University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor
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The University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor, founded in 1978, recognizes University of Michigan athletes, coaches, and administrators who have made significant contributions to the university's athletic programs. To qualify for induction into the Hall of Honor
, an individual must have been an All-American, set an NCAA
, U.S., or world record, won an NCAA title, or made significant contributions to the university's athletic department as a coach or administrator. The nomination and selection process is conducted by the Letterwinners M Club executive board.
, Tom Harmon
, Ron Kramer
, Bennie Oosterbaan
, Cazzie Russell, and Bob Ufer
. The second induction class in 1979 consisted of Fritz Crisler
, DeHart Hubbard, Ray Fisher
, Charlie Fonville
, Willie Heston
, Chuck Kocsis
, George Sisler
, Germany Schulz
, Rudy Tomjanovich
and Fielding H. Yost.
The first women inducted into the Hall of Honor were Olympic diving gold medalist Micki King
in 1986 and athletic administrator Marie Hartwig
in 1989. The first African-American athletes inducted were Cazzie Russell (1978), Charlie Fonville
(1979) and DeHart Hubbard (1979).
The first players inducted by sport are:
Hall of Fame
A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...
, an individual must have been an All-American, set an NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
, U.S., or world record, won an NCAA title, or made significant contributions to the university's athletic department as a coach or administrator. The nomination and selection process is conducted by the Letterwinners M Club executive board.
Hall of Honor firsts
The first group inducted into the Hall of Honor in 1978 was Gerald R. Ford, Bill FreehanBill Freehan
William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers...
, Tom Harmon
Tom Harmon
Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors...
, Ron Kramer
Ron Kramer
Ronald J. Kramer was a multi-sport college athlete and professional American football player. Before embarking on a career in the National Football League, he lettered in football, basketball, and track at the University of Michigan in the 1950s...
, Bennie Oosterbaan
Bennie Oosterbaan
Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team...
, Cazzie Russell, and Bob Ufer
Bob Ufer
Bob Ufer was the lead broadcaster for the Michigan Wolverines football team for 37 years, starting in 1944. He has been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.-Early years:...
. The second induction class in 1979 consisted of Fritz Crisler
Fritz Crisler
Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was an American football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while serving as head coach at the University of...
, DeHart Hubbard, Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher
Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920...
, Charlie Fonville
Charlie Fonville
Charles Edward Fonville was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the shot put. In 1945, he had been named the Michigan High School Track & Field Athlete of the Year. He won the National Collegiate Athletic Association shot put championship in 1947 and 1948...
, Willie Heston
Willie Heston
William Martin "Willie" Heston was an American football player and coach. He played halfback at San Jose State University and the University of Michigan. Heston was the head football coach for Drake University in 1905 and North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North...
, Chuck Kocsis
Chuck Kocsis
Charles R. Kocsis was an American amateur golfer.The Golf Association of Michigan voted Chuck Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame...
, George Sisler
George Sisler
George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...
, Germany Schulz
Germany Schulz
Adolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the...
, Rudy Tomjanovich
Rudy Tomjanovich
Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.-Early life:...
and Fielding H. Yost.
The first women inducted into the Hall of Honor were Olympic diving gold medalist Micki King
Micki King
Maxine Joyce King is a former competitive diver and diving coach. She was a gold medal winner at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the three meter springboard event....
in 1986 and athletic administrator Marie Hartwig
Marie Hartwig
Marie Dorothy "Pete" Hartwig was an American professor of physical education at the University of Michigan, the university's first associate director of athletics for women, and a lifelong advocate for education, women's sports, and intercollegiate athletics...
in 1989. The first African-American athletes inducted were Cazzie Russell (1978), Charlie Fonville
Charlie Fonville
Charles Edward Fonville was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the shot put. In 1945, he had been named the Michigan High School Track & Field Athlete of the Year. He won the National Collegiate Athletic Association shot put championship in 1947 and 1948...
(1979) and DeHart Hubbard (1979).
The first players inducted by sport are:
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- Bill FreehanBill FreehanWilliam Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers...
(1978) and George SislerGeorge SislerGeorge Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns...
(1979) - Men's BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Cazzie Russell (1978) and Rudy TomjanovichRudy TomjanovichRudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.-Early life:...
(1979) - Women's Basketball - Diane DietzDiane DietzDiane Dietz is a former All-American basketball player. She played for the University of Michigan from 1979–1982 and is the school's all-time scoring leader with 2,076 points. She also set the Big Ten Conference single-game scoring record with 45 points in 1982. In 1996, Dietz became the first...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Sue Foster (2004) and Melanie Weaver-Barnett (2007) - DivingDivingDiving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
(men's) - Richard DegenerRichard DegenerRichard Kempster Degener was an American diver who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he won the bronze medal in the 3 metre springboard event...
(1980) and Dick KimballDick KimballDick Kimball is an American former diving champion and diving coach at the University of Michigan. He was the NCAA springboard champion in 1957 and the Professional World Diving champion in 1963. He coached the University of Michigan diving team from 1958-2002 and also coached the U.S. Olympic...
(1985) - Diving (women's) - Micki KingMicki KingMaxine Joyce King is a former competitive diver and diving coach. She was a gold medal winner at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the three meter springboard event....
(1986) and Chris Seufert-Sholtis (2007) - Field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Mary (Callam) Brandes (2006) - FootballAmerican footballAmerican 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...
- Gerald R. Ford, Tom HarmonTom HarmonThomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors...
and Ron KramerRon KramerRonald J. Kramer was a multi-sport college athlete and professional American football player. Before embarking on a career in the National Football League, he lettered in football, basketball, and track at the University of Michigan in the 1950s...
(1978) - GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Chuck KocsisChuck KocsisCharles R. Kocsis was an American amateur golfer.The Golf Association of Michigan voted Chuck Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame...
(1979) and John FischerJohn Fischer (golfer)John W. Fischer was an American amateur golfer in the 1930s.Fischer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He won the 1932 NCAA individual golf championship and the Big Ten Conference individual championship in 1932, 1933 and 1935 while playing at the University of Michigan. He also won the 1936 U.S...
(1980) - GymnasticsArtistic gymnasticsArtistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
(men's) - Newt LokenNewt LokenNewton C. Loken was an artistic gymnast and coach of gymnastics, trampolining and cheerleading. While a member of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team, Loken was NCAA all-around gymnastics champion in 1942 and the Big Ten Conference all-around champion in 1941 and 1942...
(coach, 1981) and Ed Gagnier (1992) - Gymnastics (women's) - Beth WymerBeth WymerBeth Wymer is a former NCAA champion gymnast. While attending the University of Michigan, she won the NCAA event championship in the uneven bars three consecutive years from 1993-1995 and was a first-team All-American four times in the uneven bars, twice in the all-around, and once in the balance...
- Ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
- Vic HeyligerVic HeyligerVictor Heyliger was a National Hockey League center and the head coach of the University of Michigan ice hockey team....
(1980) and John SherfJohn SherfJohn Harold "Johnny" Sherf was a National Hockey League player and the first U.S. citizen to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.-Biography:...
(1981) - SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Penny NeerPenny NeerPenny Lou Neer is a former American collegiate and Olympic athlete in discus throwing, basketball and softball....
(2002) and Vicki MorrowVicki MorrowVicki Morrow is a former softball pitcher and outfielder who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines softball team from 1983 to 1987. She was named Big Ten player of the year in 1987, selected to the Big Ten All-Decade Team, and inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of...
(2004) - SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
(men's) - Matt MannMatthew MannMatthew "Matt" Mann II was a British-born American college swimming coach and was coach of the men's swim team in the 1952 Summer Olympics that won four gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal....
