User:Cbl62/2012
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Created in 2012[edit]
The following shows articles created in 2012 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 9/13/22.
Rank | Title | Creation date |
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Description |
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1 | Devin Funchess | 2012-11-05 | 37,319 | 864,696 | Tight end for Michigan (2012-2014) and NFL (2015-2020) |
2 | Thomas Rawls | 2012-11-04 | 25,221 | 715,506 | Running back for Michigan (2011-2013) and NFL (2015-2018) |
3 | Sam Mikulak | 2012-07-01 | 34,107 | 644,848 | Gymnast at Michigan, USA all-around champion (2013–2016, 2018–2019) |
4 | List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League | 2012-06-11 | 22,697 | 552,291 | |
5 | Patty Gasso | 2012-07-02 | 21,239 | 221,783 | Oklahoma softball coach 1995-present, 6x national champion |
6 | Kyle Kalis | 2012-08-31 | 18,241 | 70,361 | Michigan lineman 2013-2016 |
7 | List of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons | 2012-04-01 | 35,945 | 60,222 | |
8 | Dennis Norfleet | 2012-11-11 | 12,421 | 58,682 | Michigan running back 2012-2014 |
9 | Curt Mallory | 2012-11-10 | 18,529 | 47,097 | Football coach 1993-present |
10 | William Campbell | 2012-11-11 | 20,535 | 44,150 | |
11 | George Genyk | 2012-12-15 | 8,608 | 31,524 | |
12 | Erik Campbell | 2012-10-09 | 12,854 | 25,665 | |
13 | Jeff Hecklinski | 2012-11-10 | 13,435 | 21,387 | |
14 | Syque Caesar | 2012-07-02 | 5,865 | 18,791 | |
15 | Steve Szabo | 2012-10-10 | 14,722 | 17,454 | |
16 | Vincent Mroz | 2012-11-28 | 12,978 | 14,177 | |
17 | Drew Dileo | 2012-11-06 | 13,368 | 15,767 | |
18 | Jim Betts | 2012-12-11 | 12,264 | 10,960 | |
19 | Cal Young | 2012-11-21 | 9,285 | 9,696 | |
20 | Russell D. Oliver | 2012-02-05 | 8,982 | 9,181 | |
21 | Duncan Curry | 2012-06-04 | 24,843 | 8,811 | |
22 | Harry Rockafeller | 2012-11-24 | 13,694 | 8,322 | |
23 | Lorri Bauman | 2012-05-02 | 6,796 | 7,289 | |
24 | Norman Sas | 7,131 | |||
25 | Tom Cecchini | 2012-01-07 | 10,253 | 7,229 | |
26 | Tom Goss | 6,516 | |||
27 | Fred Julian | 2012-12-15 | 12,074 | 6,285 | |
28 | Fritz Seyferth | 2012-12-12 | 12,845 | 5,718 | |
29 | Cecil Pryor | 2012-12-09 | 13,342 | 5,715 | |
30 | Jack Nelson | 2012-10-08 | 10,402 | 5,787 | |
31 | Wanda Ford | 2012-05-02 | 5,000 | 5,513 | |
32 | S. Spencer Scott | 2012-01-26 | 3,654 | 5,047 | |
33 | Kit Cartwright | 4,376 | |||
34 | Fred Bonine | 4,261 | |||
35 | Fred Bonine | 2012-05-26 | 11,613 | 4,225 | |
36 | William Caley | 3,915 | |||
37 | Bert Carr | 3,863 | |||
38 | Henry Van Hoevenberg | 3,854 | |||
39 | Ed Meads | 3,796 | |||
40 | George Haggarty | 3,793 | |||
41 | Bill Mogk | 3,785 | |||
42 | Bobby Morrison | 3,770 | |||
43 | William V. B. Van Dyck | 3,686 | |||
44 | Carl Russ | 3,604 | |||
45 | Henry Hallowell Farquhar | 3,573 | |||
46 | Charles Widman | 3,544 | Michigan halfback 1898 | ||
47 | 1908–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team | 3,408 | |||
48 | Tony Dauksza | 3,377 | Michigan State football 1932-1933 | ||
49 | Pete Newell | 3,223 | Michigan defensive tackle 1968-1970 | ||
50 | Bruce Haynam | 3,207 | Michigan baseball player 1951-1953, All-American | ||
51 | Frank Villa | 3,508 | Michigan football tackle 1893-1896 | ||
52 | 1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team | 3,106 | |||
53 | Jason Vinson | 2,977 | Michigan punter (1997-1998) | ||
54 | Fred Grambau | 2,800 | Michigan defensive tackle 1969-1972 | ||
55 | Manistee Iron Works | 2,743 | Historic factory built 1907 | ||
56 | Pete Tillotson | 2,671 | Michigan basketball player 1955-1958 |
Expanded in 2012[edit]
The following shows articles created in 2012 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 7/25/22.
