1909 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1909 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1909 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 1909 college football season
1909 college football season
The 1909 college football season was the first for the 3-point field goal, which had previously been worth 4 points. The season ran from Saturday, September 25, until Thanksgiving Day, November 25, although a few games were played on the week before....
. 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
Starters
- Dave AllerdiceDave AllerdiceDavid Way Allerdice was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1907 to 1909 and coached football at Butler University and the University of Texas at Austin .-Early life and playing career:Allerdice was born in...
, Indianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
- started 7 games at right halfback - Albert BenbrookAlbert BenbrookAlbert "Benny" Benbrook was an American football guard who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1908-1910. He was chosen by Walter Camp as an All-American in 1909 and 1910 and was the team’s captain in 1910...
, Chicago, Illinois - started 7 games at left guard - Arthur E. Bertrand, 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 1 games at left halfback - Stanley BorleskeStanley Borleske-External links:...
, Spokane, WashingtonSpokane, WashingtonSpokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
- started 1 game at left end, 1 game at right end - William M. Casey, Cedar Falls, IowaCedar Falls, IowaCedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States, and it is home to one of Iowa's three public universities, the University of Northern Iowa. The population was 39,260 in the 2010 census, an increase from the 36,145 population in the 2000 census...
- started 5 games at left tackle - Fay G. Clark, San Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
- started 2 games at fullback - Frederick Conklin, Ann Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganAnn 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...
- started 2 games at left end, 2 games at right guard - William P. Edmunds, Youngstown, OhioYoungstown, OhioYoungstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
- started 2 games at left tackle, 2 games at right guard - Charles C. Freeney, Ida Grove, IowaIda Grove, IowaIda Grove is a city in Ida County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,350 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ida County.-Geography:Ida Grove is located at...
- started 1 game at fullback, 1 game at left halfback - George Lawton, 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 4 games at fullback - Joe MagidsohnJoe MagidsohnJoseph "Joe" Magidsohn was an American football player and official. He played halfback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1909 and 1910 and was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp in 1909 and a first-team All-American in 1910...
, Elkton, MichiganElkton, MichiganElkton is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 863 at the 2000 census. The village is within Oliver Township, along the Pinnebog River....
- started 5 games at left halfback - James Joy MillerJames Joy Miller-Biography:Miller was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1886. His father, James G. Miller, was the secretary of the Union Depot Railroad in Detroit. Miller attended Detroit Central High School where he won varsity letters in football, baseball and basketball...
, Detroit, MI - started 6 games at right end, 1 game at quarterback - Victor R. Pattengill, Lansing, MichiganLansing, MichiganLansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
- 1 game at right end - Leroy Ranney, Greenville, MichiganGreenville, MichiganGreenville is a city in Montcalm County of the U.S. state of Michigan. Portions of the county are associated with the Western region while others are more closely associated with the Central Michigan region. The population was 8,481 at the 2010 census...
- started 1 game at left end - Jamie W. Rogers, Ozark, Michigan- started 3 games at left end
- Andrew Smith, Ann Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganAnn 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...
- started 3 games at right guard, 2 games at center - William Wasmund, Detroit, MI - started 6 games at quarterback
- 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, MI - started 5 games at center - Stanfield WellsStanfield WellsStanfield Wells was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1909-1911. He was the first in a long line of All-Americans to come out of Massillon Washington High School, and was one of the pioneers of the forward pass...
, Brewster, Michigan - started 7 games at right tackle
Reserve players
- Harry K. Allwart, Battle Creek, MichiganBattle Creek, MichiganBattle Creek is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, in northwest Calhoun County, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Rivers. It is the principal city of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Calhoun county...
- Neil P. Beall, Gallipolis, OhioGallipolis, OhioAs of the census of 2000, there were 4,180 people, 1,847 households, and 1,004 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,156.2 people per square mile . There were 2,056 housing units at an average density of 568.7 per square mile...