(coach, 1980) and Harry HolidayHarry HolidayHarry Holiday, Jr. was a world record holder in the backstroke at the University of Michigan in the 1940s and the president of steelmaker American Rolling Mill Co. from 1974-1986....
(1981) - Swimming (women's) - Melinda (Copp) Harrison (2006) and Ann CollotonAnn CollotonAnn Colloton is a former competitive swimmer. She was a five-time Big Ten Conference champion, an eight-time All-American, and the NCAA breaststroke champion in 1989. She was the first athlete in University of Michigan history to be twice named female athlete of the year and was also named...
(2007) - Synchronized SwimmingSynchronized swimmingSynchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
- Ruth Pickett ThompsonRuth Pickett ThompsonRuth Pickett Thompson is a former All-American synchronized swimmer for the University of Michigan. A native of Richmond, Virginia, she was named an All-American in four consecutive years from 1978 to 1981, and also placed among the top three individuals at the Intercollegiate Synchronized Swimming...
(2008) - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Barry MacKayBarry MacKayBarry MacKay is a former American tennis player and tournament director and a current tennis broadcaster. While competing in college for the University of Michigan, he won the singles title at the 1957 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship to clinch the team title for Michigan. He was also a finalist...
(1980) and William MurphyWilliam Murphy (tennis)William E. "Bill" Murphy was an American championship tennis player and coach. In 1938 and 1939, Murphy and his twin brother, Chet, won consecutive Big Ten Conference doubles championships while competing for the University of Chicago. Murphy also won a 1939 singles title at the Western Tennis...
(coach, 1983) - Track & field (men's) - Bob UferBob UferBob Ufer was the lead broadcaster for the Michigan Wolverines football team for 37 years, starting in 1944. He has been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.-Early years:...
(1978), DeHart Hubbard (1979) and Charlie FonvilleCharlie FonvilleCharles Edward Fonville was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the shot put. In 1945, he had been named the Michigan High School Track & Field Athlete of the Year. He won the National Collegiate Athletic Association shot put championship in 1947 and 1948...
(1979) - Track & field (women's) - Francie Kraker GoodridgeFrancie Kraker GoodridgeFrancea Norma Kraker Goodridge is a former women's track and field athlete and coach from the United States. She set a world record in the 600-yard indoor event and was the first Michigan-born woman to win a place on the U.S. Olympic team...
(1994) - VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- Diane RatnikDiane RatnikDiane Ratnik-Cooper is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country in two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1996. A resident of Scarborough, Ontario, she finished in 8th and 10th place with the Women's National Team.Ratnik-Cooper is currently living in Uxbridge,...
(2009) - WrestlingCollegiate wrestlingCollegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
- Cliff KeenCliff KeenClifford Patrick Keen was an American coach who served as the head coach of the University of Michigan collegiate wrestling team from 1925 to 1970. He led the Michigan Wolverines to 13 Big Ten Conference championships, and coached 68 All-American wrestlers...
(coach, 1980) and Ed Don GeorgeEd Don GeorgeEdward Nicholas "Ed Don" George was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter.-Career:George was born in North Java, New York. He wrestled for both St. Bonaventure University and for the University of Michigan...
(1981)
Sortable list of inductees
- For alphabetical listing of inductees, see footnote
- For listing of inductees by induction year, see footnote
| Name | Sport | Position/Event | Induction Year | Start Year | Finish Year | Key Accomplishments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Jim Jim Abbott James Anthony Abbott is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, who played despite having been born without a right hand. He played for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1999.He graduated from Flint Central High School and... |
Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... |
Pitcher Pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the... |
2004 | 1985 | 1988 | Led Michigan to two Big Ten championships; won the 1987 James E. Sullivan Award James E. Sullivan Award The James E. Sullivan Award, presented by the American Amateur Athletic Union , is awarded annually in April to "the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States". Often referred to as the Oscar of sports awards, it was first presented in 1930. The award is named for the AAU's founder and past... as the top amateur athlete in the United States |
| Aigler, Ralph W. Ralph W. Aigler Ralph W. Aigler was an American law professor at the University of Michigan from 1910–1954, the University's faculty representative to the Big Ten Conference from 1917–1955, and chairman of Michigan's Faculty Board in Control of Athletics from 1917–1942... |
Faculty representative | Faculty representative | 1982 | 1917 | 1955 | Faculty representative led U-M return to Big Ten and negotiated Big Ten contract with Rose Bowl |
| Allard, Jenny Jenny Allard Jenny Allard is a former All-American softball player at the University of Michigan and the current head coach of the Harvard University softball team. Allard played for the Michigan Wolverines softball team from 1987-1990 where she was named an All-Big Ten player four straight years. She was a... |
Softball Softball Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand... |
Third base Pitcher |
2008 | 1987 | 1990 | Big Ten Player of the Year; head coach at Harvard since 1995 |
| Bachman, Julie | Diving Diving Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one... |
Springboard | 2009 | 1978 | 1981 | Won national titles in 1978 on the one-meter and three-meter springboards |
| Barclay, Dave | Golf Golf Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes.... |
Golfer | 1987 | 1947 | 1947 | NCAA individual golf champion, 1947 |
| Barr, Terry Terry Barr Terry Albert Barr was an American football wide receiver. He played for nine seasons in the NFL, all with the Detroit Lions.... |
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... |
Wide receiver | 1994 | 1954 | 1956 | |
| Bay, Rick | Wrestling Collegiate wrestling Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States... |
2010 | 1961 | 1964 | Two-time Big Ten wrestling champion who never lost a Big Ten dual meet; All-American in 1963 | |
| Benedict, Moby Moby Benedict Milbry Eugene "Moby" Benedict is a former baseball shortstop and coach.A native of Detroit, Michigan, Benedict played baseball at Detroit Southwestern High School before attending the University of Michigan. He played for the Michigan Wolverines from 1953–1956 and played for the College World... |
Baseball Baseball coach |
Shortstop Coach |
1994 | 1953 | 1979 | |
| Berenson, Red | Ice hockey Ice hockey Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take... |
Center Centre (ice hockey) The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player... |
1983 | 1960 | present | All-American, 1962; 43 goals, 1962; head coach, 1984–present; NCAA Championships, 1996, 1998; U-M coaching record, 699-328-68 |
| Blott, Jack Jack Blott Jack Leonard Blott was an All-American football center and place kicker for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1922–1923. He was also a baseball catcher for the Wolverines from 1922–1924. After a two-game Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1924, he worked as... |
Football, Baseball | 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... Catcher |
1987 | 1922 | 1924 | All-American center, 1923 |
| Brown, Dave | Football | Defensive back | 2010 | 1971 | 1974 | First-team All-American in 1973 and unanimous choice in 1974 |
| Boros, Steve Steve Boros Stephen Boros Jr. was an American infielder, coach, manager, advance scout, and farm system official in Major League Baseball.... |
Baseball | Infielder | 1996 | 1955 | 1957 | |
| Brown, Robert J. Robert J. Brown Robert J. Brown was an American football center and university regent. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1923 to 1925. He later served as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1974... |
Football | 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... |
1982 | 1923 | 1925 | All-American, 1925 |
| Buchanan, Edsel | Gymnastics Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite... |
2002 | ||||
| Bullard (Mehall), Joanna | Track and field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... |
Hurdles, high jump | 2010 | 1980 | 1983 | Set four Michigan records and two Big Ten records, received four All-America honors. |
