Jerry Meter is a former American football

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 and coach. Meter's father, Bernard Meter, played football for Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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 in the 1940s. Jerry Meter enrolled at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 and played linebacker for Bo Schembechler

Bo Schembechler

Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Jr. was an American football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Miami University from 1963 to 1968 and at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1989, compiling a career record of 234–65–8...

 from 1976 to 1978. In 1977, he received the Frederick Matthaei Award leadership, drive and achievement on the athletic field and in the classroom. He was also selected as the co-captain of the 1978 Michigan Wolverines football team

1978 Michigan Wolverines football team

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. Meter's last game for Michigan was the 1979 Rose Bowl

1979 Rose Bowl

The 1979 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1979. It was the 65th Rose Bowl Game. The USC Trojans, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference, 17–10...

 against the USC. Meter played a key role in the famous "phantom touchdown" incident in the 1979 Rose Bowl. USC's Charles White

Charles White (American football)

Charles White is a former professional American football running back. He had a distinguished college career and later played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Los Angeles Rams.-College football:...

 fumbled the ball near the goal line, and Meter recovered the ball at the one-yard line. Replays showed that White had fumbled before crossing the goal line, but officials called it a touchdown, and USC won the game, 17–10. Meter returned to Michigan as an assistant football coach for eight years from 1980 to 1987.

Meter worked for Steelcase Inc., starting in 1987. He lives in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

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with his wife, Lisa. They have four children: Nick, Erin, Meggie, and Ben.