team? [expanded 2012]
1909 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1909 Michigan football team won the first battle for the Little Brown Jug, the oldest rivalry trophy in American college football? [expanded 2012]
1910 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the undefeated 1910 Michigan football team featured three All-Americans in Albert Benbrook, Stanfield Wells and Joe Magidsohn? [rewritten 2007, expanded 2017]
1911 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that a newspaper quipped that the 1911 Michigan football team, featuring "Bottles" and "Bubbles", could claim the world championship for having players injured? [expanded 2012]
1912 Michigan Wolverines football team (5-2 record) [expanded 2012]
1913 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team featured running by Jimmy Craig, a "Hawaiian yell," and snake dancing behind the Michigan band? [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1914 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2015]
1915 Michigan Wolverines football team (4-3-1 record) [expanded 2010-2011, 2019]
1916 Michigan Wolverines football team (7–2 record, outscored opponents 253 to 56) [created 2010, expanded 2015]
1917 Michigan Wolverines football team (8–2 record, outscored opponents 304 to 53)[created 2010, expanded 2015]
1918 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team, which had its season shortened by a global flu pandemic, was recognized decades later as a co-national champion? [created 2007, expanded 2010]
1919 Michigan Wolverines football team (3-4 record) [expanded 2010-2011, 2019]
1920 Michigan Wolverines football team (5-2 record) [expanded 2010-2011, 2019]
1921 Michigan Wolverines football team (5–1–1 record, outscored opponents 187 to 21)[expanded 2015]
1922 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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? [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1923 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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"? [created 2007, expanded 2012, 2016]
1924 Michigan Wolverines football team (Coached by George Little, team compiled a record of 6-2, outscored opponents 155-54, and finished in fourth place in the Big Ten; lost to Illinois (39-14), as Red Grange scored five touchdowns and gained 402 yards) [expanded 2013]
1925 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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"? [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1926 Michigan Wolverines football team (7–1, outscored opponents 191 to 38)[created 2010, expanded 2015]
1927 Michigan Wolverines football team (6–2 record, outscored opponents 137 to 39) [expanded 2015]
1928 Michigan Wolverines football team (3–4–1 record) [expanded 2010, 2012, 2018]
History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Yost era [created 2013]
Dave Allerdice (halfback at Michigan 1907-09; head coach at Texas 1911–15) [expanded 2011, 2012]
Ernest Allmendinger DYK ... that American football player "Aqua" Allmendinger, once described as "a young giant in perfect physical condition," acquired his nickname after working as a waterboy for railroad building crews? [created 2009, expanded 2017]
George Babcock (American football) [expanded 2011]
Ray Baer (guard and tackle, 1924-27) [created 2015]
Charles A. Baird DYK ... that Michigan's first athletic director Charles Baird built the largest college athletic ground in the United States and negotiated the school's appearance in the first Rose Bowl game? [created 2009]
Ted Bank DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
Philip Bartelme DYK ... that University of Michigan athletic director Philip Bartelme hired Branch Rickey as a baseball coach in 1910, and the two later worked together for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers? [created 2009]
Albert Benbrook - All-American guard, 1909-1910 [rewritten from scratch 2007, expanded 2017]
Roy Beechler (center/tackle, 1904) [created 2011]
Biff, the Michigan Wolverine DYK ...that the Michigan Wolverines]' practice of parading their live mascot Biff before matches was stopped as the animal grew larger and more ferocious? [created 2008]
Rolla Bigelow (back, 1902-03; later founded Bigelow & Co., an investment banking house, and Bigelow State Bank) [created 2011]
Jack Blott DYK: ...that Jack Blott, an All-American football center for the Michigan Wolverines, had a Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds lasting only two games? [created 2007]
Thomas A. Bogle, Jr. [created 2011]
Stanley Borleske (played 1908-10) [expanded 2010]
Robert J. Brown (center, 1923-1925) [created 2008]
Franklin Cappon DYK ... that "Cappy" Cappon, known for his "five-man weave" basketball offense, was mentor to Princeton athletes from the 1930s to the 1960s, including Bill Bradley and Frank Deford? [expanded 2009]
Wilbur M. Cunningham (played for Michigan 1907-1910) [created 2017]
Otto Carpell DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
Charles B. Carter DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
William Dennison Clark DYK: ... 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? [created 2010]
William D. Cochran DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
Abe Cohn DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
William C. "King" Cole DYK ... that William "King" Cole played for a national championship team at Michigan and coached Nebraska to two championships? [expanded 2009]
Frederick L. Conklin DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
James B. Craig DYK: ...that James B. Craig, an All-American football halfback and quarterback, was the brother of Ralph Craig, a sprinter and gold medalist at the 1912 Summer Olympics? [created 2007]
Frank Culver (guard 1917-1919) [created 2009]
Joe Curtis DYK ... that "Big Joe" Curtis was the starting left tackle for Michigan Wolverines football teams that outscored opponents by a combined total of 1,627 to 30 from 1903 to 1905? [created 2009]
Prentiss Douglass (played 1907-08, later head coach at Kentucky) [expanded 2010]
David L. Dunlap [created 2011]
Robert J. Dunne DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
William P. Edmunds (All-Western tackle, 1910) [expanded 2011]
Tom Edwards (tackle and All-American 1925) [created 2009]
Keene Fitzpatrick DYK ... that Keene Fitzpatrick invented modern pole-vaulting technique, coached five Olympic gold medalists, and trained the University of Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" football teams from 1901 to 1905? [created 2009]
William Fortune (guard and tackle 1917-19) [created 2010]
Benny Friedman (QB 1924-26; consensus All-American 1925 & 1926) [expanded 2016]
John Garrels DYK ... that University of Michigan fullback John Garrels won medals in both the 110 m hurdles and shot put at the 1908 Olympics in London? [expanded 2011]
Joe Gembis (fullback, 1926-29; head coach at Wayne State, 1932-45) [created 2011]
Louis Gilbert DYK ... 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"? [created 2010]
Paul G. Goebel DYK: ...that All-American footballer Paul G. Goebel (pictured) recommended Gerald Ford to the coach of the Michigan football team and later urged Ford to run for Congress? [created 2007]
Angus Goetz DYK ... that Angus Goetz played for Buffalo in the National Football League on the weekends while attending medical school at the University of Michigan? [created 2009]
Cecil Gooding (guard on Point-a-Minute team) [created 2011]
Walter D. Graham DYK ... that Michigan football player "Octy" Graham at age 16 was called a "young Hercules" after "gripping machines did not register high enough to show his strength"? [created 2010]
Herb Graver DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Bruce Gregory (halfback 1924-25) [created 2010]
George W. Gregory DYK ... that Stanford University's president wrote in 1907 that the career of Michigan center George W. Gregory illustrated "the evils of football"? [created 2011]
Charles Grube (end 1923-25) [created 2010]
Harry S. Hammond (end/halfback, 1903-1905) [created 2011]
Henry Hatch DYK ... that University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor inductee Henry Hatch lived with his wife and daughter on the grounds of Michigan Stadium for more than a decade? [created 2008]
Harry Hawkins DYK ... that Harry Hawkins won the U.S. national collegiate hammer throw championship in 1926 and was rated by Fielding Yost as the best football lineman of 1925? [created 2009]
Frank L. Hayes (asst. basketball and football coach in mid-1920s; athletic director and basketball/football head coach at Marietta College, 1927-41) [created 2013]
Albert E. Herrnstein DYK ... that after scoring six touchdowns for Michigan against Ohio State in 1902, Albert Herrnstein became the winningest coach in Ohio State football history up to the time he retired? [created 2009]
Willie Heston DYK ... that Willie Heston, 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? [expanded 2010]
Herbert Huebel (halfback/quarterback, 1911-1912) [created 2011]
Emory J. Hyde (Michigan, 1901; TCU coach, 1905-07) [created 2011]
Efton James DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
Harry James (quarterback, 1903) [created 2011]
James Edward Johns (guard and tackle 1920-22) [created 2010]
Roy W. Johnson (coach) (center/guard, 1916, 1919) [expanded 2014]