| Buntin, Bill Bill Buntin William L. "Bill" Buntin was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for the University of Michigan and in the NBA.... |
Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
Center Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well... |
1980 | 1963 | 1965 | U-M record with 58 double-doubles; 1,037 rebounds ranks 2nd in U-M history; All-American, 1964, 1965 |
| Burton, M.C. M.C. Burton, Jr. Memie Clifton "M.C." Burton, Jr. is a retired American basketball player and medical doctor. In 1959, he became the first player in the history of the Big Ten Conference to lead the conference in both points and rebounds... |
Basketball | 1988 | 1956 | 1959 | First Big Ten player to lead conference in both scoring and rebounds, with 460 points and 379 boards | |
| (Callam) Brandes, Mary | Field hockey | 2006 | ||||
| Campbell, David | Baseball | First baseman | 2009 | 1962 | ||
| Canham, Don Don Canham Donald Canham was a track and field athlete and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the athletic director at the University of Michigan from 1968 to 1988. There, he became nationally renowned for his ability to market and sell products bearing the name or logo of the school... |
Track, Athletic director Athletic director An athletic director is an administrator at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs... |
Track coach, Athletic director | 1987 | |||
| Carter, Anthony | Football | 2002 | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| Chamberlain, Bud Bud Chamberlain Benjamin Francis "Bud" Chamberlain is an American former baseball player and realtor. Born in 1920, Chamberlain graduated from Royal Oak High School in 1938. He played football, baseball and basketball at Royal Oak. He next enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played third base for... |
Baseball | Third baseman Third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base — the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run... |
1982 | 1940 | 1942 | Later formed B.F. Chamberlain Real Estate in Oakland County, Michigan Oakland County, Michigan -Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile... |
| Chappuis, Bob Bob Chappuis Robert Richard "Bob" Chappuis is a former American football player who played halfback and quarterback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1942, 1946, and 1947. His college years were interrupted by service in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II... |
Football, Baseball | 1984 | 1947 | |||
| Churella, Mark | Wrestling | 1996 | ||||
| Clancy, Jack Jack Clancy Jack David Clancy is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Miami Dolphins in 1967 and 1969 and for the Green Bay Packers in 1970. He also played in college for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1963 to 1966.... |
Football | End | 1992 | |||
| Cline, J. Daniel | Football, Baseball | 2007 | ||||
| Close, Casey Casey Close Casey Richard Close is a sports agent and former college baseball player.-University of Michigan:Close was born in Columbus, Ohio and attended the University of Michigan on a baseball scholarship. He played for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team from 1983 to 1986... |
Baseball | 2011 | 1983 | 1986 | 1986 Baseball America National Player of the Year; set Michigan records for home runs (46) and runs scored (190) | |
| Colloton, Ann Ann Colloton Ann Colloton is a former competitive swimmer. She was a five-time Big Ten Conference champion, an eight-time All-American, and the NCAA breaststroke champion in 1989. She was the first athlete in University of Michigan history to be twice named female athlete of the year and was also named... |
Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
2008 | ||||
| Combs, Bill Bill Combs Bill "Wild Bill" Combs was an American collegiate wrestler at the University of Michigan from 1939 to 1941. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Combs enrolled at the University of Michigan and competed for the Michigan wrestling teams coached by Oklahoma native Cliff Keen... |
Wrestling | Wrestler | 1986 | 1940 | 1941 | All-American wrestler, 1940 and 1941; Killed on Iwo Jima (February 19, 1945) |
| (Copp) Harrison, Melinda | Swimming | 2006 | ||||
| Crisler, Fritz Fritz Crisler Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was an American football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while serving as head coach at the University of... |
Football | Football Coach, Athletic Director | 1979 | 1938 | 1947 | National Championship, 1947; Introduced winged helmet, 1938; Pioneer of separate offensive and defensive units |
| Crosby, Elaine Elaine Crosby Elaine Crosby is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Crosby won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1989 and 1994.Crosby was elected to the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996.... |
Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... , Golf |
1996 | ||||
| Curtis, Tom Tom Curtis (American football) Thomas Newton Curtis is a former American football safety. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1967 to 1969. He was selected as a consensus All-American in 1969. He also broke Michigan's records for interceptions in a game, season, and career -- none of which have been... |
Football | 2007 | ||||
| DeBol, Dave Dave Debol David Debol is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 92 games for the NHL Hartford Whalers and 68 games for the WHA Cincinnati Stingers between 1978 and 1981. He was also a member of the University of Michigan hockey team before turning professional... |
Hockey | 1996 | 1975 | 1977 | Set Michigan records for most assists in a season (56), most points in a season (99), career assists (120) and career points (222) | |
| Degener, Richard Richard Degener Richard Kempster Degener was an American diver who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he won the bronze medal in the 3 metre springboard event... |
Diving | 3 metre springboard | 1980 | 1931 | 1934 | Gold medal, 3 metre springboard, 1936 Olympics Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, four diving events were contested, two for men, and two for women. The competitions were held from Monday August 10, 1936 to Saturday August 15, 1936.-Medal summary:... ; Bronze medal, 3 metre springboard, 1932 Olympics; 14 national indoor and outdoor diving titles |
| Derricotte, Gene Gene Derricotte Eugene "Gene" Derricotte is a former American football player who played with the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1944 to 1948. He was one of the University's first African American athletes in the era when NCAA Division I college football was beginning to integrate... |
Football | 1987 | ||||
| Dierdorf, Dan Dan Dierdorf Daniel Lee "Dan" Dierdorf is a former American football player and current television sportscaster. He played 13 NFL seasons and has worked for ABC's Monday Night Football and CBS as a color commentator since retiring from football.... |
Football | 1996 | ||||
| Dietz, Diane Diane Dietz Diane Dietz is a former All-American basketball player. She played for the University of Michigan from 1979–1982 and is the school's all-time scoring leader with 2,076 points. She also set the Big Ten Conference single-game scoring record with 45 points in 1982. In 1996, Dietz became the first... |
Basketball | 1996 | ||||
| Donahue, Mark | Wrestling | 1988 | ||||
| Duenkel, Ginny Ginny Duenkel Virginia Duenkel is an American swimmer who represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She medaled in two swimming events as a 17-year old, winning a Gold medal in the 400 meter freestyle and a Bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke.Duenkel was an honoree of the... |
Swimming | 2007 | ||||
| Dufek, Sr., Don Don Dufek, Sr. Don Dufek, Sr. is a former American football player and athletic director at Grand Valley State University and Kent State University. He is the father of All-American football players Don, and Bill as well as Joe who all played in the National Football League.... |
Football | 2006 | ||||
| Dufek, Don Don Dufek Donald Patrick "Don" Dufek, Jr. is a former American football player who played safety and special teams for eight seasons with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League . He had previously played for the Michigan Wolverines football team in Ann Arbor from 1973–1975... |
Football, Hockey | 2010 | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| Eisner, Brian Brian Eisner Brian Eisner is an American tennis player and coach. He played collegiate tennis at Michigan State University from 1960 to 1962. From 1963 to 1969, he was the head tennis coach at the University of Toledo. During his 30 years as the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of... |
Tennis | Coach | 2011 | 1969 | 1999 | Led men's tennis teams to 18 Big Ten Conference team championships and six top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships |
