 Ralph W. Aigler DYK entry: ...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? (800 views 1/08 - 5/08)- Jenny Allard DYK entry: ...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? (2,700 views from 1/08 - 5/08)
- Frank Barbour - UM football coach 1892-93 (800 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- Gordon Bell (American football) DYK entry: ...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? (2,900 views 1/08 - 5/08)
- Albert Benbrook - All-American guard, 1909-1910 (711 views 12/07 - 2/08)
- Moby Benedict (160 views 2/08 - 4/08)
- Chuck Bernard DYK entry: ...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? (1,250 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Biff, the Michigan Wolverine: 8,500 views 4/08 - 5/08
- Jack Blott ..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? (1,700 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- Mike Boren (537 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Robert J. Brown (132 views, 1/08 - 2/08)
- Bob Chappuis DYK entry: ...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? 8,350 views from 12/07 - 5/08
- Jack Clancy DYK entry: ...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? (3,550 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Brad Cochran (328 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Ann Colloton 2,100 views, 2/08 - 5/08
- James B. Craig DYK entry: ...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? (1,450 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- William Cunningham (American football) DYK entry: ...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? (1,200 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Bill Daley (American football) DYK entry: ...that All-American fullback Bill Daley is the only person ever to win Little Brown Jug games playing for both Minnesota and Michigan? 2,300 views, 1/08 - 4/08
- Gene Derricotte DYK entry: ...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? (1,500 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Jim Detwiler DYK entry: ...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? (872 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Dean Dingman DYK entry: ...that American football guard Dean Dingman was only the third true freshman to start on the Michigan Wolverines football offensive line? (555 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Tom Dixon (900 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Mark Donahue (American football) (632 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Don Dufek DYK entry: ...that safety Don Dufek was cut from the Seattle Seahawks four times? (2,200 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Don Dufek, Sr. (356 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Dan Dworsky DYK entry: ...that former Michigan Wolverines football player Dan Dworsky designed Crisler Arena, the home of Michigan Wolverines basketball? (2,300 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Bump Elliott DYK entry: ...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? 5,200 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- Gustave Ferbert DYK entry: ...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? 2,850 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- Charlie Fonville DYK entry: ...that Charlie Fonville broke a 14-year-old shot put world record by almost 12 inches (30 cm) at the 1948 Kansas Relays but was not allowed to stay with the other athletes because he was African-American? (5,150 views 2/08 - 5/08)
- Dennis Franklin DYK entry: ...that Dennis Franklin was the first African American quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football team? (1,950 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Julius Franks ..that Julius Franks was the first African-American Michigan Wolverines football player to earn All-American honors? (1,400 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- Ed Frutig DYK entry: ...that All-American end Ed Frutig was the main pass receiver for Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon from 1938-1940? (843 views, 1/08 - 2/08)
- Dave Gallagher (football player) (367 views, 1/08 - 2/08)
- Elmer Gedeon DYK entry: ...that Washington Senators outfielder Elmer Gedeon, who pulled a crew member from a burning wreck, died while piloting a B-26 bomber over France? (3,400 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Paul G. Goebel DYK entry: ...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? 3,425 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- Francie Kraker Goodridge (2,200 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Mike Hammerstein (800 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- Marie Hartwig DYK entry: ...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? (1,060 views, 2/08 - 5/08)
- Ralph Heikkinen DYK entry: ...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? 2,300 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- George Hoey DYK entry: ...that George Hoey still holds Michigan Wolverines football career, and single-season records 40 years after his best season? (1,150 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Harry Holiday DYK entry: ...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? (1,800 views, 2/08 - 5/08)
- Jason Horn (608 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Chris Hutchinson (American football) (362 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Jarrett Irons DYK entry: ..that Jarrett Irons was the second freshman to lead the Michigan Wolverines football team in tackles? (2,600 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- George Jewett DYK entry: ...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? 1,500 views, 1/08 - 5/08
- Cliff Keen DYK entry: ...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? 2,400 views, 1/08 - 5/08
- Dick Kimball DYK entry: ...that Dick Kimball, University of Michigan diving coach 1958–2002, won national championships both as a springboard diver and trampoliner? (2,050 views, 2/08 - 5/08)
- Micki King (1,000 views, 2/08 - 5/08)
- Michael Leach DYK entry: ...that the tennis player Michael Leach gained national rankings in doubles playing with his father? (663 views, 2/08)