Michigan athletics[edit]
Football[edit]
Season articles[edit]
- 1879 Michigan football team
- 1880 Michigan football team
- 1884 Michigan football team
- 1885 Michigan football team
- 1888 Michigan football team
- 1890 Michigan football team
- 1892 Michigan football team
- 1894 Michigan football team
- 1898 Michigan football team
- 1905 Michigan football team
- 1907 Michigan football team
- 1907 Michigan football team
- 1909 Michigan football team
- 1910 Michigan football team
- 1911 Michigan football team
- 1912 Michigan football team
- 1913 Michigan football team
- 1922 Michigan football team
- 1923 Michigan football team
- 1925 Michigan football team
- 1932 Michigan football team
- 1933 Michigan football team
- 1940 Michigan football team
- 1942 Michigan football team
- 1943 Michigan football team
- 1947 Michigan football team
- 1948 Michigan football team
- 1950 Michigan football team
- 1964 Michigan football team
- 1976 Michigan football team
- Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry
Players/coaches[edit]
- William L. Allen
- Dave Allerdice
- Jim Betts*
- William Caley*
- Erik Campbell*
- William Campbell*
- Ed Carfrey
- Bert Carr*
- Kit Cartwright*
- Tom Cecchini*
- Tony Dauksza*
- Drew Dileo*
- Walt Downing
- Charles Drake
- Devin Funchess*
- Devin Gardner
- George Genyk*
- Tom Goss*
- Fred Grambau*
- Forrest M. Hall
- Jeff Hecklinski*
- John Hennessy
- John Herrnstein
- Dick Hill*
- Bob Hollway
- Mike Jolly
- Fred Julian*
- Kyle Kalis*
- Curt Mallory*
- Doug Marsh
- Mike Martin
- Ed Meads*
- Bobby Morrison*
- Greg Morton
- Vincent Mroz*
- Guy Murdock
- Jack Nelson*
- Pete Newell*
- Dennis Norfleet*
- Russell D. Oliver*
- Bill Pritula*
- Cecil Pryor*
- Thomas Rawls*
- Stark Ritchie*
- Denard Robinson
- Don Robinson*
- Carl Russ*
- S. Spencer Scott*
- Fritz Seyferth*
- Vincent Smith
- Steve Szabo*
- George C. Thomson*
- Fitzgerald Toussaint
- Frank Villa*
- Jason Vinson*
- Charles Widman*
Basketball[edit]
Season articles[edit]
- List of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons*
- 1908–09 Michigan basketball*
- 1917–18 Michigan basketball*
- 1918–19 Michigan basketball*
- 1919–20 Michigan basketball*
- 1920–21 Michigan basketball
- 1921–22 Michigan basketball*
- 1922–23 Michigan basketball*
- 1923–24 Michigan basketball*
- 1924–25 Michigan basketball*
- 1927–28 Michigan basketball
- 1929–30 Michigan basketball*
- 1930–31 Michigan basketball*
- 1935–36 Michigan basketball*
- 1936–37 Michigan basketball*
- 1937–38 Michigan basketball*
- 1938–39 Michigan basketball*
- 1948–49 Michigan basketball*
Players[edit]
Historic architecture[edit]
Historic sites
- Bristol Hotel, Gibraltar
- Christman Covered Bridge
- De Mores Packing Plant Ruins
- Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall
- Harshaville Covered Bridge
- Jerome Cooperative Creamery
- Manistee Iron Works*
- Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area
- Pierce County Courthouse (North Dakota)
- Punta Gorda Fish Co.