| Elliott, Bump Bump Elliott Chalmers W. "Bump" Elliott is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played halfback at Purdue University and the University of Michigan... |
Football | 1986 | ||||
| Elliott, Pete Pete Elliott -External links:... |
Football | 1986 | ||||
| Erskine, Randy | Golf | Golfer | 1989 | |||
| Evashevski, Forest Forest Evashevski Forest "Evy" Evashevski was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942... |
Football, Baseball | 1990 | ||||
| Fischer, John John Fischer (golfer) John W. Fischer was an American amateur golfer in the 1930s.Fischer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He won the 1932 NCAA individual golf championship and the Big Ten Conference individual championship in 1932, 1933 and 1935 while playing at the University of Michigan. He also won the 1936 U.S... |
Golf | Golfer | 1980 | 1932 | 1935 | NCAA individual champion, 1932; Big Ten champion, 1932, 1933, 1935; US Amateur Golf Champion, 1936 |
| Fisher, Ray Ray Fisher Ray Lyle Fisher was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of ten seasons in Major League Baseball. His debut game took place on July 2, 1910. His final game took place on October 2, 1920... |
Baseball | Baseball Coach | 1979 | 1921 | 1959 | 14 Big Ten championships; 1953 College World Series championship; record of 636-295-8 |
| Fishman, Herman Herman Fishman Herman Fishman was an American basketball and baseball player and the founder of the sports camp, Camp Michigama. He played basketball and baseball for the University of Michigan from 1935-1938 and was selected for the All Big Ten basketball team. He was inducted into the University of Michigan... |
Basketball, Baseball | Guard, Pitcher | 2002 | 1935 | 1938 | All Big Ten guard; 0.86 ERA in 1936 set Big Ten record; founder of Camp Michigama |
| Fonville, Charlie Charlie Fonville Charles Edward Fonville was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the shot put. In 1945, he had been named the Michigan High School Track & Field Athlete of the Year. He won the National Collegiate Athletic Association shot put championship in 1947 and 1948... |
Track | Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
1979 | 1947 | 1950 | Set world record in the shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... , 1948 http://mywebpages.comcast.net/fonville/shotput.htm |
| Ford, Gerald R. | Football | 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... |
1978 | 1932 | 1934 | MVP of 1934 football team; President of the United States |
| Ford, Len Len Ford Leonard Guy Ford, Jr. was an American football defensive end. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976.He played two years for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference... |
Football | 1996 | ||||
| Foster, Sue | Cross Country, Track | Runner, Coach | 2004 | |||
| Franks, Julius Julius Franks Dr. Julius Franks, Jr. was a civil rights leader and an All-American guard who played football at the University of Michigan from 1941 to 1942. Franks wore #62 as a varsity letterman in 1941 and #63 in 1942... |
Football | Guard Guard (American football) In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team.... |
1982 | 1941 | 1942 | All-American, 1942 |
| Fraser, Steve Steve Fraser Steve Fraser was the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 198 lb weight class. A native of Hazel Park, Michigan, Fraser was a Michigan High School Athletic Association state wrestling champion and later an All-American in wrestling at the University of Michigan... |
Wrestling | 2006 | ||||
| Freehan, Bill Bill Freehan William Ashley Freehan is a former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers... |
Baseball | Catcher Catcher Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player. When a batter takes his turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. This is a catcher's primary duty, but he is also called upon to master many other skills in order to... |
1978 | 1959 | 1961 | Set Big Ten batting record of .585, 1961; U-M Baseball Coach, 1989–95 |
| Friedman, Benny Benny Friedman Benjamin "Benny" Friedman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan , Cleveland Bulldogs , Detroit Wolverines , New York Giants , and Brooklyn Dodgers .He is generally considered the first great passer in professional football... |
Football | Quarterback Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line... |
1980 | 1925 | 1926 | All-American, 1925–26; College Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... ; Pro Football Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees... |
| Frutig, Ed Ed Frutig Edward C. Frutig was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1938-1940. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1940 by William Randolph Hearst's International News Service. A teammate of Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon for three years at... |
Football | 1988 | ||||
| Gacek, Wally Wally Gacek Wally Gacek is a former ice hockey player who was a member of the Michigan Wolverines team that won the first NCAA Frozen Four ice hockey championship in 1948. He played four years of hockey at Michigan from 1946-1949.-Junior Hockey:... |
Hockey | 2007 | Played on 1948 NCAA championship team | |||
| Gagnier, Ed | Gymnastics | 1992 | Big Ten All-Around gymnastics champion, 1957; Big Ten vault and parallel bars champion, 1956–57; | |||
| Gedeon, Elmer Elmer Gedeon Elmer John Gedeon is one of only two Major League Baseball players killed in action during World War II. He was also a multi-sport star in college at the University of Michigan... |
Track, Baseball | High hurdles, outfield, first base | 1983 | 1936 | 1939 | Tied the world record in the 70-yard (64 m) high hurdles |
| Gehrs, Mindy Mindy Gehrs Melinda Anne "Mindy" Gehrs is a former All-American swimmer who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in January 2009.-Youth in Oak Ridge, Tennessee:... |
Swimming | 2009 | 1990 | 1993 | 11-time All-American, 13-time Big Ten champion and won the 400-yard individual medley national title as a senior | |
| George, Ed Don Ed Don George Edward Nicholas "Ed Don" George was an American professional wrestler and wrestling promoter.-Career:George was born in North Java, New York. He wrestled for both St. Bonaventure University and for the University of Michigan... |
Wrestling | Wrestler | 1981 | 1926 | 1929 | AAU heavyweight champions, 1928–29;http://www.wrestlingmuseum.org/people/george_ed_don.html Placed 4th at 1928 Olympics |
| Giles, Buck William B. "Buck" Giles William Bliss "Buck" Giles was an American baseball player and attorney. A native of Blissfield, Michigan, Giles attended the University of Michigan where he played second base for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team from 1923 to 1925... |
Baseball | Second baseman Second baseman Second base, or 2B, is the second of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that player's team. A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base... |
1980 | 1923 | 1925 | William B. "Buck" Giles; Counsel for Michigan Sports Hall of Fame; M Club President |
| Gillanders, Dave Dave Gillanders John David "Dave" Gillanders is a former American swimmer. He represented the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly, finishing behind compatriot Mike Troy and Australian Neville Hayes... |
Swimming | 2004 | ||||
| Goebel, Paul Paul G. Goebel Paul Gordon Goebel was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1920 to 1922. He was an All-American in 1921 and was the team's captain in 1922. He played professional football from 1923 to 1926 with the Columbus Tigers, Chicago Bears, and New York Yankees... |
Football | End | 1981 | 1920 | 1922 | All-American, 1922; U-M Regent, 1962–70 |
| Goodridge, Francie Kraker Francie Kraker Goodridge Francea Norma Kraker Goodridge is a former women's track and field athlete and coach from the United States. She set a world record in the 600-yard indoor event and was the first Michigan-born woman to win a place on the U.S. Olympic team... |
Track Track coach |
1994 | ||||
| Grant, Wally Wally Grant (ice hockey) Wally Grant is a retired ice hockey player. Grant helped the University of Michigan win the first NCAA National Championship in 1948... |
Hockey | 1987 | Helped Michigan win the first Frozen Four in 1948; inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame United States Hockey Hall of Fame The United States Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1973 with the goal of preserving the rich history of the game in the United States while recognizing the extraordinary contributions of select players, coaches, administrators, officials and teams.... in 1994 |
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| Green, Rickey Rickey Green Rickey Green is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. The 6'0" and 170 lb point guard from the University of Michigan and Vincennes University was selected with the 16th pick in the 1977 NBA Draft, and competed in 14 seasons, playing for the Golden State Warriors, Detroit... |