Paul J. Jones DYK ... that federal judge Paul Jones sentenced a pregnant mother of ten to jail for selling a quart of liquor, lectured her on birth control, and asked, "Doesn't this woman know how to stop it?" [expanded 2009]
Jackson Keefer (halfback 1922) [created 2010]
Bernard Kirk DYK ... that Michigan end Bernard Kirk, who Knute Rockne called the "apple of my eye," died of complications from a fractured skull days after being named an All-American in December 1922? [created 2009]
James Knight (1901 Michigan) [expanded 2011]
Mike Knode (quarterback 1918) [expanded 2010]
Walt Kreinheder (center 1920-21) [created 2010]
Horace LaBissoniere [created 2010]
Oscar Lambert DYK ... that the Michigan football coach complained his "defense was in the law library" after law student Oscar Lambert was declared ineligible? [created 2011]
Jesse R. Langley [created 2011]
George Little (head coach 1924) [expanded 2017]
George M. Lawton (fullback, 1908–10; head coach at Univ. Detroit, 1913–14) [expanded 2011]
Frank Longman (played at Michigan 1903-05; later coached at Arkansas and Notre Dame) [expanded 2010]
Alvin Loucks (played for Michigan 1916, 1919; head football coach at Duluth JC, 1927-40) [created 2010]
Joe Maddock DYK ... that Joe Maddock was one of the biggest ground gainers, and played four positions, for Michigan's 1903 "Point-a-Minute" football team? [expanded 2009]
Joe Magidsohn DYK ... that Russian-born Joe Magidsohn was the first Jew to win a varsity "M" at the University of Michigan and the first athlete known to have refused to compete on the High Holy Days? [created 2009]
Paul Magoffin DYK ... that Michigan halfback Paul Magoffin later coached the George Washington University "Hatchetites" on the White House Ellipse? [created 2010]
John Maulbetsch DYK: ...that the All-American football player John Maulbetsch was known as the "Featherweight Fullback" because he weighed only 155 pounds and ate two pies a day for dinner during his playing career? [expanded 2007]
Shorty McMillan (quarterback 1910-11) [created 2009]
Frank Millard (guard 1912-15; Michigan Attorney General 1950-54) [created 2011]
James Joy Miller (halfback 1907-09) [created 2010]
Bo Molenda DYK ... that Bo Molenda played professional football, baseball and basketball and was the "workhorse" for the Green Bay Packers teams that won three consecutive NFL championships from 1929 to 1931? [expanded 2009]
Meyer Morton (Michigan reserve, 1910; later worked as a Big Ten official; namesake of the Meyer Morton Award) [created 2011]
Stanley Muirhead DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Walter Niemann (American football) (center 1915-16) [created 2010]
Fred Norcross (quarterback 1903-05) [expanded 2011]
Russell D. Oliver DYK: ... 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? [created 2012]
Bennie Oosterbaan (consensus All-American end at Michigan, 1925-1926) [expanded 2007]
Bill Orwig DYK: ...that Bill Orwig hired Bob Knight as basketball coach at Indiana and has been inducted into the athletic halls of fame at three universities -- Indiana, Michigan and Toledo? [created 2008]
George C. Paterson DYK ... that Michigan center "Bubbles" Paterson was the namesake of an award recognizing academic achievement by football players? [created 2009]
Frank Albert Picard (quarterback 1909-11) [expanded a bit in 2011]
Dick Pierce (guard) [created in 2010]
Otto Pommerening (All-American tackle, 1928) [created 2007, expanded 2011, 2017]
Miller Pontius (tackle, 2011-2013) [created 2007, expanded 2017]
James Raynsford (center, 1912-1914, 1914 captain, asst. coach in 1915) [created 2015]
Curtis Redden DYK ... that Michigan end Curtis Redden died in World War I after he had described the night sky over the battlefield as "weird, hideous, fascinating, sublime"? [created 2009]
Arthur Redner (halfback, 1900-1901) [created 2009]
Fred Rehor DYK ... that Fred Rehor, 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? [created 2011]
Andrew G. Reid (fullback, 1901; coach at Monmouth, 1907-09) [created 2011]
Lewis Reimann DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
Walter Rheinschild DYK ... 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"? [expanded 2010]
George Rich (quarterback, 1928) [created 2017]
Thomas J. Riley (guard, 1908; coach at Maine and Amherst, 1910-16) [created 2011]
Doug Roby DYK: ...that USOC president Doug Roby initially took no action against Tommie Smith and John Carlos after their Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics, but expelled them after an IOC threat to expel the entire U.S. track team? [created 2008]
Tod Rockwell (quarterback, 1923-24) [created 2009]
Lawrence Roehm DYK ... 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"? [created 2011]
Rudy Rosatti (tackle 1921) [created 2010]
Frederick Schule DYK: ... that Fred Schule won a gold medal in the hurdles at the 1904 Olympics, and was a member of the 1903 Michigan football team that outscored opponents 565 to 6? [expanded 2013]
Henry Schulte (guard and center, 1903-05; later head coach at Nebraska and Missouri) [expanded 2010]
Germany Schulz DYK: ...that German-American football center Adolph F. "Germany" Schulz is credited for developing the "roving center" technique, which became the basis for the linebacker position? [expanded 2007-2008]
S. Spencer Scott (fullback/tackle, 1911-1913; later head of Harcourt, Brace) [created 2012]
Walter W. Shaw (halfback/quarterback 1899-1901) [created 2010]
Edward Slaughter (guard, 1922-24, All-American in 1924; coach and administrator at Univ. Virginia 1931-73) [created 2007]
Andrew W. Smith (center, All-Western 1909) [created 2011]
Cedric C. Smith ... that sources indicate that Cedric "Pat" Smith, who later worked at Ford's Rouge plant, was either the second or third leading scorer in the NFL during its first season in 1920? [created 2009]
Thomas J. Smull (tackle for the 1904 Michigan team who became the "father of athletics" at Ohio Northern)
Neil Snow DYK ... that Neil Snow, ranked by Grantland Rice as one of the three greatest all-around athletes ever turned out in college sports, died of heart failure at age 34 after a game of squash? [expanded 2009, 2016]
Benjamin H. Southworth (guard/center, 1900-1901) [created 2011]
Cliff Sparks DYK ... that Cliff Sparks, hailed in 1916 as "eel-like," a "whirlwind" and "the greatest quarterback Michigan ever has had," punted by forcefully throwing the ball at his uprising foot? [created 2009]
Herb Steger DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Frank Steketee DYK: ...that, though records from the era are sketchy, press accounts reported that All-American football player Frank Steketee once kicked a 100-yard punt? [created 2007, expanded 2017]
Theodore M. Stuart DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
A. J. Sturzenegger DYK ... that "football nut" "Sturzy" Sturzenegger spent most of his career coaching college football at Michigan, USC and UCLA despite having attended Harvard Law School? [created 2010]
Everett Sweeley DYK ... that Michigan fullback Everett Sweeley set a college football record in 1902 when he kicked the ball 86 yards? [expanded 2009, 2011]
George C. Thomson DYK ... that a newspaper quipped that the 1911 Michigan football team, featuring "Bottles" and "Bubbles", could claim the world championship for having players injured? [created 2012]
Roy Torbet DYK ... 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"? [created 2011]
Joseph Truskowski (played football, basketball and baseball at Michigan in the late 1920s) [created 2011, expanded 2019]
Harry Tuthill (trainer for Michigan, 1916-1917) [created 2016
Eddie Usher (fullback/halfback 1918-21) [created 2010]
Irwin Uteritz DYK ... that Irwin Uteritz, "one of the lightest 'big time' quarterbacks in American football history" at 140 pounds, led Michigan to two undefeated seasons and a national championship? [created 2009]
George F. Veenker (head basketball coach at Michigan, 1928-31; later head football coach and athletic director at Iowa State) [expanded 2012]
Ernie Vick DYK ... that Ernie Vick was an All-American football center while enrolled at the University of Michigan medical school even though his schoolwork did not allow him to practice with the team? [expanded 2009]
Billy Wasmund (quarterback 1907-09, Texas head coach 1910) [expanded 2009, 2011]
James K. Watkins DYK ... 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"? [created 2010]
Wally Weber DYK: ...that Wally Weber, football player, coach and broadcaster at Michigan for 45 years, was renowned for his "polysyllabic fluency" and sounding like an "an educated foghorn"? [created 2008]
Boss Weeks DYK ... that Boss Weeks was quarterback of Fielding H. Yost's "Point-a-Minute" University of Michigan football teams in 1901–1902 that outscored opponents 1,211 to 12? [expanded 2009]
Stanfield Wells DYK: ...that Stanfield Wells was the first of more than ten All-American football players from Washinton High School in Massillon, Ohio? [created 2008]
Archie Weston DYK ... that Michigan's All-American quarterback Archie Weston was once tackled during a game by an irate female fan? [created 2009]
Hugh White (tackle and end 1898-1901) [add infobox 2009]
Elton Wieman DYK ... that when Elton Wieman moved east to play football for the University of Michigan in 1915, the Los Angeles Times called it "a calamity of almost national importance"? [created 2009]
Eben Wilson (center/guard, 1899-1901) [expanded 2010]