- The Rock Hotel
- Milton Small House
- Warnke Covered Bridge
Architects, builders, engineers
- John Parks Almand
- Architects of the National Park Service
- Alexander Boyter
- Champion Bridge Company
- Henry W. Cleaveland
- George H. Clemence
- D. F. Creighton
- Jeremiah Cunningham
- Bill Darrah
- Alden B. Dow
- Orlo Epps (AfD rescue)
- Esenwein & Johnson
- George Feick
- James Otis Follett
- James J. Gaffney
- Leon C. Goodrich
- Frederick H. Gouge
- William Haugaard
- F. A. Henninger
- Kilham & Hopkins (AfD rescue)
- H.J. Huck & Co.
- Jules Leffland
- Lincoln Construction Co.
- Louden Machinery Company
- Jack Oughton
- Parkinson & Dockendorff
- Patton & Fisher
- Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples
- Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.
- Frederic Hutchinson Porter
- Benjamin D. Price
- Charles Punchard Jr.*
- Merel S. Sager*
- Shirley Simons
- Walter Mickle Smith (AfD rescue)
- South Dakota Department of Transportation
- N. M. Stark and Company
- Thompson–Starrett Co.
- Henry Voss
- Joseph C. Wells
- C. Ferris White
- Wing & Mahurin
- John Wosky*
American football[edit]
Rutgers coaches
- H. W. Ambruster
- Alfred Ellet Hitchner
- Oliver D. Mann
- John C. B. Pendleton
- Herman Pritchard
- Arthur P. Robinson
- Harry Rockafeller
- William V. B. Van Dyck
- Henry Van Hoevenberg
- John Wallace*
Miscellaneous
- Curtis Alexander (AfD rescue)
- Albert Berg
- Al Blades (AfD rescue)
- James Bond
- R. R. Brown
- Edwin A. Dalton
- Harold Drew
- Stuart Forbes
- William Goodyear
- DeWayne Lewis (AfD rescue)
- Walter Mendenhall (AfD rescue)
- Mike Nesbitt (AfD rescue)
- Tim Rebowe (AfD rescue)
- Cal Young*
- Tony Zuzzio (AfD rescue)
Baseball/softball[edit]
Baseball
- List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League*
- Pete Appleton
- Fred Blanding
- Frank Bliss
- Steve Boros
- Duncan Curry*
- Don Eaddy
- Hal Elliott
- Jack Enzenroth
- Johnny Gee
- Wally Gilbert
- Bob Glenn
- Bruce Haynam*
- John Hibbard
- Lincoln MacMillan*
- Bill McAfee
- Bill Mogk*
- Bud Morse
- Henry Oxley (AfD rescue)
- John Perrin
- Bert Sincock
- Weldy Walker
Softball
Basketball[edit]
Other[edit]
DYKs[edit]
Article (DYK date) | Image | DYK views | DYK hook |
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914. Mike Jolly (12/29/12) | ... that Mike Jolly was the starting weak side cornerback in 35 of 36 games for Michigan teams that played in two Rose Bowls and a Gator Bowl from 1977 to 1979? | ||
913. Carl Russ (12/24/12) | ... that Carl Russ started as a walk-on and became the starting wide linebacker for Michigan football teams that had a record of 20–1–1? | ||
912. Fred Julian (12/23/12) | ... that Fred Julian led Michigan in rushing in 1959 and led the New York Jets in interceptions in 1960? | ||
911. Walt Downing (12/22/12) | ... that Walt Downing, the seventh All-American center for Michigan, won a Super Bowl with the 1981 San Francisco 49ers? | ||
910. Pete Newell (12/21/12) | ... that Bo Schembechler praised Pete Newell for traveling to Iowa with the 1969 Michigan football team rather than to a large antiwar rally "with the damn hippies where he really wanted to be"? | ||
909. Jim Betts (12/18/12) | ... that Michigan quarterback Jim Betts persuaded Bo Schembechler in 1969 to relax his clean-shave policy by claiming that facial hair was part of the African-American players' "heritage"? | ||
908. Cecil Pryor (12/18/12) | ... that Bo Schembechler knew his 1969 team was no longer afraid of Ohio State when a fight the day before the game ended with Cecil Pryor yelling, "And we're gonna kick your ass tomorrow, too!"? | ||
907. Greg Morton (12/17/12) | ... that Greg Morton, college football's defensive player of the year for 1976, collected exotic flora, including a purple passion plant he named Claudine? | ||
903-906. Rutgers coaches (12/16/12) | ... that the earliest head coaches of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team include John C. B. Pendleton, Henry Van Hoevenberg, Alfred Ellet Hitchner, and Arthur P. Robinson, all four combining for a record of 12–33? | ||
902. Guy Murdock (12/16/12) | ... that Guy Murdock, the MVP of football's Chicago Fire, joined with the Winds after the Fire was extinguished? | ||