Basketball | 1994 | ||||
| Greene, John | Wrestling | Wrestler | 1989 | |||
| Griffin, Sara | Softball | Pitcher | 2011 | 1995 | 1998 | First Michigan softball to be selected as a first-team All-American three times |
| Hahn, Archie Archie Hahn Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German-American athlete, and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century.... |
Track | 1984 | ||||
| Harmon, Tom Tom Harmon Thomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors... |
Football | Halfback Halfback (American football) A halfback, sometimes referred to as a tailback, is an offensive position in American football, which lines up in the backfield and generally is responsible for carrying the ball on run plays. Historically, from the 1870s through the 1950s, the halfback position was both an offensive and defensive... |
1978 | 1938 | 1940 | Heisman Trophy Heisman Trophy The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial... , 1940; All-American, 1939–40; College Football Hall of Fame |
| Harrison, Bob | Basketball | 1989 | ||||
| Hartwig, Marie Marie Hartwig Marie Dorothy "Pete" Hartwig was an American professor of physical education at the University of Michigan, the university's first associate director of athletics for women, and a lifelong advocate for education, women's sports, and intercollegiate athletics... |
Administration | Administration | 1989 | |||
| Hatch, Henry Henry Hatch W. Henry Hatch was the equipment manager for the University of Michigan varsity sports programs for 43 years from 1921 to 1964. For many years, he lived with his wife and daughter in a house on the grounds of Michigan Stadium and was considered a legendary figure in Michigan sports history... |
Equipment Mgr. | 1992 | ||||
| Haynam, Bruce | Baseball | Shortstop Shortstop Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the... |
1988 | 1951 | 1953 | All-American shortstop, 1953 |
| Heikkinen, Ralph Ralph Heikkinen Ralph Isaac “Hike” Heikkinen was an All-American guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1936-1938. He was a consensus All-American in 1938, the first player from the Gogebic Range area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to win the honor... |
Football | 1987 | ||||
| Heston, Willie Willie Heston William Martin "Willie" Heston was an American football player and coach. He played halfback at San Jose State University and the University of Michigan. Heston was the head football coach for Drake University in 1905 and North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now North... |
Football | Halfback | 1979 | 1901 | 1904 | All-American, 1903–04; College Football Hall of Fame |
| Hewitt, Bill | Football | 2008 | ||||
| Heydt, Francis Francis Heydt Francis Elmer Heydt was a competitive swimmer who won three NCAA men's swimming championships, including the 150-yard backstroke event and two 300-yard medley relay championships as a member of the University of Michigan swimming team in 1940 and 1941... |
Swimming | Backstroke | 1988 | NCAA champion in 150-Yard Backstroke, 1941 | ||
| Heyliger, Vic Vic Heyliger Victor Heyliger was a National Hockey League center and the head coach of the University of Michigan ice hockey team.... |
Hockey | Center Centre (ice hockey) The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player... |
1980 | 1935 | 1938 | All-American player; Head coach, 1944–1957; U-M record with 116 goals; U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame United States Hockey Hall of Fame The United States Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1973 with the goal of preserving the rich history of the game in the United States while recognizing the extraordinary contributions of select players, coaches, administrators, officials and teams.... |
| Hilkene, Bruce Bruce Hilkene Bruce L. Hilkene was the captain and starting left tackle of the undefeated 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team. The team defeated the USC Trojans 49-0 in the 1948 Rose Bowl and has been selected as the greatest Michigan football team of all time... |
Football | Tackle | 1992 | Captain of undefeated 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team, nicknamed the "Mad Magicians", represented the University of Michigan in the 1947 college football season. Coached by Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines finished undefeated and untied with a 10–0 record... |
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| Hirsch, Elroy Elroy Hirsch Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch was an American football running back and receiver for the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Rockets, nicknamed for his unusual running style.-Early life:... |
Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track | 1984 | ||||
| Holiday, Harry Harry Holiday Harry Holiday, Jr. was a world record holder in the backstroke at the University of Michigan in the 1940s and the president of steelmaker American Rolling Mill Co. from 1974-1986.... |
Swimming | Backstroke | 1981 | 1943 | 1947 | NCAA backstroke champion, 1943, 1947; Set 7 world records, 18 American records; Won 6 NCAA swimming championships |
| Howard, Desmond Desmond Howard Desmond Kevin Howard is a former NFL wide receiver, punt returner, and kickoff returner.He played football for the University of Michigan from 1989–1991 and won the Heisman Trophy in 1991... |
Football | 2008 | ||||
| Hubbard, DeHart | Track | Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... , 100-yard dash 100-yard dash The 100 yard dash is a track and field event of 100 yards or 91.44 metres. It was part of the Commonwealth Games until 1966, and was included in the decathlon of the Olympics, at least in 1904. It is not generally used in international events... |
1979 | 1922 | 1925 | First African-American athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event; Gold medal, long jump, 1924 Olympics |
| Hubbard, Jarrett | Wrestling | 2004 | ||||
| Hubbard, Phil Phil Hubbard Philip "Phil" Gregory Hubbard is a former American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1979 to 1989, and former Assistant Coach of the Washington Wizards under Eddie Jordan.Hubbard played high school basketball... |
Basketball | 1992 | ||||
| Hume, H. Ross H. Ross Hume Henry Ross Hume was a three-time NCAA champion distance runner who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990. He and his twin brother, Robert H... |
Track | 1990 | NCAA champion, mile(outdoor), 1944 and 1945, and in 880-yard run, 1945 | |||
| Hume, Robert H. Robert H. Hume Robert Humiston Hume was the 1941 NCAA champion in the outdoor mile run. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990. He and his twin brother, H... |
Track | 1990 | Tied with his brother Ross Hume for the NCAA champion in the mile in 1944 | |||
| Humphrey, Alecia | Swimming | Backstroke | 2011 | 1992 | 1995 | 1995 NCAA champion in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke and 12-time NCAA All-American |
| Ikola, Willard Willard Ikola Willard Ikola was an American ice hockey player and high school boy's hockey coach. Born in Eveleth, Minnesota, a powerhouse in hockey he began playing hockey as a young boy, eventually going on... |
Hockey | 1990 | US Hockey Hall of Fame; Head hockey coach at Edina High School for 33 years. | |||
| Johnson, Ron | Football | Running back Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running... |
1989 | All-American | ||
| Keen, Cliff Cliff Keen Clifford Patrick Keen was an American coach who served as the head coach of the University of Michigan collegiate wrestling team from 1925 to 1970. He led the Michigan Wolverines to 13 Big Ten Conference championships, and coached 68 All-American wrestlers... |
Wrestling | Wrestling Coach | 1980 | 1925 | 1970 | 13 Big Ten championships; Coached 68 All-Americans; National Wrestling Hall of Fame |
| Kempthorn, Dick Dick Kempthorn Richard James "Dick" Kempthorn is a former collegiate athlete, Air Force pilot, and businessman from Canton, Ohio, USA. He played college football on the undefeated National Champion 1947 and 1948 Michigan Wolverines football teams and was the Most Valuable Player on the 1949 team... |
Football | Linebacker Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen... , Fullback Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback... |
1992 | 1947 | 1949 | Most valuable player, 1948 |
| Kimball, Dick Dick Kimball Dick Kimball is an American former diving champion and diving coach at the University of Michigan. He was the NCAA springboard champion in 1957 and the Professional World Diving champion in 1963. He coached the University of Michigan diving team from 1958-2002 and also coached the U.S. Olympic... |
Diving | Diving coach | 1985 | 1958 | 2005 | |