Kipke and Crisler years (1929-1947)

History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years DYK: ... that Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years included a four-year stretch in which the team won two national championships and had three undefeated seasons? [created 2013]
History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Crisler years [created 2013]
1929 Michigan Wolverines football team (5–3–1 record) [expanded 2010, 2012, 2018]
1930 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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"? [created 2010]
1931 Michigan Wolverines football team (8–1–1 record, Bill Hewitt MVP) [created 2010, expanded 2015]
1932 Michigan Wolverines football team (8-0 record, national champions) [created 2007, expanded 2012]
1933 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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"? [created 2007, expanded 2012]
1934 Michigan Wolverines football team (1–7 record) [expanded 2010, 2012-13, 2018]
1935 Michigan Wolverines football team (4–4 record) [expanded 2010, 2017]
1936 Michigan Wolverines football team (1–7 record) [expanded 2010, 2012-13, 2018]
1937 Michigan Wolverines football team (4–4 record) [expanded 2010, 2013, 2017-18]
1938 Michigan Wolverines football team (6-1-1 record, ranked #16 in final AP poll) [expanded 2015]
1939 Michigan Wolverines football team (6-2 record, ranked #20 in final AP poll) [expanded 2015]
1940 Michigan Wolverines football team (7-1 record, ranked #3 in final AP poll) [expanded 2012 and 2015]
1941 Michigan Wolverines football team (6-1-1 record, ranked #5 in final AP poll) [created 2010, expanded 2015]
1942 Michigan Wolverines football team (7-3 record, ranked #9 in final AP poll) [created 2010, expanded 2012]
1943 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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? [created 2010, expanded 2015]
1944 Michigan Wolverines football team (8-2 record, finished #8 in final AP poll) [expanded 2015]
1945 Michigan Wolverines football team (7-3 record, finished #6 in final AP poll) [expanded 2015]
1946 Michigan Wolverines football team (6-2-1 record, finished #6 in final AP poll) [expanded 2015]
1947 Michigan Wolverines football team (10-0 record, outscored opponents 394 to 53) [created 2007, expanded 2012]
1948 Rose Bowl (Michigan defeated USC, 49-0) [created 2007]
Howie Auer (tackle 1929-31) [created 2010]
Chuck Bernard DYK: ...that Gerald Ford's two greatest regrets in life were losing the starting center job in college to All-American Chuck Bernard and losing a presidential election? [created 2007, expanded 2015]
William F. Borgmann DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Alan Bovard DYK ... that Michigan Wolverines center Alan Bovard coached the Michigan Tech football team to its first undefeated season in 1948? [created 2010]
John Brennan DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Jim Brieske DYK ... that Jim Brieske, who set multiple placekicking records, had his kicking foot amputated in 1967? [created 2011]
Bob Callahan (center/tackle, 1945-46) [created 2011]
Jack Carpenter DYK ... that Michigan tackle Jack Carpenter later played for the Toronto Argonauts and was described as "the pillar of strength on the Argos' front wall"? [created 2010]
George Ceithaml DYK ... that Fritz Crisler called George Ceithaml, quarterback of the Michigan Wolverines's single-wing offense from 1941 to 1942, "the smartest player he ever taught"? [created 2009]
Bob Chappuis DYK: ...that, after eluding capture for three months when his B-25 bomber was shot down behind enemy lines in World War II, Bob Chappuis was the MVP of the Rose Bowl 60 years ago? [expanded 2007]
Fritz Crisler DYK ... 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? [expanded 2009]
Bill Daley DYK: ...that All-American fullback Bill Daley is the only person ever to win Little Brown Jug games playing for both Minnesota and Michigan? [created 2008]
Tony Dauksza DYK: ... 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? [created 2012]
Fred Dawley (fullback 1939-41) [created 2010]
Robert Derleth (lineman for Michigan, 1942-43, 1945-46; missing 1944 due to military service; played for Detroit Lions in 1947) [created 2010]
Gene Derricotte DYK: ...that in the 1947 college football rankings, southern voters refused to vote for the integrated Michigan Wolverines football team with black stars such as Gene Derricotte? [created 2007]
Campbell Dickson (asst. coach, 1938-39) [created 2015]
Leo Draveling (end and tackle 1928-30) [created 2010]
Dan Dworsky DYK: ...that former Michigan Wolverines football player Dan Dworsky designed Crisler Arena, the home of Michigan Wolverines basketball? [created 2007]
Bump Elliott DYK: ...that All-American Bump Elliott and his brother Pete Elliott played halfback and quarterback for the Michigan football team that beat the USC Trojans 49-0 in the Rose Bowl 60 years ago on 1 Jan. 1948? [expanded 2007]
Harvey Emery (asst. football coach and asst. athletic director, 1920s and 1930s) [created 2013]
Herman Everhardus DYK ... that future U.S. President Gerald Ford waited tables at the fraternity house of Michigan halfback Herman Everhardus? [created 2009]
Douglas Farmer (quarterback, 1935-37) [created 2011, expanded 2018]
Stanley Fay DYK ... that Stanley Fay, captain and quarterback of the undefeated national champion 1933 Michigan football team, later became Ford Motor Company's personnel director? [created 2010]
Henry Fonde (halfback 1945-47; assistant coach 1959-68) [created 2010, expanded 2020]
Len Ford DYK ... that in his NFL debut season, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Len Ford was injured so severely in a game he required plastic surgery to "virtually rebuild" his face?" [expanded 2014, 2020]
Julius Franks DYK: ... that Julius Franks was the first African-American Michigan Wolverines football player to earn All-American honors? [created 2007]
Ralph Fritz (guard 1939-40) [created 2010]
Ed Frutig DYK: ...that All-American end Ed Frutig was the main pass receiver for Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon from 1938-1940? [created 2008]
Elmer Gedeon [created 2007]
Johnny Greene DYK: ... that Johnny Greene, a converted lineman, was nicknamed the "Cinderella Kid" when he became one of the leading pass receivers in the NFL in the late 1940s? [expanded 2013]
Tom Harmon (halfback, 1938-1940) [expanded 2015]
Ralph Heikkinen DYK: ...that Ralph Heikkinen was the first All-American football player from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, being raised in the Finnish-American communities of the Gogebic Range? [created 2007]
Bruce Hilkene DYK ... that Bruce Hilkene was captain of the 1947 Wolverines who were selected as the greatest Michigan football team of all time? [created 2008]
Elroy Hirsch (halfback 1943; inducted into Pro and College Football Halls of Fame) [expanded 2016]
Gib Holgate (halfback, 1943; asst. coach, 1947) [expanded 2013]
Fred Janke DYK ... that former Jackson, Michigan, mayor Fred Janke was the captain of Fritz Crisler's first Michigan Wolverines football team? [created 2010]
Ferris Jennings DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
Jack Karwales DYK ... that Jack Karwales spent time as a Wolverine, Bear, and Cardinal, and a coach of Billikens? [created 2010]
Reuben Kelto DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Leo Koceski DYK ... 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? [created 2009]
Archie Kodros (center 1937-39) [expanded 2010]
Robert Kolesar DYK ... that medical student Bob Kolesar was one of Michigan's renowned "Seven Oak Posts" in 1942? [created 2010]
John Kowalik (played at Mich 1931-1933) [created 2011]
Paul Kromer DYK ... that Paul Kromer and Tom Harmon formed a backfield duo for the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team that became known as the "Touchdown Twins"? [created 2011]
Tom Kuzma DYK ... that Michigan halfback Tom Kuzma was described as "a smacker from Smackersville"? [created 2009]
Omer LaJeunesse (guard, fullback 1929-31) [created 2010]
Milan Lazetich DYK ... that All-Pro linebacker Milan "Sheriff" Lazetich, a rodeo rider before joining the NFL, reported that no end or back ever threw a block like a wild pony "when he feels the first touch of a saddle"? [created 2009]
Elmer Madar (All-American end, 1946) [created 2007]
Bob Mann DYK ... that Bob Mann, the first black player for the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, claimed he was "railroaded" out of football when he objected to a pay cut after leading the NFL in receiving yards? [expanded 2010, 2020]
Maynard Morrison (American football) DYK: ...that coach Harry Kipke had to travel to the home of All-American Maynard Morrison in 1930 to seek his father's permission to switch Morrison from a fullback to a center? [created 2008]
Vincent Mroz DYK: ... that United States Secret Service agent Vincent Mroz shot an attempted presidential assassin in the "biggest gunfight in Secret Service history"? [created 2012]
Fred Negus (All-Big Ten center 1943) [created 2010]
Harry Newman DYK: ...that New York Giants quarterback Harry Newman threw the first touchdown pass in an NFL Championship Game 75 years ago in the 1933 NFL Championship Game against the Chicago Bears? [expanded 2008]
Matt Patanelli DYK ... that Matt Patanelli was the first University of Michigan football player selected in a National Football League Draft? [created 2010]
Ted Petoskey DYK: ..that 1933 Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans Ted Petoskey and Whitey Wistert debuted for the Major League Baseball Cincinnati Reds two days apart in September 1934? [created 2007]
Joseph Ponsetto (quarterback 1944-45) [created 2009]
Merv Pregulman DYK: ...that All-American footballer Merv Pregulman, the Green Bay Packers' first pick in the 1944 NFL Draft, nearly died in a kamikaze attack on his ship before ever playing a pro football game? [expanded 2007]
Bill Pritula (tackle, 1941-42, 1946-47) [created 2012]
Norm Purucker (halfback, 1936-1938, later sued Green Bay Packers for breach of contract) [created 2015]
Fred Ratterman (halfback and quarterback, 1930-33) [created 2010]
Russ Reader (1941 Michigan) [created 2010]
John Regeczi DYK ... that team MVP Gerald Ford 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"? [created 2010]
Hercules Renda DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Art Renner (end, 1942-1946) [created 2011]
William Renner DYK ... that team MVP Gerald Ford 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"? [created 2010]
Stark Ritchie (halfback 1935–37) [created 2012, 2018]
Don Robinson (halfback and quarterback, 1941-43, 1945-46; asst. coach, 1948-56) [created 2012]
Quentin Sickels (lineman, 1944-1948) [created 2011]
James Simrall (halfback, quarterback, 1928-1930) [created 2009]
Rudy Smeja (end 1941-43) [created 2010]
Milo Sukup (guards, 1938-1940) [created 2011]
Estel Tessmer (quarterback 1929-33) [created 2010]
Dominic Tomasi DYK ... that 180-pound (82 kg) guard Dominic Tomasi was selected as both captain and Most Valuable Player of the undefeated National Champion 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team? [created 2009]
Fred Trosko DYK ... 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? (halfback, 1937-1939) [created 2010]
Arthur Valpey (end 1935-37) [created 2009]
Willis Ward DYK: ...that Gerald Ford threatened to quit the Michigan football team when African-American player Willis Ward was kept out of a 1932 game in response to Georgia Tech's refusal to play an integrated team? [created 2008]
Harold Watts (center, 1943-46) [created 2010]
Jack Weisenburger DYK ... that Jack Weisenburger was the "spinning fullback" for the undefeated Michigan football team that became known as the "Mad Magicians"? [created 2011]
Bob Westfall DYK ... that Michigan's "chunky fullback," "Bullet Bob" Westfall, known for his "spinner play," was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987? [expanded 2009]
Jack Wheeler DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Paul White (halfback and defensive back, 1941-46) [created 2010]
Bob Wiese (fullback and quarterback 1942-44, 1946) [created 2010]
Jack Wink (quarterback 1943) [expanded 2017]
F. Stuart Wilkins DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Ivy Williamson DYK ... 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? [expanded 2010]
Whitey Wistert (tackle, 1931-1933) [expanded 2007, 2011]
Howard Yerges DYK ... 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? [created 2009]