- Otto CarpellOtto CarpellOtto Christ Carpell was an American football player for the University of Michigan. He played halfback for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1909 to 1912...
, Saginaw, MichiganSaginaw, MichiganSaginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan... - Wheaton D. Cole, Oberlin Hall, Ohio
- Arthur B. Cornwell, Saginaw, MichiganSaginaw, MichiganSaginaw is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw was once a thriving lumber town and manufacturing center. Saginaw and Saginaw County lie in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan...
- Wilbur Morrill Cunningham, Benton Harbor, MichiganBenton Harbor, MichiganBenton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan which is located west of Kalamazoo. The population was 10,038 at the 2010 census. It is the lesser populated of the two principal cities included in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a...
- Lewis E. Daniels, guard, Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsCambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
- Abraham B. Feldman, Eveleth, MinnesotaEveleth, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 3,865 people, 1,717 households, and 971 families residing in the city. The population density was 611.0 people per square mile . There were 1,965 housing units at an average density of 310.6 per square mile...
- Donald W. Green, fullback, Saginaw, MI
- Carroll B. Haff, Kansas City, MissouriKansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
- James E. Hancock, Indianapolis, IN
- William H. Harsha, Portsmouth, OH
- Herbert H. Huebel, Menominee, MichiganMenominee, MichiganMenominee is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,131. It is the county seat of Menominee County. Menominee is the fourth-largest city in the Upper Peninsula, behind Marquette, Sault Ste. Marie, and Escanaba...
- Ralph J. Hurlburt, Portland, OR
- Allen Jeffery, Albion, MI
- Howard S. Kayner, center, Gasport, New YorkGasport, New YorkGasport is a hamlet located in the Town of Royalton in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 1,248 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from observed natural gas and the historic Erie Canal port at that location...
- Philip T. Kniskern, Hastings, MI
- Sidney S. Lawrence, Coopersville, MI
- John J. McDermott, Hubbardston, MI
- Neil McMillan, Detroit, MI
- Karl H. Middendorf, Akron, OH
- Frank Murphy, Harbor Beach, MI
- William Kirke Otis, Honeoye Falls, New YorkHoneoye Falls, New YorkHoneoye Falls is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 2,595 at the 2000 census. The village includes a small waterfall on Honeoye Creek, which flows through the village and gives it its name....
- Edgar M. Parkhurst, Reed City, MI
- Frank Picard, Saginaw, MI
- Clement P. Quinn, Saginaw, MI
- Charles E. Rickerhauser, Los Angeles, CA
- John Byron Rogers, end, Ozark, Michigan
- Rufus G. Siple, Ann Arbor, MI
- George C. Thomson, Cadillac, MI
- Theodore A. Weager, Interlaken, NY
Awards and honors
- Captain: Dave AllerdiceDave AllerdiceDavid Way Allerdice was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1907 to 1909 and coached football at Butler University and the University of Texas at Austin .-Early life and playing career:Allerdice was born in...
- All-American1909 College Football All-America TeamThe 1909 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams were Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp, Leslie's Weekly, and the New York Evening Telegram.-Key:*WC = Collier's...
s: Albert BenbrookAlbert BenbrookAlbert "Benny" Benbrook was an American football guard who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1908-1910. He was chosen by Walter Camp as an All-American in 1909 and 1910 and was the team’s captain in 1910...
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
- Assistant coaches: Roy Beechler, Albert R. Chandler, Prentiss Douglass, F.M. Hall, 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...
, Curtis ReddenCurtis ReddenCurtis Gerald "Cap" Redden was an American football player. He was the starting left end for the University of Michigan's football team from 1901–1904. He played for Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" teams and was unanimously selected as an All-Western player in 1903. Redden died of pneumonia... - 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: Harold E. Gallup
External links
- 1909 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
- Michigan Alumnus, 1909-1910 - includes accounts of each game
- 1910 Michiganensian - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1909-1910 academic year