901. 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team (12/15/12) | ... that 21 players from the 1976 Michigan football team went on to play in the NFL, and another opted instead to play Major League Baseball? | ||
900. Doug Marsh (12/15/12) | ... that tight end Doug Marsh was Michigan's leading receiver in 1979 and later played seven NFL seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals? | ||
899. Dennis Franks (12/12/12) | ... that Dennis Franks, an American football offensive lineman, participated in figure skating to develop his agility and leg strength? | ||
898. Edward A. Dalton (12/8/12) | ... that E. A. Dalton, the first paid coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team, had a coaching tenure that lasted for ten days in October 1892? | ||
897. Herman G. Steiner (12/7/12) | ... that Herman Steiner was the head coach at Duke University in football, baseball and track? | ||
896. William Goodyear (12/6/12) | ... that Billy Goodyear, the first football coach at Washington State, became a newspaper publisher, ran for Congress and died weeks after having his leg amputated? | ||
895. Harold Drew (12/5/12) | ... that Maine native Harold Drew coached the Alabama Crimson Tide football team to a 54–28–7 record and appearances in the Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls? | ||
894. 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team (12/4/12) | ... that the 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team lost its only game to Notre Dame in a game that matched teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the AP Poll? | ||
893. Stuart Forbes (12/4/12) | ... that Stuart Forbes, the first head coach of the Arizona Wildcats football team, was also the author of Trail Sketches: Word Pictures of the West? | ||
892. Vincent Mroz (12/3/12) | 23,000 | ... that United States Secret Service agent Vincent Mroz shot an attempted presidential assassin in the "biggest gunfight in Secret Service history"? | |
891. William L. Allen (12/2/12) | 1,675 | ... that William Allen (pictured) played on the undefeated 1898 Michigan football team and led Washington State to an undefeated record as head football coach in 1900? | |
890. Orlo Epps (12/2/12) | ... that Greensboro, North Carolina, architect Orlo Epps was also a professor of mathematics and physics and a socialist? | ||
889. Harry Rockafeller (11/30/12) | ... that Harry Rockafeller (pictured), who played for the Rutgers football team from 1912 to 1915, was still athletic director in 1961? | ||
888. William V. B. Van Dyck (11/29/12) | ... that William V. B. Van Dyck coached football at Rutgers, worked on a project to light the Strait of Magellan and participated in the first chess game played by "wireless"? | ||
887. R. R. Brown (11/26/12) | ... that Robert Roswell Brown (pictured) was a head football coach at six colleges, including Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Tulane, and New Mexico State? | ||
886. Cal Young (11/26/12) | ... that Cal Young, the first head coach of the Oregon Ducks football team, was born in a log cabin? | ||
885. Albert Berg (11/24/12) | ... that Albert Berg, the first Purdue football coach, was a deaf-mute whose coaching reportedly "consisted of excited sign language and some rather bizarre sounds from his throat"? | ||
884. John Wosky (11/7/12) | 380 | ... that John Wosky designed a number of historic structures at Yosemite National Park, including Crane Flat Fire Lookout and the Generals' Highway Stone Bridges? | |
883. Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area (10/24/12) | 2,950 | ... that the Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area includes 20 buildings developed by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss using an "Arabian Nights" theme? | |
882. The Rock Hotel (10/24/12) | ... that John Lennon married Yoko Ono at The Rock Hotel? | ||
881. Champion Bridge Co. (10/13/12) | 1,100 | ... that Champion Bridge Co. was charged with criminal antitrust violations in 1906 as part of the Ohio Attorney General's "war on the bridge trust"? | |
880. Joseph C. Wells (10/12/12) | 600 | ... that the works of Joseph C. Wells, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include "Old First" in Greenwich Village? | |