Oosterbaan and Elliott years (1948-1968)

History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Oosterbaan years [created 2013]
History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Elliott years [created 2013]
1948 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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? [created 2007, expanded 2012]
1949 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2011, 2017]
1950 Michigan Wolverines football team [created 2008, expanded 2012]
1951 Michigan Wolverines football team (4–5 record) [expanded a bit, 2010-2011, 2017, 2019]
1952 Michigan Wolverines football team (5–4 record) [expanded a bit, 2010-2011, 2017]
1953 Michigan Wolverines football team (6–3 record, ranked #20) [expanded a bit, 2010-2011, 2017, 2020]
1954 Michigan Wolverines football team (6–3 record, ranked #15) [expanded a bit, 2010-2011, 2017, 2020]
1955 Michigan Wolverines football team (7–2 record, ranked #12) [expanded a bit, 2012]
1956 Michigan Wolverines football team (7-2 record, finished #7 in final AP poll) [expanded a bit 2015, 2017]
1957 Michigan Wolverines football team (5–3–1 record, Jim Pace was B10 MVP) [expanded a bit 2010-2011, 2017, 2019]
1958 Michigan Wolverines football team (2–6–1 record) [expanded a bit 2010-2011, 2017, 2020]
1959 Michigan Wolverines football team (4–5 record in Bump Elliott's first year as head coach) [expanded a bit 2010-2011, 2017, 2020]
1960 Michigan Wolverines football team (5–4) [expanded a bit 2010-11, 2017, 2020]
1961 Michigan Wolverines football team (6–3) [expanded a bit 2010-11, 2017, 2020]
1962 Michigan Wolverines football team (2–7) [expanded a bit 2011, 2017, 2019-2020]
1963 Michigan Wolverines football team (3–4–2) [expanded a bit 2010-11, 2017, 2019]
1964 Michigan Wolverines football team (Big Ten and Rose Bowl champions) [created 2008, expanded 2011-2012]
1965 Michigan Wolverines football team (4–6) [expanded a bit 2011, 2017, 2019]
1966 Michigan Wolverines football team (6–4) [expanded a bit 2011, 2020, substantially expanded 2017]
1967 Michigan Wolverines football team (4–6) [expanded a bit 2011, 2017, 2019-2020]
1968 Michigan Wolverines football team (8-2 record, #12 in final AP poll, last year under Elliott) [expanded 2015]
Harry Allis (end and placekicker, 1948-1950) [create 2011]
Mel Anthony DYK ... that Michigan fullback Mel Anthony set a Rose Bowl record with an 84-yard touchdown run in 1965? [created 2010]
Fred Baer DYK ... 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? (fullback, 1952-1954; MVP 1954) [created 2010]
Lou Baldacci DYK ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan included John Ghindia (1949), Lou Baldacci (1953–1954), and Jim Maddock (1954–1956)? (QB, 1953-1954) [expanded 2010]
Terry Barr (halfback, 1954-1956; played for Lions 1957-1965; led NFL with 13 receiving TDs; 2 Pro Bowls) [expanded 2015]
Mike Bass (halfback, 1964-1966; played 7 years at cornerback with the Redskins) [expanded 2015]
Tony Branoff DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Dennis Brown DYK ... 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? (quarterback, 1966-1968) [created 2010]
Tom Cecchini (linebacker, 1963-1965) [created 2012, expanded 2020]
Jack Clancy DYK: ...that although several Michigan Wolverines football wide receivers have eclipsed most of Jack Clancy's team records, they all have needed more games to do so? [created 2007]
Donald R. Deskins, Jr. (tackle, 1958-1959) [created 2011]
Jim Detwiler DYK: ...that the Toledo, Ohio native football player Jim Detwiler refused a recruiting trip invitation to Ohio State prompting a tonguelashing from Woody Hayes for disloyalty to Ohio? (halfback, 1964-1966) [created 2007]
Don Dufek, Sr. (fullback, 1948-1950) [created 2007]
Bump Elliott DYK: ...that All-American Bump Elliott and his brother Pete Elliott played halfback and quarterback for the Michigan football team that beat the USC Trojans 49-0 in the Rose Bowl 60 years ago on 1 Jan. 1948? [expanded 2007]
Dennis Fitzgerald DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Wally Gabler DYK ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bump Elliott included Stan Noskin (1957–1959), Dave Glinka (1960–1962), and Wally Gabler (1965)? [expanded 2010, 2020]
George Genyk (lineman at Michigan, 1957-59; captain of 1959 team) [created 2012]
John Ghindia DYK ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan included John Ghindia (1949), Lou Baldacci (1953–1954), and Jim Maddock (1954–1956)? [created 2010]
Dave Glinka DYK ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bump Elliott included Stan Noskin (1957–1959), Dave Glinka (1960–1962), and Wally Gabler (1965)? [created 2010, expanded 2020]
Merritt Green (defensive end for Michigan, 1950-52, team captain 1952) [created 2016]
Darrell Harper DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
John Henderson (end, 1963-1964; later played 8 years in NFL) [expanded 2015]
John Herrnstein DYK: ... that John Herrnstein was the third generation of the Herrnstein family to play for the Michigan Wolverines football team? [expanded 2012]
Dick Hill (lineman for Michigan, 1954-56; MVP 1956 team; later played in CFL) [created 2012]Italic text
George Hoey DYK: ...that George Hoey still holds Michigan Wolverines football career, and single-season records 40 years after his best season? (back, 1966-1968) [created 2007-2008]
Jim Hunt (trainer, 1947-1968) [created 2016, expanded 2020]
Ron Johnson (running back, 1966-1968; set multiple Michigan and Big Ten rushing records; set NCAA single-game record with 347 yards against Wisconsin; first New York Giants player to rush for 1,000 yards) [expanded 2015]
Tom Johnson DYK ... that Michigan's All-American 60-minute man Tom Johnson was the second African-American player for the Green Bay Packers? [created 2010]
Fred Julian DYK ... that Fred Julian led Michigan in rushing in 1959 and led the New York Jets in interceptions in 1960? [created 2012]
Tom Keating (defensive tackle, 1961-1963; later played 11 pro season and was a 2x AFL-All-Star) [expanded 2015]
Dick Kempthorn DYK ... that 1949 Michigan football MVP Dick Kempthorn later flew more than 100 missions as a jet fighter pilot in the Korean War and received the Distinguished Flying Cross? [created 2008]
Gene Knutson (defensive end, 1951-1953) [expanded 2009]
Ralph Kohl DYK ... 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? [expanded 2010]
Ron Kramer (end, 1954-1956; consensus AA, 55-56; College Football HOF; Played in NFL with Packers and Lions) [expanded 2015]
Ted Kress DYK ... that Michigan halfback Ted Kress set a Big Ten single-game rushing record with 218 yards in his second conference game? [created 2010]
Bill Laskey (linebacker, 1962-1964; later played 10 years in AFL/NFL) [expanded 2015]
Tom Mack (tackle, 1963-1965; 11-time Pro Bowl player for Rams; Pro Football Hall of Fame) [expanded 2015]
Jim Maddock DYK ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan included Jim Maddock (1954–1956)? [created 2010]
Tom Maentz DYK ... that ends Tom Maentz and Ron Kramer, known as the "touchdown twins," were the first University of Michigan athletes to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated? [created 2009]
George Mans DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Jerry Marciniak (tackle, 1957-1958) [created 2011]
Bruce McLenna DYK: ... that NFL halfback Bruce McLenna was killed in 1968 while riding in the rear of a military truck that crashed? (halfback, 1961) [created 2011]
Bennie McRae (halfback, 1959-1961; played 10 seasons in NFL) [expanded 2015]
Ed Meads (lineman at Michigan, 1953-55, captain of 1955 team) [created 2012]
Tony Momsen DYK ... 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? [expanded 2010]
John Morrow (center, tackle, 1953-1955) [expanded 2015]
Jack Nelson (asst. coach, 1959-65) [created 2012]
Stan Noskin DYK ... that Michigan's starting quarterbacks under head coach Bump Elliott included Stan Noskin (1957–1959)? [created 2010]
Frank Nunley (linebacker, 1964-1966; played 10 years for SF 49ers; nicknamed "Fudge Hammer") [expanded 2015]
Joe O'Donnell (first-team All-Big Ten and Michigan captain 1963) [expanded 2020]
Bennie Oosterbaan (consensus All-American end at Michigan, 1925-1926)
Chuck Ortmann DYK: ... that halfback Chuck Ortmann punted 24 times in the famed 1950 Snow Bowl, deciding the best strategy was to keep the slick ball on the other side of the field in the opponents' hands? [created 2008]
Dick O'Shaughnessy (center 1951-53, captain 1953) [expanded 2017]
Jim Pace DYK: ...that Michigan Wolverines football player Jim Pace not only won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference, but also won the Big Ten 60-yard indoor dash title? [created 2007]
Lowell Perry (end, 1950-1952; appointed to EEOC by Ford; first black asst. coach in NFL) [expanded 2011]
Don Peterson (running back, 1948-51; MVP 1951) [created 2010]
Dave Porter DYK ... that Dave Porter won the NCAA heavyweight collegiate wrestling championship twice and was subsequently drafted by the Cleveland Browns to play in the NFL? (1965-1967) [created 2009]
Bob Ptacek (QB/HB, 1956-1958; played 6 seasons in CFL) [expanded 2015]
Tom Pullen (tight end, 1965-1967; later payed in CFL) [created in 2011]
Bill Putich (QB/HB, 1949-1951) [created 2009]
Dave Raimey (RB/DB, 1960-1961; inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame) [expanded 2015]
Dick Rifenburg ...that Dick Rifenburg was a Michigan high school state champion in basketball and track & field, but was drafted to play professional American football? (end, 1946-1948) [created 2007]
Tony Rio DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Rocky Rosema (defensive end, 1965-67; played in NFL, 1968-71) [expanded a bit 2011]
John Rowser (defensive back, 1964-1966; played 10 seasons in NFL) [expanded 2015]
Arnie Simkus (tackle, 1962-1964) [created 2010]
Steve Smith (OT/DE, 1963-1965; played 8 seasons in the NFL) [expanded a bit 2015]
Willie Smith (tackle, 1956-1958) [created 2011]
Tom Stincic (linebacker and defensive end, 1966-1968; All-Big 1, 1967 and 1968) [expanded 2011, 2015]
Wally Teninga DYK ... 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? [created 2009]
Bob Timberlake DYK: ...that Bob Timberlake, an unsuccessful placekicker for the New York Giants who made only 1 of 15 field goal attempts in his NFL career, was an award-winning quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines before he was drafted in 1965? [created 2007]
Ted Topor (quarterback, linebacker, 1950-52; MVP 1952) [created 2009]
Bob Topp DYK ... 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? (end, 1952-1953) [created 2010]
Jim Van Pelt DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Dick Vidmer (QB, 1965-1967; Academic All-American 1966) [created 2009, expanded 2020]
Rick Volk DYK ... that four-time NFL All-Pro safety Rick Volk spent two days in an intensive-care unit after a helmet-to-helmet collision with New York Jets fullback Matt Snell in Super Bowl III? (safety, 1964-1966) [expanded 2010]
Robert Wahl DYK: ...that twice named All-American football tackle Robert "Brick" Wahl later became CEO of a Fortune 500 irrigation equipment company? (tackle, 1948-1950) [created 2007]
Art Walker DYK ... that All-American football player Art Walker played in 479 of 540 minutes in the Michigan Wolverines' 1954 season and later played seven years for the Edmonton Eskimos? (tackle, 1952-1954) [created 2009]
Carl Ward DYK ... that Carl Ward's 104-yard kickoff return in 1967 was the longest in the history of the Cleveland Browns? (halfback 1964-1966) [created 2011]
Alvin Wistert (consensus All-American tackle at Michigan, 1948) [expanded 2011]
Bill Yearby DYK ...that Michigan Wolverines football player Bill Yearby was an All-American football player as well as a champion shot putter who the coaches felt could have starred for the Wolverines basketball team? [created 2007, revised 2015]
Roger Zatkoff (linebacker, 1950-1952, first-team All-Big Ten 1951-52) [expanded 2015, 2016]

