1893 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1893 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1893 college football season
. The team, with Frank Barbour
as head coach, compiled a 7–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 278 to 102. The Wolverines closed the season with a Thanksgiving Day game played in Chicago against Amos Alonzo Stagg
's .
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in the 1893 college football season
1893 college football season
The 1893 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton and Yale as national champions....
. The team, with Frank Barbour
Frank Barbour
Francis Edward "Frank" Barbour was an American football player, coach, and businessman. He played quarterback for the Yale University football team in 1890 and 1891 and helped lead the 1891 Yale team to a perfect 13–0 record and a national championship...
as head coach, compiled a 7–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 278 to 102. The Wolverines closed the season with a Thanksgiving Day game played in Chicago against Amos Alonzo Stagg
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Amos Alonzo Stagg was an American athlete and pioneering college coach in multiple sports, primarily American football...
's .
Schedule
Varsity letter winners
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Height | Weight |
| William Irving Aldrich | Tackle | Coldwater, Michigan Coldwater, Michigan Coldwater is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 10,945. It is the county seat of Branch County.... |
5' 10" | 175 | |
| James Baird James Baird (civil engineer) James Baird was an American civil engineer, football player and coach. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1892 to 1895 and was captain of the 1894 team. He was also an assistant football coach at Michigan from 1897 to 1898. He worked for the George A. Fuller Co. for 23 years... |
Quarterback | Chicago, Illinois | 5' 6" | 145 | |
| Arthur C. Bartels | Halfback | Wilton Center, Illinois Wilton Center, Illinois Wilton Center is an unincorporated community in southern Will County, Illinois, in the United States. It is located on flat land 10 miles northeast of Wilmington, 5 miles south of Manhattan and 8 miles west of Peotone. It has a population of about 150.... |
5' 10" | 170 | |
| Horace L. Dyer | Halfback | St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St... |
5' 11" | 175 | |
| George Dygert George Dygert George Burlingame "Dygie" Dygert was an American football player and lawyer. Dygert played college football for the University of Michigan for five years from 1890 to 1894 and was captain of the 1892 and 1893 teams... |
Halfback | Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010... |
5' 4" | 160 | |
| Gustave Ferbert Gustave Ferbert -Gold prospecting in Alaska:After his coaching career at Michigan, Ferbert went to Alaska to search for gold. In May 1900, amid the Klondike Gold Rush, newspapers reported that Ferbert had left Ann Arbor for Seattle, where he planned to join "High" Allen and "Count" Villa, described as "two other... |
End | Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border... |
5' 7½" | 140 | |
| Raynor Spalding Freund | Halfback | Reserve, Montana Reserve, Montana Reserve is a census-designated place in Sheridan County, Montana, United States. The population was 23 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Reserve is located at .... |
5' 6½" | 134 | |
| George Greenleaf George Greenleaf George Franklin Greenleaf, Jr. was an American football player and medical doctor. A native of Brazil, Indiana, Greenleaf was the son of George F. Greenleaf, Sr. and Agnes Dalgleish Staines... |
Quarterback | Brazil, Indiana Brazil, Indiana Brazil is a city in Clay County, Indiana, United States. The population was 7,912 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Clay County. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
5' 6" | 130 | |
| Charles T. Griffin | Tackle | Kingsbury, Indiana Kingsbury, Indiana Kingsbury is a town in Washington Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, just northwest of the intersection of U.S. Route 35 and U.S. Route 6. The town was founded in 1835 and in the 1940s the Kingsbury Munitions plant was built for use during World War II where in one time it was targeted as one of... |
5' 8" | 175 | |
| Willard Wilmer Griffin | Center | Wenona, Illinois Wenona, Illinois Wenona is a city in Marshall and LaSalle counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 1,065 at the 2000 census.The Marshall County portion of Wenona is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion that lies in LaSalle County is part of the... |
5' 9½ | 165 | |
| Lawrence C. Grosh | Halfback | Toledo, Ohio Toledo, Ohio Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan... |
5' 9" | 150 | |
| Ralph W. Hayes | End | Galva, Illinois Galva, Illinois Galva is a city in Henry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,589 at the 2010 census, down from 2,758 at the 2000 census.-Information:... |
6' 1½" | 187 | |