879. Louden Machinery Company (10/11/12) | ... that Louden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns (catalog pictured) as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant? | ||
878. Thompson–Starrett Co. (10/11/12) | 4,000 | ... that Thompson-Starrett Co. built six National Historic Landmarks in the U.S., including the Rockefeller Estate and the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1913 to 1930 (pictured)? | |
877. Punta Gorda Fish Co. (10/10/12) | ... that ten Florida fish cabins and icehouses built by the Punta Gorda Fish Co. have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places? | ||
876. Henry W. Cleaveland (10/9/12) | 407 | ... that the works of Henry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include the original Palace Hotel, San Francisco? | |
875. C. Ferris White (8/6/12) | 2,300 | ... that C. Ferris White designed more than 1,100 buildings in the U.S. state of Washington (example pictured) and over 300 more in the company town of Potlatch, Idaho? | |
874. Norman Sas (7/30/12) | ... that Norman Sas invented electric football? | ||
873. Syque Caesar (7/30/12) | 5,900 | ... that a University of Michigan gymnast dubbed the "Golden Syque" won the first gold medal in international competition for Bangladesh and was chosen to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London? | |
872. Steve Boros (7/21/12) | ... that Oakland Athletics manager Steve Boros was criticized for his pioneering use of an Apple II computer to guide his managerial decisions in 1983? | ||
871. Patty Gasso (7/20/12) | 1,000 | ... that Patty Gasso has led the Oklahoma Sooners softball team to seven appearances in the Women's College World Series, including a national championship in 2000 and a second-place finish in 2012? | |
870. De Mores Packing Plant Ruins (7/12/12) | 3,100 | ... that a pretender to the French throne built the De Mores Packing Plant in the Dakota Territory in 1883? | |
868-869. Bruce Haynam, Bill Mogk (7/12/12) | ... that Bruce Haynam and Bill Mogk were part of the "million dollar infield" on the 1953 Michigan Wolverines baseball team that won the College World Series? | ||
867. Ed Carfrey (7/9/12) | ... that Ed Carfrey, who played in Major League Baseball in 1890, was mistakenly omitted from baseball records until 2005? | ||
865. Pete Appleton (7/8/12) | ... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did? | ||
864. Sam Mikulak (7/7/12) | ... that University of Michigan gymnast Sam Mikulak won the 2011 NCAA all-around championship and will represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London? | ||
863. Sporting Life (7/6/12) | ... that the masthead of Sporting Life displayed the motto "Devoted To Base Ball, Trap Shooting and General Sports"? | ||
862. Bill McAfee (7/6/12) | ... that former Albany, Georgia, mayor Bill McAfee (pictured) participated in a 13-game baseball tour of Japan in 1929 before embarking on a five-year career in Major League Baseball? | ||
861. List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League (7/4/12) | ... that athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League include two Heisman Trophy winners and seven inductees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame? | ||
860. Don Eaddy (7/4/12) | ... that Don Eaddy (pictured) was an All-American baseball player, All-Big Ten basketball player, and halfback for the football team at the University of Michigan? | ||
859. Wally Gilbert (7/3/12) | ... that Wally Gilbert played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, football in the NFL and professional basketball for Buffalo and Denver? | ||
858. Bud Morse (7/2/12) | ... that professional baseball player Bud Morse was honored for his heroism in disarming a gunman during a hospital shooting spree? | ||
857. Henry Oxley (6/1/12) | ... that Henry Oxley is one of only three people from Prince Edward Island to have played in Major League Baseball? | ||
856. John Herrnstein (7/1/12) | ... that John Herrnstein was the third generation of the Herrnstein family to play for the Michigan Wolverines football team? | ||
855. Hal Elliott (6/30/12) | ... that Hal Elliott led the National League in games played by a pitcher in 1930, appearing in 48 games for the last place Philadelphia Phillies? | ||