Schembechler era (1969-1989)

1969 Michigan Wolverines football team (Big Ten co-champion in Schembechler's first season) [expanded 2010-12, 2019] (77.1%)
1970 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2010-2012, 2019-2020] (70.2%)
1971 Michigan Wolverines football team (undefeated 11-0 record before losing to Stanford, 13-12 in 1972 Rose Bowl on last-minute field goal) [expanded 2016] (79.9%)
1972 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2016] (68.7%)
1973 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2016] (79.5%)
1974 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2015] (83.6%)
1975 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2009-2013, 2020] (70.4%)
1976 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... 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? [expanded 2012] (85.3%)
1977 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2012, 2016, 2020] (70.8%)
1978 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2012, 2020] (84%)
1979 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2012, 2020] (76.7%)
1980 Michigan Wolverines football team DYK: ... that the 1980 Michigan Wolverines football team did not give up a touchdown in the final 22 quarters of the season? (Big Ten and Rose Bowl champions) [created 2008, expanded 2020] (80.8%)
1981 Rose Bowl DYK ... that the 1981 Rose Bowl was the first bowl victory for Michigan Wolverines football Coach Bo Schembechler – after seven prior bowl game losses? [created 2008] (75.4%)
1981 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2015, 2020] (77.4%)
1982 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2020] (63.9%)
1983 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2020] (76.6%)
1984 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2020] (74%)
1985 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2016] (73.7%)
1986 Michigan Wolverines football team (11–2 record, AP No. 7, Harbaugh third in Heisman vote) [expanded 2009, 2020] (77.3%)
Bobby Abrams (linebacker, 1986-1989; played in 6 NFL seasons) [expanded 2015] (43.8%)
John Anderson (linebacker, defensive end, 1974-1977; became Packers' all-time tackles leader) [expanded 2015] (71.6%)
John Arbeznik (offensive guard, 1976-1979, 1st-team All-Big Ten, 1978 and 1979) [created 2015] (97%)
David Arnold (cornerback, 1985-1988) [expanded 2015] (77.4%)
Kurt Becker (guard, 1978-1981) [expanded 2015] (56%)
Tom Beckman DYK ... that Michigan linebacker Tom Beckman worked more than 30 years for General Motors where he was in charge of new vehicle launches? (defense, 1969-1971) [created 2010] (87.6%)
Gordon Bell DYK: ...that although Ohio State Buckeye Archie Griffin defended the Heisman Trophy in 1975, Michigan Wolverines football player Gordon Bell won the 1975 Big Ten rushing championship? [created 2007] (61.2%)
Bob Bergeron (placekicker, 1980-1984) [created 2015] (95.1%)
Jim Betts DYK: ... 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"? [created 2012] (93.6%)
Marion Body (cornerback, 1979-1982) [created 2010] (89.2%)
Mike Boren (linebacker, 1980-1983) [created 2007, expanded 2015] (90.1%)
Don Bracken (punter, 1980-1983, set Rose Bowl record with 73-yard punt) [expanded 2015] (73.9%)
Kevin Brooks (defensive tackle, 1981-1984; 1st round pick by Cowboys) [expanded 2015] (37.7%)
Dave Brown (safety, 1972-1974; consensus AA in 1973 and 1974; 15 years in NFL) [expanded 2015] (72.5%)
Demetrius Brown (first Michigan quarterback to lead the Wolverines to bowl victories in consecutive seasons, with victories over Alabama in the 1988 Hall of Fame Bowl and USC in the 1989 Rose Bowl) [created 2015] (97.7%)
Tirrel Burton DYK ... 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"? [created 2010, expanded 2016] (86.1%)
Chris Calloway (receiver, 1987-1989; played in 11 NFL seasons) [expanded 2015] (53.9%)
Erik Campbell (safety, wide receiver, 1984-87; asst. coach at Michigan, 1995-2007) [created 2012] (66.6%)
Andy Cannavino DYK ... 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? [created 2010] (82.7%)
Brian Carpenter (cornerback, 1978-1981) [expanded 2015]
Milt Carthens (tight end, 1980-1983, played for the Colts in 1987) [created 2010]
Gil Chapman DYK ... that Gil Chapman was Michigan's career leader in kickoff return yards and the first African-American elected to office in Elizabeth, New Jersey? (running back, 1972-1974) [created 2010] (91.2%)
Larry Cipa (QB 1971-1973, New Orleans Saints, 1974-1975) [created 2010, expanded 2015] (82.9%)
Ralph Clayton (wingback, 1976-1979) [expanded 2015]
Brad Cochran (defensive back, 1983-1985, consensus All-American 1985) [created 2008, expanded 2015]
Dana Coin (linebacker, placekicker, 1969-71; NCAA record with 55 of 55 extra points in 1971) [created 2016]
Donald A. Coleman (fullback, defensive end, 1971-1973) [expanded 2011]
Jim Coode (offensive tackle, 1970-1973; played in the CFL where he was an all-star before being diagnosed with ALS) [expanded 2015] (67.1%)
Evan Cooper (safety, punt returner, 1980-1983) [expanded 2015]
Garvie Craw (RB, 1967-1969) [created 2010] (90.3%)
Tom Curtis (defensive back, 1967-1969; College Football HOF) [expanded 2011] (81.4%)
Russell Davis (fullback, 1975-1978) [expanded 2015] (80.7%)
B. J. Dickey (quarterback, 1977-1979, 1981) [created 2015]
Dan Dierdorf (offensive lineman 1968-1970; consensus All-American 1970; CFHOF and PFHOF) [expanded 2016]
Jerry Diorio (guard, 1980-1983) [created 2010, expanded 2015]
Tom Dixon (center, 1980-1983, All-American, 1983) [created 2007, expanded 2015]
Mark Donahue (consensus All-American lineman at Michigan, 1976-77; Cincinnati Bengals, 1978-79) [created 2007]
Glenn Doughty DYK ... 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? [expanded 2011 -- needs work after later revisions by others] (76.8%)
Walt Downing DYK: ... that Walt Downing, the seventh All-American center for Michigan, won a Super Bowl with the 1981 San Francisco 49ers? [expanded 2012]
Don Dufek DYK: ...that safety Don Dufek was cut from the Seattle Seahawks four times? [expanded 2007-2008]
Craig Dunaway (tight end, 1980-1982) [expanded 2015]
Jumbo Elliott (offensive tackle, 1984-1987; NFL for 14 years) [expanded 2015] (78.9%)
Dennis Franklin DYK: ...that Dennis Franklin was the first African American quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team? [created 2007] (41.2%)
Dennis Franks DYK: ... that Dennis Franks, an American football offensive lineman, participated in figure skating to develop his agility and leg strength? (center, 1972-1974) [expanded 2012]
Dave Gallagher (defensive tackle, 1971-1973) [created 2008]
Jon Giesler (offensive tackle, 1975-1978, 1st-team All-Big 10; played 10 years in NFL with Dolphins) [expanded 2015]
Mike Gillette (set UM records for scoring and longest field goal) [created 2015]
Paul Girgash DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Fred Grambau (defensive tackle for Michigan, 1969-72, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 1973-75) [created 2012]
Thomas Guynes (offensive lineman, 1994-96) [created 2010]
Ali Haji-Sheikh (place-kicker, 1979-1982; Big 10 record with 78 straight extra points; NFL record for field goals in a season) [expanded 2015] (22.9%)
Mike Hammerstein (defensive tackle, 1981-1985) [created 2007, expanded 2015]
Jerry Hanlon DYK ... 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"? [created 2010]
Jim Harbaugh (QB, 1983-1986) [expanded 2015-16] (16.1%)
Mike Harden (defensive back, 1976-1979, 1st-team All-Big Ten 1978) [revised 2015]
Clint Haslerig (flanker, 1971-1973; 3 NFL year) [expanded 2011]
Chuck Heater DYK ... that former Michigan running back Chuck Heater coached national championship football teams at Notre Dame and Florida? (tailback, 1972-1974) [created 2010]
John Hennessy (defensive tackle at Michigan, 1974-76, NY Jets, 1977-79)
Jim Herrmann (linebacker, 1980-1982, defensive coordinator, 1997-2005) [expanded 2015]
Henry Hill (defensive guard, 1968-1970, first-team All-American, 1970) [created 2010]
Leroy Hoard (fullback/tailback, 1987-1989; 10 years in NFL for Browns, Vikings) [expanded 2015]
Mike Hoban (offensive guard, 1971-1973; 1 NFL year) [created 2011]
Marty Huff DYK ... that Michigan linebacker Marty Huff intercepted three passes thrown in one game by Hall of Fame quarterback Mike Phipps? (linebacker, 1968-1970)
Jed Hughes (assistant coach 1974-75) [created 2010]
Tom Huiskens (tight end, 1969-1979) [expanded 2015]
Stefan Humphries (offensive guard, 1980-1983) [expanded 2015]
Dick Hunter DYK ... that many of Bo Schembechler's assistant coaches at Michigan, including Dick Hunter, had previously coached at Miami of Ohio, the "Cradle of Coaches"? [created 2010] (85.8%)
Jerald Ingram (fullback 1979-1981; RB coach for Jackonville Jaguars and NY Giants, 1995-2013)
Dan Jilek (linebacker for Michigan, 1972-75; later played in NFL, 1976-79)
Mike Jolly DYK ... 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? (81.6%)
Mike Keller DYK: ... 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? (defensive end, 1969-1971)
Mike Kenn (offensive tackle, 1975-1977; 17 years with Falcons) [expanded 2015]
Mike Lantry DYK ... that Mike Lantry, a Vietnam veteran and walk-on place-kicker, broke the University of Michigan record for the longest field goal twice in the same quarter?
Rick Leach (baseball) (expanded Dec 2015) (58.5%)
George Lilja DYK: ...that George Lilja once played a Michigan Wolverines football game wearing another player's jersey, confusing many of his fans?
Randy Logan (defensive back, 1970-1972, consensus All-American 1972; 11 years in NFL with Eagles) [expanded 2015]
Rob Lytle (running back, 1973-1976; consensus All-American, 1976; broke UM career rushing record) [expanded 2007, 2010, 2015] (46.4%)
Mike Mallory (linebacker, 1982-1985; later a college coach) [created 2008]
Jim Mandich (consensus All-American tight end and team captain at Michigan, 1969; played nine years in the NFL, mostly with the Dolphins) (62.9%)
Doug Marsh DYK: ... that tight end Doug Marsh was Michigan's leading receiver in 1979 and later played seven NFL seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals? (87.8%)
Reggie McKenzie (guard, 1969-1971; College Football HOF; 2x All-NFL with the Bills) [expanded 2015] (63.9%)
Lindsy McLean (trainer 1968-79) [created 2010] (41.2%)
Greg McMurtry (receiver, 1986-1989; 5 years in NFL) [expanded 2015] (68.2%)
Mark Messner (defensive tackle, 1985-1988; 2x All-American; holds UM records for sacks, tackles for loss) [expanded 2015]
Jerry Meter (linebacker, 1976-1978) [created 2010, expanded 2016] (84.2%)
Don Moorhead DYK ... that quarterback Don Moorhead set 24 Michigan Wolverines football records from 1969 to 1970, including career records for total offense and passing yards? (quarterback, 1969-1970) (76.6%)
Jamie Morris DYK: ...that Jamie Morris of the Washington Redskins, originally considered too short to be a running back, holds the NFL record for the most rushing attempts in a game with 45? (running back, 1984-1987) [expanded 2007] (55.7%)
Greg Morton DYK: ... that Greg Morton, college football's defensive player of the year for 1976, collected exotic flora, including a purple passion plant he named Claudine?
Ed Muransky DYK: ...that in 1979 University of Michigan tackle Ed Muransky set the all-time record at the traditional pre-Rose Bowl "Beef Bowl" by eating 16 pounds of prime rib? (41.3%)
Guy Murdock DYK: ... that Guy Murdock, the MVP of football's Chicago Fire, joined with the Winds after the Fire was extinguished? (center, 1969-1971)
Ben Needhan (linebacker, 1978-1981; later played three years in USFL)
Pete Newell DYK: ... 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"?
Calvin O'Neal [created 2007]
Mel Owens (linebacker, 1977-1980) [expanded 2015]
Bob Perryman (fullback, 1983-1986; played in NFL with Patriots and Broncos) [expanded 2015]
Cecil Pryor DYK ... 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!"?
Jerry Quaerna (OT, 1982-86; replacement player for Lions during 1987 NFL strike) [expanded 2014]
Bo Rather (split end, 1970-1972) [expanded 2015]
Lawrence Ricks (running back, 1979-1982, 1st-team All-Big Ten, 1982)
Monte Robbins DYK ... that Monte Robbins holds the Michigan Wolverines football records for longest punt at 82 yards and the highest career average for a punter? (punter, 1984-1987) [created 2010]
Rick Rogers (running back, 1981-1984) [created in 2015]
Carlton Rose (linebacker, 1980-1983) [expanded 2015]
Carl Russ DYK: ... 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? [created 2012]
Todd Schlopy (placekicker, 1981-1984) [created 2011]
Tom Seabron (linebacker, 1977-1978; NFL, 1979-1980)
Paul Seal (tight end, 1971-1973; 2nd-team All-American; 6 years in NFL) [expanded 2015]
Fritz Seyferth DYK: ... that Fritz Seyferth joined the University of Michigan football team as a walk-on and became the third-leading scorer in the Big Ten Conference in 1970? (94%)
Paul Seymour (offensive tackle, tight end, 1969-1972; consensus All-American 1972) [expanded 2015]
Phil Seymour (defensive end, 1968-1970; 1st-team All-Big 10, 1968, 1970) [created 2015]
Ed Shuttlesworth DYK ... 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? [created 2010] (95.2%)
Ron Simpkins (linebacker, 1976-1978; first-team All-American 1979; broke Michigan's all-time record for career tackles) [expanded 2015] (81.2%)
Tom Slade DYK: ...that college football coach Bo Schembechler died the day after attending the funeral of his 1971 quarterback Tom Slade and urging the football team to be "as good a Michigan man as Slade"? [created 2008] (76%)
Jim Smith (receiver, 1974-1976, 1st-team All-Big Ten, 1976) [expanded 2015]
Steve Smith (QB, 1980-1983) [expanded 2015] (72.6%)
Paul Staroba (receiver and punter, 1968-1970; 178 receiving yards against Wisconsin; led Big Ten in punting average 1970) [expanded 2015] (65.6%)
Larry Stevens (defensive end and linebacker 2000-2003) [created 2010]
Rich Strenger DYK: ...that offensive tackle Rich Strenger told reporters that Michigan Wolverines football coach Bo Schembechler ran a more strenuous training camp at the college level than he experienced in the NFL with the Detroit Lions? [created 2008] (86.5%)
Steve Strinko DYK ... 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? [created 2010] (95.3%)
Billy Taylor (running back, 1969-1971, averaged 102 yds/game) [created 2007] (45.6%)
Michael Taylor DYK ... that Michael Taylor led Michigan to consecutive Big Ten football championships and became the school's all-time leader in passing efficiency? (quarterback, 1986-1989) [created 2010]
Mike Taylor (linebacker) (linebacker, 1969-1971; consensus All-American, 1971) [created 2008]
Mike Teeter (middle guard, 1986-1989) [expanded 2015] (79.2%)
Robert Thompson DYK ... 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?
Bob Thornbladh (played for Michigan Wolverines 1971-73; assistant coach 1980-86 [created 2010]
Mike Trgovac (middle guard, 1977-1980, later a coach in the NFL) [expanded 2015]
John Vitale (center, 1985-1988) [created 2007, expanded 2015] (79.3%)
Milan Vooletich DYK ... that many of Bo Schembechler's assistant coaches at Michigan, including Milan Vooletich, had previously coached at Miami of Ohio, the "Cradle of Coaches"? [created 2010] (88%)
Derrick Walker (tight end, 1986-1989) [expanded 2015]
John Wangler DYK ... 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!"? [created 2010] (93.9%)
Gerald White DYK ... that running back Gerald White played football for Bo Schembechler at Michigan, Tom Landry at Dallas and Don Shula at Miami? (running back, 1983-1986) [created 2010] (82.9%)
Butch Woolfolk DYK: ...that college football running back Butch Woolfolk was named MVP of both the Rose Bowl and the Bluebonnet Bowl in the same year? [expanded 2007] (50.3%)
Chris Zurbrugg (quarterback, 1984-1986) [created 2011] (89.5%)

After Schembechler (1990-present)

