1919 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1919 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1919 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 1919 college football season
1919 college football season
The 1919 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing the Centre, Harvard, Illinois, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M as national champions.. Only Harvard and Illinois claim national championships for the 1919 season.-Conference...
. 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
Letter winners
- John C. Cary - end (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- Elmer W. Cress - end (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- William R. Cruse - started 2 games at left halfback, 2 games at right halfback, 2 games at fullback (Detroit, Michigan)
- Frank CulverFrank CulverFrank Ward Culver was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan. A native of Detroit, Culver played for the Michigan Wolverines under Fielding H. Yost in 1917 and 1919. As a sophomore in 1917, he started three games at left tackle, four games at left guard, and one game at...
- started 3 games at center, 1 game at left guard (Detroit, Michigan) - Frank T. Czysz - started 1 game at right tackle (Dunkirk, New York)
- Roland Glenn Dunn - started 3 games at right tackle, 1 game at right guard (Muskegon Heights, Michigan)
- Robert J. DunneRobert J. DunneRobert Jerome "Duke" Dunne was an American football player and coach and state court judge in Illinois. He played for the University of Michigan from 1918 to 1921. After graduating from Michigan in 1922, he attended law school at Northwestern University where he also served as the line coach for...
- started 6 games at left end (Chicago, Illinois) - Donald A. Finkbeiner - tackle (Perrysburg, Ohio)
- William FortuneWilliam FortuneWilliam Peter "Bill" Fortune was an American football player. He played guard and tackle for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1917 to 1919. He was a member of the 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team that finished the season undefeated and has been recognized as the national...
- started 3 games at left guard (Springfield, Illinois) - Gerald W. Froemke - started 1 game at right halfback (Sheldon, North Dakota)
- Angus GoetzAngus GoetzAngus Gerald "Gus" Goetz was an American football player who played four years with the Michigan Wolverines from 1917 to 1920. He also played professional football for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Columbus Tigers .-University of Michigan:A native of Sault Ste...
- started 7 games at left tackle (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) - J. Vinton Hammels - tackle (Glendale, Arizona)
- William P. Henderson - started 1 game at right end (Detroit, Michigan)
- Roy W. Johnson - started 2 games at center, 1 game at left guard (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- Kenneth T. KnodeMike KnodeKenneth Thomson "Mike" Knode was an American football and baseball player.Knode was born in Westminster, Maryland in 1895. He attended both the University of Maryland and University of Michigan, playing football and baseball at both institutions...
- started 1 game at quarterback, 1 game at right halfback (Martinsburg, West Virginia) - Alvin E. Loucks - guard (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- Willard L. Peach - started 2 games at right end, 1 game at left end, 1 game at right tackle (Fremont, Ohio)
- Harold Rye - started 3 games at right end (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)
- Cliff SparksCliff SparksClifford Maurice Sparks was an American football player. He played quarterback for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team and was selected in 1916 as a first-team All-American by the New York sports writer, Monty.-Biography:Sparks was a native of Jackson, Michigan...
- started 6 games at quarterback, 1 game at right halfback (Jackson, Michigan) - Ernie VickErnie VickHenry Arthur "Ernie" Vick was an American football and baseball player. He was selected as an All-American center in 1921, played on the 1926 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-University of Michigan:Born in Toledo, Ohio, Vick...
- started 4 games at fullback, 2 games at center (Toledo, Ohio) - Archie WestonArchie WestonArchie Bruce "Beak" Weston was an American football player who was a quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1917 and a halfback in 1919. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1917 by Chicago Tribune sports editor Walter Eckersall.-Youth in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula:Weston was...
- started 2 games at right halfback (Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan) - Hugh Wilson - started 4 games at right guard, 2 games at right tackle, 1 game at left guard (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Non-letter winners
- John M. Barnes - halfback (Washington, D.C.)
- James V. Campbell - tackle (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Charles Eades - started 1 game at fullback (Conneaut, Ohio)
- Robert E. Hamilton - center (Erie, Pennsylvania)
- Earle Magrath - started 1 game at right end (Oak Park, Illinois)
- Barry Stuart - fullback (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
- Theodore Timchac - tackle (Saginaw, Michigan)
- Murray Van WagonerMurray Van WagonerMurray Delos Van Wagoner was an American politician. He served as the 38th Governor of Michigan from 1941 to 1942.-Early life:...
- started 1 game at left guard (Pontiac, Michigan) - Arthur A. Weadock - quarterback (Saginaw, Michigan)
- Charles O. Wilson - fullback (Muskegon, Michigan)
Awards and honors
- Captain: Angus GoetzAngus GoetzAngus Gerald "Gus" Goetz was an American football player who played four years with the Michigan Wolverines from 1917 to 1920. He also played professional football for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Columbus Tigers .-University of Michigan:A native of Sault Ste...
- All-American1919 College Football All-America TeamThe 1919 College Football All-America team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-America Teams selected by various organizations for the 1919 college football season.-Key:* WC = Walter Camp...
s: - All-Conference: Ernie VickErnie VickHenry Arthur "Ernie" Vick was an American football and baseball player. He was selected as an All-American center in 1921, played on the 1926 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-University of Michigan:Born in Toledo, Ohio, Vick...
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
- Assistant coaches: Prentiss Douglass, Ernest AllmendingerErnest AllmendingerErnest "Aqua" Allmendinger was an All-American college football player.-Early years:A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Allmendinger played right guard and right tackle at Ann Arbor High School, for teams that lost one game in three seasons...
, Carl LundgrenCarl LundgrenCarl Leonard "Lundy" Lundgren was an American baseball and football player and coach.Lundgren played football and baseball for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and played eight seasons of Major League Baseball as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In eight years with the Cubs, he compiled...
, Edwin Mather - Manager: Leland N. Scofield