| King, Micki Micki King Maxine Joyce King is a former competitive diver and diving coach. She was a gold medal winner at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the three meter springboard event.... |
Diving | Springboard, Platform | 1986 | 1961 | 1965 | Won ten NCAA championships in platform and springboard diving, 1965–1972; Won gold medal in 3-meter springboard at 1972 Summer Olympics |
| Kipke, Harry | Football, Basketball, Baseball | End | 1981 | 1921 | 1933 | Three-time football All-American, 1921–23; Football coach, 1929–37; National Championships, 1932–33 |
| Kocsis, Chuck Chuck Kocsis Charles R. Kocsis was an American amateur golfer.The Golf Association of Michigan voted Chuck Kocsis the Michigan amateur golfer of the century and was a member of the first class elected into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame... |
Golf | Golfer | 1979 | 1934 | 1936 | NCAA individual champion, 1936 |
| Kramer, Ron Ron Kramer Ronald J. Kramer was a multi-sport college athlete and professional American football player. Before embarking on a career in the National Football League, he lettered in football, basketball, and track at the University of Michigan in the 1950s... |
Football | End | 1978 | 1954 | 1956 | All-American, 1955–56; College Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... |
| Larkin, Barry Barry Larkin Barry Louis Larkin is a retired Major League Baseball player. Larkin played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 2004 and was one of the pivotal players on the 1990 Reds' World Series championship team... |
Baseball | 2007 | ||||
| Leach, Michael Mike Leach (tennis) Michael E. Leach is a former collegiate and ATP Tour professional tennis player who won the NCAA singles championship in 1982 while attending the University of Michigan.-Early years:... |
Tennis | 2008 | ||||
| Leach, Rick | Football | Quarterback | 2009 | 1976 | 1979 | |
| Lee, George C. George C. Lee George C. Lee is a retired American basketball player and coach. A forward/guard from the University of Michigan, Lee was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the 1959 NBA Draft... |
Basketball | forward/guard | 1983 | 1957 | 1959 | |
| Legacki, Frank Frank Legacki Frank Legacki, Jr. is a former championship swimmer. He won two individual, one relay and two team NCAA swimming championships between 1959 and 1961 and set American records in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly... |
Swimming | 1994 | ||||
| Loken, Newt Newt Loken Newton C. Loken was an artistic gymnast and coach of gymnastics, trampolining and cheerleading. While a member of the Minnesota Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team, Loken was NCAA all-around gymnastics champion in 1942 and the Big Ten Conference all-around champion in 1941 and 1942... |
Gymnastics | Gymnastics coach | 1981 | 1948 | 1983 | Coaching record: 250-72-1; NCAA championships in Gymnastics, 1963, 1970, and Trampoline, 1969, 1970 |
| Lund, Don Don Lund Donald Andrew Lund is a former backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers . He batted and threw right-handed.... |
Football, Baseball, Basketball | Baseball coach | 1984 | |||
| MacFarland, Bill Bill MacFarland (ice hockey) Bill MacFarland is a former ice hockey player who played in college for the University of Michigan and professionally for the Seattle Totems of the Western Hockey League... |
Hockey | 2009 | 1955 | 1956 | Captain of Michigan teams that won back-to-back NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956; later president of WHA | |
| Mack, Tom Tom Mack Thomas Lee Mack is a former left guard for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, spending all 13-years with them from 1966 to 1978... |
Football | 2006 | ||||
| MacKay, Barry Barry MacKay Barry MacKay is a former American tennis player and tournament director and a current tennis broadcaster. While competing in college for the University of Michigan, he won the singles title at the 1957 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship to clinch the team title for Michigan. He was also a finalist... |
Tennis | Singles; Doubles | 1980 | 1955 | 1957 | NCAA singles champion, 1957; Five-time Big Ten champion (3 singles, 2 doubles) |
| MacInnes, John John MacInnes John J. MacInnes was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and NCAA hockey head coach. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.-Playing career:... |
Hockey | Goalie | 1994 | 1950 | Goalie for Michigan's 1950 NCAA championship team; later played for Bruins and Red Wings; coach at Michigan Tech, 1956–82 | |
| Maentz, Tom Tom Maentz Tom Maentz is a former American football player who played end for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1954-1956. Maentz played on offense and defense and also served as the punter for the Michigan football team... |
Football | 1994 | ||||
| Mandich, Jim Jim Mandich James Michael "Mad Dog" Mandich was a professional American football tight end with the Miami Dolphins. Mandich was an All-American at the University of Michigan. In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. As color commentator for the Miami Dolphins , he was teamed with Jimmy... |
Football | 1994 | ||||
| Mann, Matt Matthew Mann Matthew "Matt" Mann II was a British-born American college swimming coach and was coach of the men's swim team in the 1952 Summer Olympics that won four gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.... |
Swimming | Swim Coach | 1980 | 1926 | 1954 | Overall record of 201-25-3 as coach; 13 NCAA team titles; 16 Big Ten team titles |
| Marshall, Wendy | Gymnastics | Gymnast | 2010 | 1993 | 1996 | NCAA second-team All–American on vault and all-around, All-Big Ten, and two-time Michigan co-MVP |
| McClimon, Molly | Cross-country | 2011 | 1991 | 1994 | Three-time All-American; Big Ten Athlete of the Year | |
| McCormick, Tim Tim McCormick Timothy Daniel McCormick is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'11" center from the University of Michigan, McCormick played eight seasons in the NBA as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, and New Jersey Nets... |
Basketball | 2006 | ||||
| McCoy, Ernie Ernie McCoy (athletic director) Ernest B. "Ernie" McCoy was an All-American basketball player at the University of Michigan from 1927 to 1929. After graduating, he spent his entire professional career in college athletics, serving as the athletic director at Penn State , the athletic director at the University of Miami , and a... |
Basketball, Baseball | Basketball coach, Assoc. A.D., Asst.Football Coach | 1986 | |||
| McEwen, Don Don McEwen Don McEwen is a former track and field athlete. He was a two-time NCAA champion in the two-mile run.-Biography:While competing for the University of Michigan, he won consecutive NCAA men's track and field championships in the two-mile race. In 1950, McEwen won the NCAA championship with a time of... |
Track | 1988 | Held 55 year record for fastest two-mile time in a dual meet between Michigan and Ohio State (9:04.6). | |||
| McKenzie, Reggie Reggie McKenzie (guard) Reginald McKenzie is a former American football player. He played at the offensive guard position for the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1971 and was a consensus first-team All-American in 1971. He also who played 13 years of professional football for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks... |
Football | 2004 | ||||
| McMillan, Gordon Gordon McMillan Gordon "Gymie" McMillan is a former ice hockey player who was a member of the Michigan Wolverines team that won the first NCAA Frozen Four ice hockey championship in 1948... |
Hockey | 1992 | 1945 | 1949 | Scored 175 points, and played on the first Frozen Four championship team | |
| McRae, Bennie Bennie McRae Benjamin Prince McRae is a former American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. He played college football at the Michigan as a running back, kickoff returner and punt returner and was drafted in the second... |
Football, Track | 2002 | ||||
| Meyer, Greg Greg Meyer Greg Meyer is best known for his accomplishments in distance running. Most notably, he is the last American male to win the Boston Marathon.-Education:... |
Track, cross country | 2010 | 1973 | 1977 | Three-time cross country All-American (1974-76), 1976 track and field All-American, winner of the 1983 Boston Marathon Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon hosted by the U.S. city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897 and inspired by the success of the first modern-day marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics, the Boston Marathon is the world's oldest... |
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| Mitchell, Elmer D. Elmer Mitchell Elmer D. Mitchell was an American football and basketball coach in Michigan who is considered the father of intramural sports. He was the first varsity basketball coach at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the founder of that school's intramural sports program... |