Lists of Michigan Wolverines football statistical leaders
1993 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2010, 2019]
1997 Michigan Wolverines football team [expanded 2009]
2004 Michigan Wolverines football team [created 2007]
2010 Michigan Wolverines football team [created 2010]
Derrick Alexander (wide receiver 1989-1993) [expansion and clenup 2020]
Kenny Allen (kicker and punter 2013-16) [created 2016]
Erick Anderson (linebacker, 1988-1991; won Butkus Award in 1991) [expanded 2015]
Devin Asiasi (ranked by ESPN as the No. 3 tight end in college football's incoming Class of 2016 and the No. 44 overall player in the 2016 ESPN 300) [created 2016]
Ronnie Bell [created 2019]
Joe Bolden (linebacker) [created 2015]
Tim Biakabutuka (running back, 1993-1995) [expanded 2015]
Tarik Black (wide receiver 2017-) [created 2017]
Steve Breaston (receiver and return specialist, 2003-07) [expanded 2007]
Jarrod Bunch (fullback, 1987-1990) [expanded 2015]
Devin Bush Jr. (linebacker, 2016-present) [created 2017]
Jake Butt (tight end, 2013-15) [created 2015, expanded 2016]
Mark Campbell (fullback/tight end, 1995-1998) [expanded 2015]
William Campbell (offensive guard, 2009-12) [created 2012]
Kit Cartwright (quarterback and receivers coach, 1994-95) [created 2012]
Zach Charbonnet (runnning back 2019) [created 2019]
Jehu Chesson (wide receiver, tied UM record with 4 TDs in a game) [created 2015]
Joe Cocozzo (right guard, 1990-1992; 4 years with Chargers) [expanded 2015]
Mason Cole (first Michigan offensive lineman to start the opening game of his freshman year) [created 2014]
Blake Countess (defensive back, 2011-14) [created 2011]]
Julius Curry DYK ... that Michigan strong safety Julius Curry in 2006 formed Curry Racing, the first NASCAR racing team with sole minority ownership? (defensive back, 1999-2002) [created 2010]
Amara Darboh (wide receiver, 2012-16) [created 2016]
Damon Denson (DT/OG, 1993-1996) [expanded 2015]
Drew Dileo (receiver, 2010-13) [created 2012]
Dean Dingman DYK: ...that American football guard Dean Dingman was only the third true freshman to start on the Michigan Wolverines football offensive line? (offensive guard, 1988-1990) [created 2007]
Tom Dohring (defensive tackle, 1987-1990) [created 2011]
Charles Drake (defensive back, 1999-2002) [expanded 2012]
Scott Dreisbach (quarterback, 1995-1996) [expanded 2015]
Matt Dyson (linebacker, 1991-1994) [expanded 2015]
Matt Elliott (center/guard, 1988-1991) [expanded 2015]
Chris Evans [created 2016]
Steve Everitt (center, 1989-1992) [expanded 2015]
Chris Floyd (fullback, 1994-1997) [expanded 2015]
Devin Funchess (Michigan tight end, 2012-2013, wide receiver 2014) [created 2012]
Jeremy Gallon (369 receiving yards against Indiana in 2013 set Big Ten record, ranks 2nd all-time in NCAA Division FBS; holds the Michigan single-season yardage record (1373) [created 2011]
Devin Gardner DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Rashan Gary (defensive tackle ranked as the No. 1 recruit in college football's incoming Class of 2016) [created 2016]
Ian Gold (linebacker, 1996-1999) [expanded 2015]
Derrick Green DYK: ... that Derrick Green, rated the No. 1 running back in the college football recruiting Class of 2013, has been described as follows: "Look at him from the back and the side, he's a huge human being"? [created 2013]
Jeff Hecklinski (receivers coach, 2011-2014) [created 2012]
Tommy Hendricks (defensive back, 1996-1999; All-Big Ten, 1999; 4 NFL seasons) [expanded 2015]
Karan Higdon (running back 2015-2017) [created 2017]
Brady Hoke DYK: ... 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"? [expanded 2011]
Jason Horn (defensive tackle, 1992-1995) [created 2007]
Sione Houma (fullback, 2015) [created 2016]
Chris Howard DYK ...that undefeated national champion 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team rushing leader and Hula Bowl MVP Chris Howard was released after fumbling five times in the preseason of the 1998 NFL season? [created 2007]
Chris Hutchinson (American football) (defensive tackle, 1989-1992) [created 2007, expanded 2015]
Jarrett Irons DYK: ..that Jarrett Irons was the second freshman to lead the Michigan Wolverines football team in tackles? (linebacker, 1993-1996) [created 2007]
Kyle Kalis (offensive lineman, 2012-present) [created 2012]
David Key (defensive back, 1987-1990; played 1 year in NFL) [created 2015]
Burnie Legette (fullback, 1989-1992; 2 years in NFL) [created 2010]
Taylor Lewan (offensive tackle 2009-2013) [expanded a bit 2010]
Jourdan Lewis (cornerback, 2013-2015; set UM record for pass breakups in 2015) [created 2015]
Curt Mallory (secondary coach, 2011-present) [created 2012]
Mike Martin DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Tony McGee (tight end, 1989-1992; played 11 seasons in NFL) [expanded 2015]
Bobby Morrison (asst. coach, 1987-2002) [created 2012]
Quinn Nordin (ranked by Scout.com as the No. 1 placekicker in college football's incoming Class of 2016) [created 2016]
Dennis Norfleet (running back, 2012-present) [created 2012]
DeWayne Patmon DYK ... that American football player DeWayne Patmon appeared in a few movies after his National Football League career ended? (defensive back, 1997-2000) [created 2010]
Rod Payne DYK: ...that when American football center Rod Payne broke his right wrist during a Michigan Wolverines football game, he started snapping the ball with his left hand? (center, 1993-1996) [started 2007]
Donovan Peoples-Jones (return specialist and receiver, 2017-) [created 2017]
Brandon Peters (rated by ESPN as the No. 5 quarterback in the class of 2016) [created 2016]
Ondre Pipkins (defensive tackle, 2012-present) [expanded 2013]
Thomas Rawls (running back, 2011-12) [created 2012]
Rob Renes (All-American, 1999) [created 2007]
Jay Riemersma DYK ... that Jay Riemersma, tight end for the Michigan Wolverines, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers, is currently a Republican candidate for Congress from West Michigan? (tight end, 1994-1995) [expanded 2010]
Denard Robinson DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Craig Roh DYK ... 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)? [created 2010]
Scott Shafer DYK: ...that Scott Shafer, hired in January 2008 as the Michigan Wolverines defensive coordinator, started in football as a high school and college quarterback in Ohio? [created 2008]
Ernest Shazor (safety 2002-04) [expanded 2010]
Doug Skene (offensive lineman, 1989-1992; 2 years in NFL) [created 2011]
De'Veon Smith (running back, Michigan's leading rusher, 2014-2016) [created 2014, updated 2016]
Vincent Smith (running back, 2009-12) [created 2011]
Wilton Speight (quarterback 2015-16) [expanded a bit 2016]
Buster Stanley DYK ... that Youngstown, Ohio, native Sylvester "Buster" Stanley won the 1993 Michigan football MVP and Dick Katcher awards? [created 2010]
Glen Steele (defensive end, 1994-1997) [created 2007]
Darryl Stonum DYK ... that, after receiving contact lenses in 2010, Michigan wide receiver Darryl Stonum reported, "I could see everything like in HD"? [created 2010]
Sam Sword (linebacker, 1995-1998, ranks 3rd in solo tackles in UM history) [expanded 2015]
Anthony Thomas (American football) (expanded 2015)
Steven Threet DYK ... 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? [created 2010]
Amani Toomer (receiver, 1992-1995; 13 NFL years) [expanded 2015]
Fitzgerald Toussaint (running back, 2010-13) [created 2011]
Brian Townsend (linebacker, 1987-1991; 1 year in NFL) [created 2011]
Morgan Trent DYK ... 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? (defensive back, 2005-2008) [expanded 2010]
Josh Uche (linebacker, def. lineman, 2016-2019) [created 2019]
Jason Vinson (Michigan punter, 1997-98) [expanded 2012]
Kareem Walker (rated by ESPN and 247Sports.com as the No. 1 running back in the class of 2016) [created 2016]
Andre Weathers DYK ... 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? (defensive back, 1995-1998) [expanded 2010]
Tripp Welborne (saftey, 1988-1990; 2x consensus All-American) [expanded 2015]
Matt Wile (kicker and punter, 2011-2014) [created 2011]
Eric Wilson (defensive lineman, 1997-2000; 8 years in CFL) [expanded 2015]
Chris Wormley (defensive end, 2014-2016) [created 2016]
Chris Ziemann (lineman, 1996-99) [created 2011]

Baseball

Pete Appleton DYK ... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did?
Philip Bartelme DYK ... that University of Michigan athletic director Philip Bartelme hired Branch Rickey as a baseball coach in 1910, and the two later worked together for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers?
Moby Benedict (former baseball shortstop and University of Michigan baseball coach) [created 2008]
Fred Blanding DYK ... that Fritz Blanding retired from baseball due to "excessive weight" and because he could have "a heap more fun" on his farm?
Frank Bliss DYK ... 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?
John A. Bloomingston DYK ... that Michigan fullback John Bloomingston, who became one of Chicago's best known trial lawyers, was disbarred in 1896 for playing professional baseball? [created 2010]
Jack Blott DYK: ...that Jack Blott, an All-American football center for the Michigan Wolverines, had a Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds lasting only two games?
Steve Boros DYK ... that Oakland Athletics manager Steve Boros was criticized for his pioneering use of an Apple II computer to guide his managerial decisions in 1983?
Bud Chamberlain (led the Wolverines to consecutive Big Ten baseball championships, 1941-42, won Big Ten batting title in 1942)
Henry Clarke DYK ... 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?
Casey Close DYK ... 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? [created 2011]
Pete Conway DYK ... 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?
Snooks Dowd (infielder, 1919)
Don Eaddy DYK ... that Don Eaddy was an All-American baseball player, All-Big Ten basketball player, and halfback for the football team at the University of Michigan?
Hal Elliott DYK ... 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?
Babe Ellison (first baseman, 1916-20)
Jack Enzenroth DYK ... that Jack Enzenroth in 1910 was the captain of the first baseball team to be coached by Branch Rickey?
William B. "Buck" Giles (first Michigan baseball player to win the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor, played 1923-25) [created 2011, expanded 2016]
Herman Fishman DYK ... that University of Michigan pitcher Herman Fishman set a Big Ten Conference record in 1936 with a 0.86 ERA and was named to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's Jewish All-American basketball team?
Elmer Gedeon DYK: ...that Washington Senators outfielder Elmer Gedeon, who pulled a crew member from a burning wreck, died while piloting a B-26 bomber over France?
Wally Gilbert DYK ... that Wally Gilbert played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, football in the NFL and professional basketball for Buffalo and Denver?
Bob Glenn DYK ... that Major League Baseball pitcher Bob Glenn later became a pioneer in highway and traffic engineering from the 1920s through the 1950s?
Chris Harrison (baseball coach) (UM baseball coach, 2002) [created 2011]
Bruce Haynam DYK ... 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?
John Hibbard DYK ... 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?
Arthur Karpus DYK ... that Michigan's Arthur Karpus played for Big Ten championship teams in football, basketball and baseball?
Chick Lathers DYK ... that Chick Lathers quit Major League Baseball in 1913 to become a car salesman for Ford Motor Company?
Doc Lavan (MLB shortstop, 1913-24; played college ball at UM)
Bobby Lowe DYK ... that Boston Beaneater Bobby "Link" Lowe] 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?
Carl Lundgren DYK ... that Chicago Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren 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"?
Bill McAfee DYK ... that former Albany, Georgia, mayor Bill McAfee participated in a 13-game baseball tour of Japan in 1929 before embarking on a five-year career in Major League Baseball?
Bud Middaugh (Michigan baseball coach, 1980-89; record of 824–319–1)
Bill Mogk DYK ... 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?
Bo Molenda DYK ... that Bo Molenda played professional football, baseball and basketball and was the "workhorse" for the Green Bay Packers teams that won three consecutive NFL championships from 1929 to 1931?
Bud Morse DYK ... that professional baseball player Bud Morse was honored for his heroism in disarming a gunman during a hospital shooting spree?
Heinie Mueller (Phillies second baseman, 1938-41)
Henry Oxley DYK ... that Henry Oxley is one of only three people from Prince Edward Island to have played in Major League Baseball?
Albert Pattengill DYK ... 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?
John Perrin (played college baseball and football for Michigan; later played MLB for Red Sox (1921) and NFL for Hartford Blues (1926))
Ted Petoskey DYK: ..that 1933 Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans Ted Petoskey and Whitey Wistert debuted for the Major League Baseball Cincinnati Reds two days apart in September 1934?
Skel Roach DYK ... that during an eleven-year professional baseball career, German-born Rudolph "Skel" Roach played for teams known as the Prohibitionists, Omahogs, Orphans and Siwashes?
Doug Roby DYK ...that USOC president Doug Roby initially took no action against Tommie Smith and John Carlos after their Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics, but expelled them after an IOC threat to expel the entire U.S. track team?
Frank Sexton DYK ... 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?
Bert Sincock DYK ... that Bert Sincock, born in a gold rush boomtown in 1887, was the first British Columbia] native to play Major League Baseball?
Jerome Utley DYK ... 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 Schmeling–Max Baer heavyweight championship fight?
Weldy Walker DYK ... 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"?
Charles F. Watkins DYK ... that Michigan Wolverines baseball player and coach Charles F. Watkins sustained severe burns from an X-ray machine, which ultimately resulted in his death?
Whitey Wistert
Tommy Henry - pitcher who led the 2019 Michigan team to the finals of the College World Series

