Harold Watts
Encyclopedia
Harold M. Watts was a former American football
player. He played at the center
position for the University of Michigan
from 1943 to 1946. He was chosen as the Most Valuable Player on the 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team
and received the award in absentia after being transferred off the Michigan campus by the U.S. Navy and missing the final two games of the 1945 season. He was selected "by a wide margin" as the Associated Press
' first-team All-Big Ten player in 1945. He was also selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by the United Press and was the only Michigan player selected for the all-conference teams by either the AP or UP. He played all 60 minutes in the Wolverines' 1945 loss to Army at Yankee Stadium
in New York. Michigan line coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn called Watts "pound for pound the ablest man I ever coached."
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player. He played at the center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
position for the University of Michigan
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...
from 1943 to 1946. He was chosen as the Most Valuable Player on the 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team
1945 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1945 college football season. The team's head coach was Fritz Crisler...
and received the award in absentia after being transferred off the Michigan campus by the U.S. Navy and missing the final two games of the 1945 season. He was selected "by a wide margin" as the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
' first-team All-Big Ten player in 1945. He was also selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by the United Press and was the only Michigan player selected for the all-conference teams by either the AP or UP. He played all 60 minutes in the Wolverines' 1945 loss to Army at Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...
in New York. Michigan line coach Clarence "Biggie" Munn called Watts "pound for pound the ablest man I ever coached."