854. Johnny Gee (6/28/12) | ... that pitcher Johnny Gee, sometimes known as the "$75,000 Lemon", was the tallest person ever to play Major League Baseball until Randy Johnson debuted in 1988? | ||
853. Bob Glenn (6/23/12) | ... that Major League Baseball pitcher Bob Glenn later became a pioneer in highway and traffic engineering from the 1920s through the 1950s? | ||
852. Jack Enzenroth (6/20/12) | ... that Jack Enzenroth (pictured) in 1910 was the captain of the first baseball team to be coached by Branch Rickey? | ||
851. Fred Blanding (6/18/12) | ... that Fritz Blanding retired from baseball due to "excessive weight" and because he could have "a heap more fun" on his farm? | ||
850. Duncan Curry (6/14/12) | ... that Duncan Curry, sometimes called the "Father of Baseball", was the president of the first organized baseball team and helped draft the first written rules of the game in 1845? | ||
849. Bert Sincock (6/12/12) | 1,160 | ... that Bert Sincock, born in a gold rush boomtown in 1887, was the first British Columbia native to play Major League Baseball? | |
848. John Hibbard (6/11/12) | 1,100 | ... that John Hibbard played three years of college baseball for the University of Michigan despite having previously played professional baseball for the Chicago White Stockings? | |
847. Lincoln MacMillan (6/10/12) | ... that Lincoln MacMillan played on Michigan football teams that defeated Notre Dame in each of the first five games between the schools? | ||
846. Fred Bonine (6/8/12) | 1,557 | ... that Fred Bonine set the world's record in the 110-yard dash in 1886, and later saw over a million patients in his medical office? | |
845. Frank Bliss (6/7/12) | 1,600 | ... that Frank Bliss, the first Michigan Wolverine to play Major League baseball, tucked his trousers into long boots for shin protection as a catcher in the early 1870s? | |
844. Weldy Walker (6/7/12) | 10,348 | ... that an 1888 letter written by Weldy Walker, the second African American in Major League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"? | |
843. Lorri Bauman (5/18/12) | 1,200 | ... that Lorri Bauman in 1984 became the first women's collegiate basketball player to score 3,000 points and still holds all-time NCAA records for field goals and free throws? | |
841-842. 1911 Michigan Wolverines football team (5/13/12) | ... that a newspaper quipped that the 1911 Michigan football team, featuring "Bottles" and "Bubbles", could claim the world championship for having players injured? | ||
840. Forrest M. Hall (4/26/12) | 3,200 | ... that Forrest Hall (pictured) played for Princeton's 1893 national championship football team, coached Auburn to a 94–0 victory over Georgia Tech in 1894, and set a shot put record at Michigan in 1895? | |
839. 1910 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/24/12) | 3,700 | ... that the undefeated 1910 Michigan football team featured three All-Americans in Albert Benbrook, Stanfield Wells and Joe Magidsohn (pictured)? | |
838. 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/22/12) | ... that the 1925 Michigan football team allowed only thee points all year and featured one of the sport's greatest passing combinations in "The Benny-to-Bennie Show"? | ||
837. George Haggarty (4/22/12) | 1,050 | ... that George Haggarty was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan for 1921 and won the U.S. Seniors' Golf Association championship in 1966? | |
836. Frank Harrigan (4/21/12) | ... that West Virginia native Frank Harrigan led Michigan to two Big Ten basketball championships and played for the Cook Painter Boys' 1929 national championship team? | ||
835. Walter B. Rea (4/16/12) | 2,565 | ... that Walter Rea, the leading scorer for the 1919–20 Michigan Wolverines basketball team, later became the university's spokesman on "panty raids"? | |
834. 1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (4/12/12) | ... that the 1917–18 team was the University of Michigan's first basketball team after an eight-year hiatus and the only winless conference season in the school's history? | ||
833. Henry Hallowell Farquhar (4/11/12) | ... that Henry Hallowell Farquhar, the leading scorer on the first Michigan Wolverines basketball team in 1909, became a professor at Harvard Business School? | ||