Basketball

Men's basketball

List of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons [created 2012]
1908–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team DYK ... that the development of basketball as "almost a major sport" led the University of Michigan to form its first basketball team in 1909?
1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team DYK ... 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?
1919–20 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (finished 10-13 in first year under E. J. Mather; Arthur Karpus the lead scorer)
1930–31 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1931–32 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1931–32 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1932–33 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (8-12 record, 2–10 against Big Ten opponents; leading scorer Johnny Gee)
1933–34 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1934–35 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1936–37 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (16-4 record; John Townsend lead scorer, his 191 points during the 1936–37 season broke the school's single season scoring record)
1937–38 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (12-8 record; John Townsend leading scorer for 3rd straight year, his 226 points broke his own Michigan season scoring record)
1931–32 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1939–40 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1940–41 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1941–42 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1942–43 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1943–44 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team DYK ... that the 1943–44 Michigan basketball team included three athletes, "Crazy Legs" Hirsh, Don Lund, and Bob Wiese, who later played in the National Football League or Major League Baseball?
1944–45 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1945–46 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1946–47 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1949–50 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team DYK ... that 1951–52 Michigan Wolverines basketball team was integrated months after the Inter-Racial Association alleged "a deliberate and conscious policy of discrimination against Negro athletes"?
1952–53 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1953–54 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1954–55 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1957–58 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1959–60 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (4-20 and 1-10 against conference opponents; John Tidwell broke the Michigan single game scoring record with 41 points against Michigan State)
1960–61 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (6–18 in first year under Dave Strack; John Tidwell captain, MVP and high scorer)
1961–62 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1966–67 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
1967–68 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Bacari Alexander (asst. basketball coach under John Beilein, 2010-present)
Bill Buntin (All-American basketball player, 1964-65; 1,037 rebounds, ranking 2nd in school history)
M.C. Burton, Jr. DYK ... that after becoming the first basketball player to lead the Big Ten Conference in both scoring and rebounds, Michigan's M.C. Burton turned down a contract to play in the NBA to attend medical school?
Franklin Cappon DYK ... that "Cappy" Cappon, known for his "five-man weave" basketball offense, was mentor to Princeton athletes from the 1930s to the 1960s, including Bill Bradley and Frank Deford?
George Corneal DYK ... that George Durkin Corneal became the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team in 1909?
Osborne Cowles DYK ... 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?
Stanley C. Cox (played on first Michigan basketball team, 1908) [created 2012]
[Norm Daniels (American football)|[Norm Daniels]] (football, basketball and baseball at Michigan; nd All-America honors in basketball and was the leading scorer for the 1930-31 and 1931-32 Michigan basketball teams with 152 and 148 points)
Robert J. Dunne DYK ... 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?
Don Eaddy DYK ... that Don Eaddy was an All-American baseball player, All-Big Ten basketball player, and halfback for the football team at the University of Michigan?
Herman Fishman DYK ... that University of Michigan pitcher Herman Fishman set a Big Ten Conference record in 1936 with a 0.86 ERA and was named to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's Jewish All-American basketball team?
Johnny Gee DYK ... 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?
Wally Gilbert DYK ... that Wally Gilbert played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, football in the NFL and professional basketball for Buffalo and Denver?
Henry Hallowell Farquhar DYK ... that Henry Hallowell Farquhar, the leading scorer on the first Michigan Wolverines basketball team in 1909, became a professor at Harvard Business School?
George Haggarty DYK ... that George Haggarty was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan for 1921 and won the U.S. Seniors' Golf Association championship in 1966?
Frank Harrigan DYK ... 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?
Bob Harrison (played for Michigan, 1945-49; played in NBA for 9 seasons and was an NBA All-Star, 1956)
Frank L. Hayes (asst. basketball and football coach in mid-1920s; athletic director and basketball/football head coach at Marietta College, 1927-41)
Timothy Y. Hewlett (competitor in track and basketball late 1910s; later became a prominent architect and artist)
Jon Horford (power forward, 2010-14)
Tom Jorgensen DYK ... that "Jorgy" Jorgensen was the second leading scorer on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team for three consecutive years?
Arthur Karpus DYK ... that Michigan's Arthur Karpus played for Big Ten championship teams in football, basketball and baseball?
Harry Kipke (played basketball, baseball and football at Michigan in the early 1920s; later coached the football team in the 1930s)
Ernie McCoy (All-American basketball player at the University of Michigan from 1927 to 1929; basketball coach, 1949–52)
James Mandler (basketball team's leading scorer two years; set school single season scoring record with 230 points, 1941-42)
E. J. Mather (Michigan basketball coach, 1919–28; coached the team to three Big Ten titles and an overall record of 108–53
Milt Mead DYK ... that Michigan Wolverines basketball player Milt Mead won the 1953 NCAA Championship in the high jump?
Bennie Oosterbaan (All-American basketball player, 1927-28; head basketball coach, 1938-46)
Bill Orwig DYK ...that Bill Orwig hired Bob Knight as basketball coach at Indiana University and has been inducted into the athletic halls of fame at three universities -- Indiana, University of Michigan and University of Toledo?
Matt Patanelli DYK ... that Matt Patanelli was the first University of Michigan football player selected in a National Football League Draft?
William Perigo DYK ... that former Michigan coach William Perigo played professional basketball with John Wooden as a member of the Indianapolis Kautskys in the 1930s?
Walter B. Rea DYK ... that Walter Rea, the leading scorer for the 1919–20 Michigan Wolverines basketball team, later became the university's spokesman on "panty raids"?
Ralph O. Rychener (basketball, 1917-20; UM Distinguished Alumni Service Award, 1951)
Glen Selbo (Big Ten MVP, 1946-47; 2nd pick of the 1947 BAA Draft) [expanded 2012, 2017]
James Skala (captain, leading scorer, and MVP of the 1951-52 Michigan basketball team)
Mack Supronowicz DYK ... that in 1947, University of Michigan basketball player Mack "Soup" Supronowicz was hailed as "the greatest cage prospect in college history"?
Chelso Tamagno DYK ... that Chelso Tamagno played for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots team that won the first National Basketball League championship in 1938?
John Tidwell DYK ... 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"?
Pete Tillotson (captain, MVP, and leading scorer on 1957–58 basketball team; 415 points in 1957-58 season was 2nd highest in Michigan's history to that point)
John Townsend (basketball) (All-American basketball player, 1938)
Leo VanderKuy (played for Michigan, 1948-51, set the program's single season scoring record with 329 points during the 1950-51 season)
George F. Veenker DYK ... 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?

Women's basketball

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Trish Andrew DYK ... that Trish Andrew, nicknamed the "human eraser", holds the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball career and single-season records in both rebounds and blocks?
Carmel Borders DYK ... that Carmel Borders led the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team to its first winning record during the 1975–76 season?
Cheryl Burnett DYK ... that Cheryl Burnett compiled a record of 319–136 (.701) and twice advanced to the Final Four in 15 years as head coach of the Southwest Missouri State women's basketball team?
Vonnie DeLong DYK ... that Vonnie DeLong holds the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball single-season record with 156 assists during the 1987–88 season?
Diane Dietz DYK ... that Diane Dietz] set the Big Ten Conference single-game basketball scoring record with 45 points in 1982 and the University of Michigan career record with 2,076 points?
Vic Katch DYK ... that the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team was the son of Polish movie actor Kurt Katch?
Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough DYK ... that Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough, a native of Jamaica, was the first Michigan Wolverines women's basketball player to be drafted by an American professional team?
Penny Neer DYK: ...that Penny Neer, 1982 AIAW discus champion and one of the top U.S. discus throwers, also blocked 64 shots for the University of Michigan women's basketball team?
Patricia Roberts DYK ... that Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Trish Roberts in 1976 played in the inaugural Olympic women's basketball game and scored a record 51 points in her first game for the Tennessee Lady Vols?
Jennifer Smith DYK ... that Jennifer Smith set the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball single-season scoring record with 659 points during the 2003–04 season?
Gloria Soluk DYK ... that Gloria Soluk was the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines softball team and the third coach of its women's basketball team?
Anne Thorius DYK ... that Danish basketball player Anne Thorius holds the Michigan Wolverines career record with 537 assists?
Bud VanDeWege DYK ... that Bud VanDeWege coached the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team to its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1990?

Golf

Dave Barclay DYK ... that Dave Barclay, winner of the 1947 NCAA golf championship, worked for more than 30 years at a gaseous diffusion plant that produced enriched uranium?
Ray Courtright DYK ... 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?
Randy Erskine (1970 Big Ten golf champion; won Michigan Open five times between 1976 and 1985; won 2011 Michigan Senior PGA Championship)
John Fischer (won the 1932 NCAA individual golf championship and the 1936 U.S. Amateur)
George Haggarty DYK ... that George Haggarty was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan for 1921 and won the U.S. Seniors' Golf Association championship in 1966?
Edward I. Schalon DYK ... that Edward Schalon, inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor as a golfer, later became the president of a Fortune 500 company, SPX Corporation?
Thomas Trueblood DYK: ...that University of Michigan elocution professor Thomas Trueblood (pictured) received nationwide attention when the Chicago Tribune reported in 1903 that he was offering a new "course in love making"?

Gymnastics

Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics DYK ... that after a winless 0–11 record in 1996, the Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics team won the NCAA championship in 1999 and finished in the "Super Six" in 10 of the past 11 seasons? [created 2009]
Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics [created 2009]
Syque Caesar DYK ... 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?
Chris Cameron DYK ... 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?
Ed Gagnier DYK ... that Ed Gagnier, the first gymnast to represent Canada at the Olympic games, later coached three NCAA national championship teams at Iowa State?
Newt Loken DYK: ...that before coaching gymnastics at the University of Michigan from 1948 to 1983, Newt Loken was the NCAA all-around gymnastics champion in 1942?
Sam Mikulak DYK ... 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?
Bev Plocki DYK ... that gymnastics coach Bev Plocki led Michigan to 15 Big Ten championships and 18 NCAA championship tournaments after taking over a last-place program in 1990?
Beth Wymer DYK ... that University of Michigan gymnast Beth Wymer won three consecutive NCAA championships in the uneven bars and was a first-team All-American in the all-around and balance beam?

Hockey

Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey [expanded 2011]
1934–35 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season (won Big Ten championship, compiled a 12–3–2 record; Johnny Sherf scored more goals during the 1934–35 season than all of Michigan's opponents combined)
1947–48 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season DYK ... that the 1947–48 Michigan Wolverines hockey team won the first "Frozen Four" NCAA hockey championship in March 1948?
1951–52 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season (won the 1952 NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament for 2nd year)
1952–53 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season (won the 1953 NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament; 3rd consecutive, and 4th overall under Vic Heyliger, in which Michigan won the NCAA championship)
1954–55 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season (won the 1955 NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament for 5th time in 8 years)
1955–56 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season DYK ... that the 1955–56 Michigan Wolverines hockey team won the 1956 NCAA Tournament and took five of six places on the Associated Press All-Tournament Team?
1963–64 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season (24–4–1 record, outscored opponents 217-80; won national championship at Frozen Four)
Joseph Barss DYK ... that Joseph Barss, the first head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team, was born in Madras, India, in 1892?
Leonard Brumm DYK ... that Leonard Brumm organized an inmate hockey team at a maximum security prison, coached the first professional female hockey player, and co-founded the Kuwait National Hockey League?
Dave Debol DYK ... that University of Michigan Hall of Honor inductee Dave Debol, known in the 1970s as "the Guy LaFleur of college hockey", set an NCAA record by scoring three goals in less than one minute?
Dan Farrell DYK ... that Michigan ice hockey coach Dan Farrell later became the chairman and CEO of a uranium exploration company?
John Giordano DYK ... that John Giordan], 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?
Wally Gacek DYK ... that Gordon McMillan from Saskatchewan, Wally Grant from Minnesota's Iron Range, and Wally Gacek from [Manitoba, led the Michigan Wolverines to the first ever Frozen Four NCAA hockey championship in 1948?
Wally Grant DYK ... that Gordon McMillan from Saskatchewan, Wally Grant from Minnesota's Iron Range, and Wally Gacek from Manitoba, led the Michigan Wolverines to the first ever Frozen Four NCAA hockey championship in 1948?
Vic Heyliger (hockey 1944-57) [expanded 2010]
Connie Hill DYK ... that Connie Hill, captain of the first hockey team to win the Frozen Four, received a Ph.D. for his dissertation, "Mood, self-derogation and anomia as factors in response unreliability"? (Michigan hockey, 1945-49)
Eddie Lowrey (Michigan hockey coach, 1927-44) [expanded 2009]
Wilf Martin DYK ... 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?
Bill MacFarland DYK ... that attorney Bill MacFarland had a dislocated knee and six broken teeth after playing 11 seasons of professional ice hockey?
Gordon McMillan DYK ... that Gordon McMillan from Saskatchewan, Wally Grant from Minnesota's Iron Range, and Wally Gacek from Manitoba, led the Michigan Wolverines to the first ever Frozen Four NCAA hockey championship in 1948?
Tom Rendall (Michigan hockey player, 1954-57)
Jack Tompkins (Michigan hockey and baseball player early 1930s; later founded the Great Lakes International)
Al Renfrew DYK: ...that University of Michigan Hall of Honor inductee Al Renfrew was the first person to play on a NCAA championship college hockey team and later coach a national champion?
Mel Wakabayashi DYK ... that Mel Wakabayashi, born in a wartime Japanese-Canadian internment camp, was called "perhaps the most unlikely star in the long history of Michigan sports, and surely one of the most inspirational"?
Gordon Wilkie DYK ... that when Gordon Wilkie and his Michigan Wolverines teammates scored 21 points in a single ice hockey game against Ohio State University, their coach threatened to bench anyone else who scored?