- George Lilja DYK entry: ...that George Lilja once played a Michigan Wolverines football game wearing another player's jersey, confusing many of his fans? (979 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Newt Loken DYK entry: ...that before coaching gymnastics at the University of Michigan from 1948 to 1983, Newt Loken was the NCAA all-around gymnastics champion in 1942? 846 views, 1/08 - 2/08
- Elmer Madar (830 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Mike Mallory (326 views, 1/08 - 2/08)
- John Maulbetsch DYK entry: ...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? 3,300 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- William McCauley (599 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Ernie McCoy (158 views, 2/08)
- Jamie Morris DYK entry: ...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? 7,250 views, 12/07 - 4/08
- Maynard Morrison (American football) DYK entry: ...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? 1,200 views, 1/08 - 5/08
- Vicki Morrow 2,900 views from 2/08 - 5/08
- Ed Muransky DYK entry: ...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? (2,600 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Penny Neer DYK entry: ...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? (1,300 views, 2/08 - 4/08)
- Harry Newman DYK entry: ...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? 2,400 views, 12/07 - 4/08
- Calvin O'Neal (466 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Bennie Oosterbaan (4,300 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Chuck Ortmann DYK entry: ...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? 1,600 views while on DYK
- Bill Orwig DYK entry: ...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? (521 views, 2/08)
- Jim Pace DYK entry: ...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? (829 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Rod Payne DYK entry: ..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? (1053 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Ted Petoskey DYK entry: ..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? (1124 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Otto Pommerening (515 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Miller Pontius (797 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Merv Pregulman DYK entry: ...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? 4,080 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- Al Renfrew DYK entry: ...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? (407 views, 2/08)
- William Revelli DYK entry: ...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? (1,350 views, 1/08 - 5/08)
- 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? (2,300 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- Doug Roby DYK entry: ...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? (3,750 views, 2/08 - 5/08)
- Germany Schulz DYK entry: ...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? 5,250 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- Scott Shafer DYK entry: ...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? 2,600 views, 1/08 - 5/08
- Tom Slade ...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"? (1,350 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- Edliff Slaughter (269 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Gus Stager (366 views, 2/08)
- Glen Steele (893 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Frank Steketee DYK entry: ...that, though records from the era are sketchy, press accounts reported that All-American football player Frank Steketee once kicked a 100-yard punt? 5,500 views while on DYK http://stats.grok.se/en/200712/Frank%20Steketee (6,500 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- 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? 1,700 views, 1/08 - 4/08
- Billy Taylor (American football) (686 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Mike Taylor (linebacker) (360 views, 1/08 - 2/08)
- Bob Timberlake ...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? (3,175 views, 12/07 - 5/08)
- John Townsend (basketball) (146 views, 1/08 - 2/08)
- Thomas Trueblood DYK entry: ...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"? 8,350 views from 1/08-5/08
- John Vitale (1222 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Robert Wahl DYK entry: ...that twice named All-American football tackle Robert "Brick" Wahl later became CEO of a Fortune 500 irrigation equipment company? 1899 views, 12/07 - 2/08
- William Ward (football coach) (576 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Willis Ward DYK entry: ...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? 3,750 views, 1/08 - 5/08
- Wally Weber DYK entry: ...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"? 3,200 views while on DYK http://stats.grok.se/en/200802/Wally%20Weber (5,050 views, 2/08 - 5/08)
- Bob Webster DYK entry: ...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? 2,700 views, 2/08 - 4/08
- Stanfield Wells DYK entry: ...that Stanfield Wells was the first of more than ten All-American football players from Washinton High School in Massillon, Ohio? 950 views, 1/08 - 2/08
- Whitey Wistert (1075 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- Butch Woolfolk DYK entry: ...that college football running back Butch Woolfolk was named MVP of both the Rose Bowl and the Bluebonnet Bowl in the same year? 7,000 views, 12/07 - 5/08
- Bill Yearby (642 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
- University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor (5,500 views, 1/08 - 5/08)
- Michigan Wolverines Football All-Americans (1,000 views, 1/08 - 4/08)
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- 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team (1,200 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- 1902 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team (750 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- 1904 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1923 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1932 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team (1,300 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team (900 views, 12/07 - 4/08)
- 1950 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1964 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 2004 Michigan Wolverines football team (928 views, 12/07 - 2/08)
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