832. 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/10/12) | ... that 1907 Michigan football team gave up an average of only one point per game and shut out Vanderbilt in front of the largest crowd to see a football game south of the Mason–Dixon Line? | ||
831. 1908–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (4/8/12) | ... that the development of basketball as "almost a major sport" led the University of Michigan to form its first basketball team in 1909? | ||
830. 1906 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/8/12) | ... that John Garrels of the 1906 Michigan football team threw the school's first legal forward pass, won Olympic medals in the hurdles and shot put, and set a world record in the discus throw? | ||
829. 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/7/12) | 1,500 | ... that Fielding H. Yost opined that Germany Schulz (pictured) gave "the greatest one-man exhibition of courage I ever saw on a football field" for the 1908 Michigan football team? (4,200 views for Germany Schulz) | |
828. 1909 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/30/12) | 2,100 | ... that the 1909 Michigan football team won the first battle for the Little Brown Jug (pictured), the oldest rivalry trophy in American college football? | |
827. 1880 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/30/12) | 1,900 | ... that the 1880 Michigan football team played its only game in a foreign country and at a lacrosse club? | |
826. 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/26/12) | ... that during an 1888 visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Theodore Roosevelt quipped that it was "not healthy to get in the way of the U. of M. rugby team"? | ||
825. 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/21/12) | ... that the 1879 Michigan football team defeated Racine College, 1–0, in the first intercollegiate football game in the school's history? | ||
824. 1884 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/20/12) | 3,600 | ... that the 1884 Michigan football team's (pictured) first game was part of a "field day" that included heavyweight boxing, "catch-as-catch-can wrestling" and "chasing greased pig"? | |
823. 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team | ... that the 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team played a game on roller skates against the Princess football team? | ||
822. 1892 Michigan Wolverines football team | ... that after George Jewett (pictured) played for the 1892 Michigan football team, it was 40 years before another African-American played for the Wolverines? | ||
821. 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/28/12) | 2,700 | ... that after the 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team won the first game in what was to be an undefeated season, Gerald Ford wrote that the University of Michigan had "more drunks than ever"? | |
820. Russell D. Oliver (2/19/12) | ... that Russ Oliver, dubbed the "second Red Grange" at age 16, was the fourth University of Michigan athlete to win nine varsity letters in three major sports? | ||
819. Tony Dauksza (2/15/12) | 3,200 | ... that former American football player Tony Dauksza in 1971 became the first person to traverse the Northwest Passage in anything other than a ship, completing the journey by himself in a canoe? | |
818. 1923 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/13/12) | ... that the 1923 Michigan football team's undefeated season was saved when Edliff Slaughter executed what Fielding Yost called "the greatest play in football I ever saw"? | ||
817. 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/5/12) | 2,500 | ... that the 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team featured running by Jimmy Craig (pictured), a "Hawaiian yell," and snake dancing behind the Michigan band? | |
816. 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/30/12) | 3,200 | ... that the undefeated 1922 Michigan football team held opponents to 1.8 points per game and shut out Vanderbilt and Ohio State at dedication games for their new stadia? | |
815. 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/28/12) | ... that the 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team won the national championship while holding opponents to 4.8 points per game and extending the team's winning streak to 23 games? |