Softball

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Michigan Wolverines softball DYK ... that the Michigan Wolverines softball team in 2005 became the first team from east of the Mississippi River to win the Women's College World Series?
Jenny Allard DYK: ...that University of Michigan All-American softball player Jenny Allard has led Harvard University to its first four Ivy League softball championships since taking over as coach in 1995?
Meghan Beaubien: pitcher who won 33 games in 2018 (created 2019)
Megan Betsa: pitcher 2014-2015 [created 2015, expanded 2017]
Amanda Chidester DYK ... that former Michigan Wolverines softball player Amanda Chidester hit a grand slam to lead Team USA to a victory over Brazil in the 2012 World Cup of Softball?
Traci Conrad-Fischer DYK ... that Traci Conrad-Fischer won two Big Ten Conference batting titles and set the Michigan Wolverines softball career record with a .389 batting average?
Bob De Carolis DYK ... that current Oregon State athletic director Bob De Carolis coached the Michigan Wolverines softball team from 1981 to 1984?
Sara Driesenga DYK ... that Michigan Wolverines softball player Sara Driesenga compiled a 31–9 record in 2013 and pitched a complete-game shutout in the 2013 Women's College World Series?
Samantha Findlay DYK ... that Samantha Findlay led the Michigan softball team to a national championship with a home run in the 10th inning of the championship game at the 2005 Women's College World Series?
Michelle Gardner DYK ... that current Indiana softball coach Michelle Gardner was the Big Ten Player of the Year in 1988 while playing for Michigan?
Sara Griffin DYK ... that Sara Griffin was thrice named a first-team All-American and compiled a 106–19 record as a pitcher for the Michigan Wolverines softball team?
Tiffany Haas DYK ... that All-American second baseman Tiffany Haas did not commit an error in her last 60 games for the Michigan Wolverines softball team?
Carol Hutchins DYK ... that Carol Hutchins, coach of the first eastern team to win the Women's College World Series, is the winningest coach in the history of the University of Michigan in any sport?
Kelsey Kollen-Putz DYK ... that All-American second baseman Kelsey Kollen-Putz and husband J. J. Putz met while both were student-athletes at the University of Michigan?
Jessica Merchant DYK ... that Jessica Merchant was captain of Michigan Wolverines softball's 2005 national championship team and National Pro Fastpitch Offensive Player of the Year in 2006?
Vicki Morrow DYK ...that softball pitcher Vicki Morrow was named Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in 1987 after winning 26 games, including 18 shutouts, and striking out 446 batters?
Nikki Nemitz DYK ... that after facing 2009 All-American softball pitcher Nikki Nemitz]]'s fastball, a sports writer for the Detroit Free Press wrote that he "actually felt a breeze" and his "knees buckled"?
Sierra Romero DYK ... that Michigan Wolverines softball's freshman shortstop Sierra Romero was named the 2013 Big Ten Player of the Year after compiling a .527 on-base percentage? [created 2013, expanded 2015-16]
Kelly Kovach Schoenly DYK ... that current Ohio State softball coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly was twice named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year while playing for Michigan?
Alicia Seegert DYK ... that catcher Alicia Seegert set Big Ten Conference records for batting average, hits, total bases and RBIs while playing softball for the University of Michigan from 1984 to 1987?
Gloria Soluk DYK ... that Gloria Soluk was the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines softball team and the third coach of its women's basketball team?
Kellyn Tate DYK ... that former Michigan Wolverines softball outfielder Kellyn Tate won the Women's Pro Softball League batting title in 1999 with a .320 batting average?
Jordan Taylor (All-American softball pitcher, 2008-11)
Patti Townsend DYK ... that former Michigan Wolverines softball outfielder Patti Townsend was named MVP of the Women's Professional Softball League?
Haylie Wagner DYK ... that Michigan Wolverines softball player Haylie Wagner was unanimously selected as the 2012 Big Ten Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 32–7 record and 1.53 ERA as a freshman?

Swimming and diving

Ann Colloton DYK ...that swimmer Ann Colloton, the University of Michigan's Female Athlete of the Decade for the 1980s, was inducted into the school's Hall of Honor in February 2008?
Melinda Copp (swimmer at Michigan won four Big Ten championships and was All-American in four events; swam for Canada in 1984 Olympics; inducted into UM Athletic Hall of Honor in 2006)
Richard Degener (won gold medal in 3 m springboard at the 1936 Olympics; described as the "Fred Astaire of diving") [created 2008]
Mindy Gehrs DYK ... that 2009 Michigan Hall of Honor inductee Mindy Gehrs was called "the best swimmer to ever part the waters of the Atomic City"?
Francis Heydt DYK ... that 1941 NCAA backstroke champion and University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor inductee Francis Heydt later owned a business that sold camouflage clothing to the U.S. military?
Harry Holiday DYK: ...that swimming Hall of Famer Harry Holiday won 6 NCAA championships, and set 7 world and 18 American records in the mid-1940s but never competed in the Olympics due to World War II?
Dick Kimball DYK: ...that Dick Kimball, University of Michigan diving coach 1958–2002, won national championships both as a springboard diver and trampoliner?
Micki King (gold medal winner at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the three meter springboard diving event) [created 2008]
Frank Legacki DYK ... that venture capitalist Frank Legacki set American records in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly while attending the University of Michigan in 1961?
Ruth Pickett Thompson DYK ...that synchronized swimmer Ruth Pickett Thompson received the AIAW's 1979 and 1980 Broderick Awards?
Gus Stager ...that before his 40th birthday Gus Stager swam for an NCAA championship team and coached three high school championship teams, four NCAA championship teams, and the 1960 U.S. Olympic team?
Bob Webster DYK ... that two-time Olympic diving gold medalist Bob Webster won his first collegiate diving title for a junior college with no pool, training off a board in his coach's back-yard sand pit?

Tennis

Brian Eisner DYK ... 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?
Michael Leach DYK: ...that the tennis player Michael Leach gained national rankings in doubles playing with his father?
Barry MacKay (won the singles title at the 1957 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship)
William Murphy DYK ... that William Murphy won two Big Ten Conference doubles tennis championships with his twin brother, and later coached University of Michigan tennis teams to 11 Big Ten and one NCAA team championships?
Ray Senkowski (1961 Big Ten Conference singles and doubles tennis championships)
Theodore M. Stuart DYK ... 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?

Track and field

Michigan Wolverines men's track and field
Fred Bonine DYK ... 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?
Holly Campbell DYK ... that Holly Campbell from Keweenaw Peninsula won the 1930 NCAA Championship in the hammer throw?
Wesley Coe DYK ... that American Wesley Coe set world records in the 8-pound, 12-pound, and 16-pound shot put events?
Roderick Cox DYK: ... that Roderick Cox, the 1933 NCAA Champion in the hammer throw, played college football with Gerald Ford at the University of Michigan?
Ralph Craig (double gold medal winner at the 1912 Summer Olympics in the 100- and 200-meter sprints)
Ken Doherty DYK ... that University of Pennsylvania track coach Ken Doherty removed Bruce Dern from the track team in 1957 after his Elvis-like sideburns caused a commotion while running the two-mile relay?
Charles Dvorak DYK ... that Charles Dvorak 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? [expanded 2011]
Steve Farrell DYK ... that Steve Farrell , called "the greatest professional foot-racer" in America, raced against horses for several years in the 1890s and reportedly only lost a half dozen times?
Keene Fitzpatrick DYK ... that Keene Fitzpatrick invented modern pole-vaulting technique, coached five Olympic gold medalists, and trained the University of Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" football teams from 1901 to 1905?
Charlie Fonville DYK ...that Charlie Fonville broke a 14-year-old shot put world record by almost twelve inches at the 1948 Kansas Relays but was not allowed to stay with the other athletes because he was African-American?
Elmer Gedeon DYK: ...that Washington Senators outfielder Elmer Gedeo], who pulled a crew member from a burning wreck, died while piloting a B-26 bomber over France?
Francie Kraker Goodridge (set world record in the 600-yard indoor event; first Michigan-born woman to win a place on the U.S. Olympic team; coached women’s track at Michigan) [created 2008]
Howard Hoffman DYK ... that Howard Hoffman, the 1922 NCAA Champion in the javelin throw, was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2012?
Charles B. Hoyt DYK ... that sprint champion Charles Hoyt, who lost a chance for an Olympic medal when the 1916 games were cancelled due to World War I, later coached Eddie Tolan to two gold medals in the 1932 Olympics?
H. Ross Hume DYK ... that twin brothers Robert and Ross Hume became known as the "Dead Heat Kids" after finishing nine straight mile races, including the Big Ten and NCAA championships, holding hands in dead heat victories?
Robert H. Hume DYK ... that twin brothers Robert and Ross Hume became known as the "Dead Heat Kids" after finishing nine straight mile races, including the Big Ten and NCAA championships, holding hands in dead heat victories?
Carl Johnson (athlete) (long jumper who won silver medal in 1920 Olympics) [expanded 2011]
Wilford Ketz DYK ... that Wilford Ketz won an NCAA championship for throwing a hammer nearly 164 feet and later served as president of the IC4A?
John Landowski (1922 NCAA Championship in the pole vault)
Don McEwen DYK ... that Michigan's Don McEwen, two-time NCAA champion in the two-mile run, also won consecutive Big Ten cross country championships even though his school had no varsity cross country team?
John McLean DYK ... that the 1906 firing of John McLean for paying an athlete to play college football was called "the biggest scandal in the history of Missouri athletics"?
Mike Murphy DYK ... that Mike Murphy trained heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, was the first Michigan Wolverines football coach, and has been called the "the father of American track athletics"?
Penny Neer DYK: ...that Penny Neer, 1982 AIAW discus champion and one of the top U.S. discus throwers, also blocked 64 shots for the University of Michigan women's basketball team?
Roland Nilsson DYK ... that the 6 foot, 6 inch Swede Roland Nilsson of the Michigan Wolverines won six consecutive Big Ten shot put championships in the 1950s?
Phil Northrup DYK ... that Michigan Wolverines Hall of Famer Phil Northrup won three NCAA championships in the javelin throw and pole vault?
Bob Osgood DYK ... that University of Michigan track team captain Bob Osgood set a world record in the 120-yard (110 m) high hurdles in a "driving rain" that turned the track at Ferry Field into "a miniature lake"?
Sam Stoller DYK ... that the U.S. Olympic Committee awarded medals to Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman 62 years after the only two Jews on the U.S. track team were pulled from the 400-meter relay team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Eddie Tolan DYK ... that Eddie Tolan, the first African-American to be the "world's fastest human" after winning double gold at the 1932 Olympics, returned home jobless and appeared in vaudeville with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
Ron Warhurst (track coach 2000-08, member of the cross country teams at Western Michigan that won consecutive NCAA championships in 1964 and 1965) [expanded 2010]
William Watson DYK ... that Time magazine predicted "Big Bill" Watson, the first African-American to win the U.S. decathlon championship, would be America's No. 1 hero at the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled due to World War II?

Volleyball

Michigan Wolverines women's volleyball DYK ... that the Michigan Wolverines women's volleyball team has advanced to the NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship in 12 of the last 14 years since Mark Rosen became the head coach?

Wrestling

Richard W. Barker (wrestling coach in 1920s before Keen)
Rick Bay DYK ... that Rick Bay has served as COO of the New York Yankees, president of the Cleveland Indians, athletic director at Ohio State and Oregon, and wrestling coach at Michigan?
Mark Churella DYK ... that University of Michigan wrestler Mark Churella won NCAA national championships three straight years, from 1977 to 1979?
Bill Combs (All-American collegiate wrestler at Michigan (1939–41); killed at Iwo Jima during World War II) [created 2010]
Ray Courtright DYK ... 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?
Dennis Fitzgerald DYK ... 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?
Cliff Keen DYK: ...that Cliff Keen's tenure as Michigan’s wrestling coach (1925-1970) was the longest of any coach in any sport in NCAA history as of 1991?
Mike Martin DYK ... 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?
Harold Nichols DYK ... that in Harold Nichols' 32 years as Iowa State wrestling coach, his wrestlers placed among the top three teams in the United States 25 times and won 38 individual and six team NCAA championships?
Dave Porter DYK ... that Dave Porter won the NCAA heavyweight collegiate wrestling championship twice and was subsequently drafted by the Cleveland Browns to play in the NFL?

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Yost era (1901-28)

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