| Frederick W. Henninger Frederick W. Henninger Frederick William "Pa" Henninger was an American businessman and football player and coach. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1893 to 1896 and was the captain of the 1895 team that outscored their opponents by a combined score of 266 to 14... |
Guard | Barberton, Ohio Barberton, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 27,899 people, 11,523 households, and 7,443 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,095.2 people per square mile . There were 12,163 housing units at an average density of 1,349.4 per square mile... |
5' 10½" | 175 | |
| John W. Hollister John W. Hollister John Willis Hollister was an American football player and coach in the United States.Hollister was born in North Pawlet, Vermont in 1869, the son of F. S. Hollister, "a traveling agent," and Julia L. Hollister. Hollister attended Middlebury College from 1889 to 1890 and received a bachelor of... |
Halfback | Beloit, Wisconsin Beloit, Wisconsin Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, Beloit had a population of 36,966. The greater Beloit area is home to more than 91,000 residents.-Claim to fame:... |
5' 8" | 163 | |
| James H. Hooper | Guard | Butte, Montana Butte, Montana Butte is a city in Montana and the county seat of Silver Bow County, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. As of the 2010 census, Butte's population was 34,200... |
6' 2½" | 210 | |
| Heman B. Leonard | Halfback | Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington, Illinois Bloomington is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States and the county seat. It is adjacent to Normal, Illinois, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area... |
5' 8" | 155 | |
| James L. D. Morrison | Tackle | Morrisonville, Illinois Morrisonville, Illinois Morrisonville is a village in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,056 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Morrisonville is located at .... |
5' 11" | 170 | |
| Louis P. Paul | Halfback | Massillon, Ohio Massillon, Ohio Massillon is a city located in Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio, approximately 8 miles to the west of Canton, Ohio, 20 miles south of Akron, Ohio, and 50 miles south of Cleveland, Ohio. The population was 32,149 at the 2010 census.... |
5' 11" | 160 | |
| Henry M. Senter Henry M. Senter Henry Mortimer "Mort" Senter was an American football player and businessman. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1893 to 1896. He was selected as a first-team All-Western end in 1895 and as captain of the 1896 team. After receiving his degree, he moved to Colombia... |
End | Houghton, Michigan Houghton, Michigan Houghton is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and largest city in the Copper Country on the Keweenaw Peninsula. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,708. It is the county seat of Houghton County... |
5' 11" | 157 | |
| Roger Sherman Roger Sherman (American football) Roger Sherman was an American football player, coach and lawyer. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1890 to 1893 and coached the University of Iowa football team in 1894... |
End | Chicago, Illinois | 5' 7" | 145 | |
| C.H. Smith | Center | 5' 10 | 230 | ||
| Giovanni R. "Count" Villa | Tackle | Walla Walla, Washington Walla Walla, Washington Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census... |
5' 7" | 195 | |
Others
- George Jason Cadwell, Chicago, Illinois
- Harry Hadden, Chicago, Illinois
- George A. Marston, Bay City, Michigan
- Edwin Andrew Murbach
- John Whitcome ReynoldsJohn W. Reynolds, Sr.John Whitcome Reynolds, Sr. was Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1927 to 1933. He was elected as a Republican.Reynolds was born in Jacksonport, in Door County, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin Law School. Reynolds was admitted to the bar in...
, Detroit - Edward James Ryan, Detroit
- James W. Van Dusen, Cleveland, Ohio
Coaching and training staff
- Coach: Frank BarbourFrank BarbourFrancis Edward "Frank" Barbour was an American football player, coach, and businessman. He played quarterback for the Yale University football team in 1890 and 1891 and helped lead the 1891 Yale team to a perfect 13–0 record and a national championship...
- Trainer: E.W. MoultonEdward MoultonEdward W. "Dad" Moulton was an American sprinter, athletic trainer, and coach. He was a professional sprinter who won more than 300 races and was regarded as the American sprinting champion from 1872 to 1878. Moulton later worked as a trainer of sprinters, wrestlers, boxers, and bicyclists...
- Manager: Charles A. BairdCharles A. BairdCharles A. Baird was an American football manager, university athletic director, and banker.He was the manager of the University of Michigan football team from 1893 to 1895 and the school's first athletic director from 1898 to 1909. During his time as Michigan's athletic director, he was...
- Assistant manager: Eugene Batavia
External links
- 1893 Football Team – Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
- The Palladium (1894) - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1893–1894 academic year