Director of Intramural Sports | 2002 | ||||
| Mogk, Bill | Baseball | 2002 | ||||
| Morrison, Maynard Maynard Morrison (American football) Maynard Davis "Doc" Morrison was an All-American football fullback and center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1929-1931. Michigan football coach Harry Kipke ranked Morrison as the finest linebacker he ever saw. "No one ever got past him," Kipke said... |
Football | Fullback/Center | 1983 | 1929 | 1931 | First-team All-American in 1931 |
| Morrow, Vicki Vicki Morrow Vicki Morrow is a former softball pitcher and outfielder who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines softball team from 1983 to 1987. She was named Big Ten player of the year in 1987, selected to the Big Ten All-Decade Team, and inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of... |
Softball | 2004 | ||||
| Murphy, William William Murphy (tennis) William E. "Bill" Murphy was an American championship tennis player and coach. In 1938 and 1939, Murphy and his twin brother, Chet, won consecutive Big Ten Conference doubles championships while competing for the University of Chicago. Murphy also won a 1939 singles title at the Western Tennis... |
Tennis | Coach | 1983 | 1948 | 1969 | His teams won 11 Big Ten championship and the NCAA championship in 1957 |
| Neer, Penny Penny Neer Penny Lou Neer is a former American collegiate and Olympic athlete in discus throwing, basketball and softball.... |
Basketball, Softball, Track | 2002 | ||||
| Nelson, Dave | Football, Baseball | 1986 | ||||
| Newman, Harry Harry Newman Harry Lawrence Newman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines , the New York Giants , and the Brooklyn/Rochester Tigers .-College career:... |
Football | Quarterback | 1983 | 1930 | 1932 | Unanimous first-team All-American College Football All-America Team The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective positions. The original usage of the term All-America seems to have been to the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Casper Whitney and published in This... ; recipient of the Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro.... Trophy as Outstanding College Player of the Year, Helms Athletic Foundation Helms Athletic Foundation The Helms Athletic Foundation was an athletic foundation based in Los Angeles, founded in 1936 by Bill Schroeder and Paul Helms. It put together a panel of experts to select National Champion teams and make All-America team selections in a number of college sports including football and basketball... Player of the Year Award, and the Chicago Tribune Silver Football Chicago Tribune Silver Football The Chicago Tribune Silver Football is awarded by the Chicago Tribune to the college football player determined to be the best player from the Big Ten Conference. The award has been presented annually since 1924, when Red Grange of Illinois was the award's first recipient.The winner of the Silver... |
| Nichols, Harold Harold Nichols Harold Nichols was a collegiate wrestler and wrestling coach. He won the 1939 NCAA individual championship and went on to coach college wrestling for 37 years. He built the Iowa State Cyclones into a national wrestling power... |
Wrestling | 145-pound weight class | 1983 | 1938 | 1939 | 1939 NCAA champion, 145-pound weight class; coach at Iowa State, 1957–1983 |
| Nunley, Frank Frank Nunley Frank Hembre Nunley is a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan and spent ten seasons in the National Football League , all with the San Francisco 49ers... |
Football, Baseball | 1989 | ||||
| Oosterbaan, Bennie Bennie Oosterbaan Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team... |
Football, Basketball, Baseball | End, Football coach , Basketball coach | 1978 | 1925 | 1958 | Three-time All-American in football 1925-27; All-American in basketball; Football Coach, 1948–58; National Championship, 1948; College Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... |
| Orr, Johnny Johnny Orr John M. "Johnny" Orr is a retired American basketball player and coach, best known as the head coach of men's basketball at the University of Michigan and at Iowa State University.-Life as a player:... |
Basketball | Coach | 2011 | 1968 | 1980 | Winningest coach in Michigan men's basketball program history with a 209-113 overall record |
| Ortmann, Chuck Chuck Ortmann Charles H. Ortmann is a former American football player who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1948 to 1950 and in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1951 and the Dallas Texans in 1952.... |
Football | Quarterback | 2004 | |||
| Orwig, Bill Bill Orwig James Wilfred "Bill" Orwig was a basketball and American football player at the University of Michigan. He later served as the athletic director at the University of Toledo, University of Nebraska, and Indiana University.... |
Football, Basketball | Basketball coach | 1984 | |||
| Perry, Lowell | Football | 1989 | ||||
| Osgood, Bob Bob Osgood Robert D. "Bob" Osgood was an American track and field athlete who set a world record in the 120-yard high hurdles in May 1937 with a time of 14 seconds flat. He also won the Big Ten Conference championship in the event in both 1936 and 1937... |
Track | High hurdles | 1983 | 1935 | 1937 | Set a world record in 120-yard high hurdles, 1937 |
| Plant, Marcus Marcus Plant Marcus L. Plant was an American law professor and athletic administrator.Plant was born in New London, Wisconsin. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Lawrence College in 1932 and 1934. e worked as a school teacher for two years before enrolling at the University of Michigan Law School... |
Faculty representative | Faculty representative | 1982 | Faculty representative to Big Ten; President of the NCAA; Law School professor; Member, U.S. Olympic Committee | ||
| Porter, Dave Dave Porter Dave Porter is a former two-time NCAA collegiate wrestling champion and football player. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1985.-Student wrestler and football player:... |
Football, Wrestling | 1985 | ||||
| Pregulman, Merv Merv Pregulman Mervin Pregulman is a former All-American football tackle and center who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines and in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers , Detroit Lions , and New York Bulldogs .... |
Football | 1988 | ||||
| Ratnik, Diane Diane Ratnik Diane Ratnik-Cooper is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country in two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1996. A resident of Scarborough, Ontario, she finished in 8th and 10th place with the Women's National Team.Ratnik-Cooper is currently living in Uxbridge,... |
Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive... |
2009 | 1980 | Played for Canada in the 1984 and 1996 Olympics | ||
| Renfrew, Al Al Renfrew Al Renfrew was a hockey player at the University of Michigan in the late 1940s and a college hockey coach with Michigan Technological University , the University of North Dakota , and the University of Michigan... |
Hockey | Hockey coach, Ticket mgr. | 1986 | Won NCAA championships at U-M as player (1948) and coach (1964) | ||
| Rice, Glen Glen Rice Glen Anthony Rice is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. The 6'8" tall Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward, ranking 11th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. As a player, Rice won an NCAA Men's Division... |
Basketball | 2010 | 1985 | 1989 | Leading scorer in Michigan basketball history, led the 1989 team to an NCAA championship, jersey retired in 2005 | |
| Rickey, Branch Branch Rickey Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967... |
Baseball | Baseball coach | 1985 | |||
| Robinson, Tom | Track | 1985 | Represented Bahamas in four Summer Olympics; gold medalist in the 100 meters at 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games The 9th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Kingston, the capital city of Jamaica from August 15 to August 28, 1962. This games included 1,559 athletes from fifteen nations.-References:... |
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| Roby, Doug Doug Roby Douglas Fergusson Roby was an American athlete and Olympics official. After playing football at Phillips University and the University of Michigan, he worked for American Metal Products Company, an automobile parts manufacturer, from 1923 to 1963... |
Football, Baseball | Baseball coach | 1984 | |||
| Russell, Campy Campy Russell Michael Campanella Russell , nicknamed Campy, is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. He played the forward position for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks for nine years and played in the 1979 NBA All-Star Game.Before joining the NBA, Russell was a star player at the... |
Basketball | 2002 | ||||
