1906 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1906 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1906 college football season
. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field
.
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 1906 college football season
1906 college football season
The 1906 college football season was the first in which the forward pass was permitted. Although there was no national championship, there were two teams that had won all nine of their games as the 1906 season drew to a close, the Princeton Tigers and the Yale Bulldogs, and on November 17, 1906,...
. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field
Ferry Field
Ferry Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It opened in 1906 and was home to the Michigan Wolverines football team prior to the Michigan Stadium opening in 1927. It had a capacity of 46,000....
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Schedule
Varsity letter winners
- Harry S. Bishop, Chicago, Illinois - 2 games at quarterback, 2 games at right halfback
- Carl H. Clement, Brooklyn, New York - started 3 games at center
- Joe CurtisJoe CurtisJoseph S. "Big Joe" Curtis was an American football player and coach. While playing for the University of Michigan, he was selected as a first-team All-Western tackle three consecutive years from 1904–1906 and as an All-American in 1904 and 1905...
, Brooklyn, New York - started 2 games at left end, 2 games left tackle - Samuel J. Davison, Alpena, MichiganAlpena, MichiganAlpena is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Alpena County. It is considered to be part of Northern Michigan. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary is located in the city. The population was 10,483 at the 2010 census...
- started 1 game at left guard - Walter L. Eyke, Muskegon, MichiganMuskegon, MichiganMuskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...
- started 3 games at left guard, 1 game at left tackle - John GarrelsJohn GarrelsJohn Garrels was an American athlete who excelled in the 110 metres hurdles, discus throw, shot put, and as a fullback and end in American football....
, Detroit, MichiganDetroit, MichiganDetroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
- started 5 games at fullback - Walter D. GrahamWalter D. GrahamWalter DeWitt "Octy" Graham was an American football player. He played for the University of Michigan from 1904 to 1907 and was one of the leading players on the famed "Point-a-Minute" teams of 1904 and 1905....
, Chicago, Illinois - 5 games at right guard - Harry S. HammondHarry S. HammondHarry Stevens Hammond was an American football player and businessman. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1904 to 1907. He later had a career in business with the Pressed Steel Car Company and the National Tube Co.-Early years:Hammond was born in Crown Point, New York...
, Chicago, Illinois - started 2 games at right end - John L. Loell, Escanaba, Michigan - started 2 games at left tackle, 2 games at center, 1 game at left end
- Paul MagoffinPaul MagoffinPaul Parker "Maggie" Magoffin was an American football player. He played left halfback for Fielding H. Yost's University of Michigan Wolverines football teams of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, and was captain of the 1907 team...
, Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
- started 4 games at left halfback - Fred B. Newton, Portland, OregonPortland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
- started 1 game at left end, 1 game at right tackle, 1 game at right end - Harry E. Patrick, Detroit, Michigan - started 3 games at right tackle, 1 game at left guard
- Mason P. Rumney, Detroit, Michigan - 1 game at right halfback
- Harry A. Workman, Chicago, Illinois - started 3 games at quarterback, 1 game at left halfback
Reserves
- Thomas V. Bird, Mt. Valley, Illinois
- William M. Casey, Cedar Falls, Iowa
- Albert R. Chandler, Salem, Massachusetts
- Robert G. Chapman, San Antonio, Texas
- J. Blaine Coleman, Middleport, New York
- Maurice E. CrumpackerMaurice E. CrumpackerMaurice Edgar Crumpacker was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.-Early life:Crumpacker was born in Valparaiso, Indiana in 1886, where he attended the public schools until his father, Edgar D. Crumpacker, was elected to the United States House of Representatives when Maurice was 10 years...
, Valparaiso, Indiana - Frank Patrick Davey, Detroit, Michigan
- Harold P. Eastman, Battle Creek, Michigan
- William J. Embs, Escanaba, MichiganEscanaba, MichiganEscanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...
- started 2 games at right end - Albert de Valois Evans, Cheboygan, Michigan
- Fred N. Featherstone, Conneaut, Ohio
- Allen C. Fullenwider, South Haven, Michigan
- John H. Guenther, Jamestown, New York
- George Gukenberger, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Ben Harris, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Howard K. Holland, Cassopolis, Michigan
- Eber D. Kanaga, Charlevoix, Michigan
- Joseph E. Kelly, Lowell, Michigan
- Jesse R. Langley, Alva, Oklahoma
- Ray Earl Ortner, Pueblo, Colorado
- Charles Ruby - 1 game at right tackle
- Clayton J. Shenk (or Schenk), Chelsea, MichiganChelsea, MichiganChelsea is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,398 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a village....
- started 2 games at right halfback - Keith S. Simpson, Carrollton, Illinois
- Carl H. Spaanum, Nor Springs, Iowa
- Ivan X. Steckle, Freeport, Michigan
- Horace A. Treat, Adrian, Michigan
- William Wasmund, Detroit, Michigan
- James K. WatkinsJames K. WatkinsJames Keir Watkins was an American attorney and police commissioner. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1905 to 1909. He later became a leading attorney in Detroit and served as commissioner of the Detroit Police Department in the early 1930s...
, Ann Arbor, Michigan - George B. Wheeler, Cortland, New York
- Frederick T. Witmire, Ypsilanti, Michigan
- Arthur F. Wright, Waukegan, Illinois
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
- Trainer: Keene FitzpatrickKeene FitzpatrickKeene Fitzpatrick was a track coach, athletic trainer, professor of physical training and gymnasium director for 42 years at Yale University , the University of Michigan , and Princeton University...
- Manager: Lawrence C. Hull, Jr.
- Captain: John S. Curtis
External links
- 1906 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
- Michigan Alumnus, 1906-1907 - includes accounts of each game
- 1907 Michiganensian - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1906-1907 academic year