| Russell, Cazzie | Basketball | Guard | 1978 | 1964 | 1966 | Oscar Robertson Trophy Oscar Robertson Trophy The Oscar Robertson Trophy is given out annually to outstanding men's college basketball players by the United States Basketball Writers Association . The trophy is considered to be the oldest of its kind and has been given out since 1959... , 1966; All-American, 1964–66 |
| Schalon, Edward Edward I. Schalon Edward Irvin Schalon was a corporate executive who served as the chairman of board and chief executive officer of SPX Corporation, a Fortune 500 global company. He was also a Naval pilot in World War II and a champion golfer who won two Big Ten Conference individual championships while a student... |
Golf | 1982 | 1947 | 1949 | Big Ten individual champion, 1947, 1949 | |
| Schembechler, Bo 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... |
Football | Head coach | 1992 | |||
| Schroeder, John | Golf | 1992 | ||||
| Schulz, Germany Germany Schulz Adolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the... |
Football | 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... |
1979 | 1904 | 1908 | All-American, 1907; Center on AP All-Time All-American Team, 1951; College Football Hall of Fame |
| Seegert, Alicia Alicia Seegert Alicia Seegert is a former All-American softball player. Considered one of the best softball players ever to play for the University of Michigan Wolverines softball team, she set Big Ten Conference records for batting average , hits, total bases and RBIs... |
Softball | 2006 | ||||
| Senkowski, Ray | Tennis | 1996 | ||||
| Seufert-Sholtis, Chris | Diving | 2007 | ||||
| Sherf, John John Sherf John Harold "Johnny" Sherf was a National Hockey League player and the first U.S. citizen to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.-Biography:... |
Hockey | Left wing | 1981 | 1933 | 1936 | Leading scorer in Big Ten, 1936 (33 goals, 10 assists in 17 games); first U.S. citizen to play for Stanley Cup champion |
| Sisler, George George Sisler George Harold Sisler , nicknamed "Gentleman George" and "Gorgeous George," was an American professional baseball player for 15 seasons, primarily as first baseman with the St. Louis Browns... |
Baseball | Pitcher | 1979 | 1914 | 1915 | Baseball Hall of Fame; No. 33 on The Sporting News The Sporting News Sporting News is an American-based sports magazine. It was established in 1886, and it became the dominant American publication covering baseball — so much so that it acquired the nickname "The Bible of Baseball"... ' list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players" |
| Skinner, Jim Jim Skinner James Alan Skinner is an American business executive. He is the President and CEO of McDonald's Corporation. Skinner began his career with McDonald's in 1971 as a restaurant manager trainee in Carpentersville, Illinois.-Biography:... |
Swimming | 1990 | ||||
| Smith, Ben Ben Smith (golfer) Benjamin Sandipher Smith was an American golfer. In 1938 and 1939 he won the Florida State High School Championship, and was offered a golf scholarship to go to Tulane University, but by chance he met Thomas Trueblood, the golf coach at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and he invited Ben to... |
Golf | 1985 | ||||
| Stager, Gus Gus Stager Augustus P. "Gus" Stager, Jr. was the swimming coach for the 1960 U.S. Olympic team and the swimming coach at the University of Michigan for 25 years . His Michigan swimming teams won four NCAA national championships in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1961... |
Swimming | Swimming Coach | 1982 | 1954 | 1982 | Four NCAA team championships, 1957–61 |
| Strack, Dave Dave Strack Dave Strack is a former university athletic director for the University of Arizona and and head basketball coach of the University of Michigan. He is an inductee of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.-Early life:Strack grew up in Indiana... |
Basketball | Basketball coach | 1984 | |||
| Supronowicz, Mack Mack Supronowicz Mack "Soup" Supronowicz is a former American basketball forward. He played for the University of Michigan from 1947-1950 and was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990.... |
Basketball | 1990 | ||||
| Thompson, Ruth Pickett Ruth Pickett Thompson Ruth Pickett Thompson is a former All-American synchronized swimmer for the University of Michigan. A native of Richmond, Virginia, she was named an All-American in four consecutive years from 1978 to 1981, and also placed among the top three individuals at the Intercollegiate Synchronized Swimming... |
Synchronized Swimming | 2008 | ||||
| Tidwell, John John Tidwell John W. Tidwell is a retired American basketball player and medical doctor. He played for the University of Michigan from 1958 to 1961 and broke the school's records for points scored in a single game and single season. He later became an obstetrician-gynecologist in Charlotte, North... |
Basketball | 1996 | ||||
| Tolan, Eddie Eddie Tolan Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan , nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American track and field athlete who compete in the Sprints. He set world records in the 100 yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events... |
Track | 100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896... ; 200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first... |
1980 | 1928 | 1932 | Gold medals in 100 and 200 metres, 1932 Olympics 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was a major world wide multi-athletic event which was celebrated in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. No other cities made a bid to host these Olympics. Held during the worldwide Great Depression, many nations... ; Set world record in 100 yrd dash at 9.5 |
| Tomasi, Dominic Dominic Tomasi Dominic Tomasi was an American football player who played guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines. He was a four-year starter and was selected as both the captain and Most Valuable Player of the National Champion 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team.-High school:A native of Flint,... |
Football, Baseball | 1994 | ||||
| Tomjanovich, Rudy Rudy Tomjanovich Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.-Early life:... |
Basketball | Forward | 1979 | 1967 | 1970 | All-American, 1970; U-M record in rebounds; 2nd pick in 1970 NBA Draft 1970 NBA Draft The 1970 NBA Draft was the 24th annual draft of the National Basketball Association . The draft was held on March 23, 1970 before the 1970–71 season. In this draft, 17 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players... |
| Tompkins, Jack Jack Tompkins Jack A. Tompkins was an American baseball and ice hockey player, airline executive and civic leader in Detroit, Michigan. As a high school student in Royal Oak, Michigan, he won 27 consecutive baseball games as a pitcher, still a Michigan high school record. At the University of Michigan, he was... |
Hockey, Baseball | Goaltender Goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring... |
1982 | 1930 | 1932 | Captain of hockey and baseball teams; All-American in hockey, 1931–32 |
| Townsend, John John Townsend (basketball) John Frederick "Jake" Townsend, Sr. was an American basketball forward and center. He was an All-Big Ten player for the University of Michigan from 1936-1938. In 1938, he was named an All-American... |
Basketball | Forward, Center Center (basketball) The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well... |
1980 | 1936 | 1938 | All-American, 1938; All-Big Ten, 1936–38 |
| Trueblood, Thomas Thomas Trueblood Thomas Clarkson Trueblood was an American professor of elocution and oratory and the first coach of the University of Michigan golf and debate teams. He was affiliated with the University of Michigan for 67 years from 1884-1951, and was a nationally known writer and speaker on oratory and debate... |
Golf | Golf coach | 1981 | 1921 | 1935 | Formed golf team, 1901; NCAA golf champions, 1934–35; Big Ten champions, 1932–36; 67 years as speech professor and debate coach |
| Ufer, Bob Bob Ufer Bob Ufer was the lead broadcaster for the Michigan Wolverines football team for 37 years, starting in 1944. He has been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.-Early years:... |
Track | 440 yards | 1978 | 1941 | 1943 | Set world indoor record of 48.1 in the indoor 440 yard; All-American, 1943; Once held eight U-M track records; Broadcaster of U-M football, 1944–81 |
| Vick, Ernie Ernie Vick Henry 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... |
Football | 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... |
1982 | 1918 | 1921 | All-American, 1921 |
| Volk, Rick Rick Volk Richard Robert Volk is a former American football player.Volk played college football for the University of Michigan from 1964 to 1966 and was a member of the 1964 team that won the Big Ten Conference championship and defeated Oregon State in the 1965 Rose Bowl... |
Football | Safety | 1989 | All-American | ||
| Wahl, Robert Robert Wahl Robert Allen "Al" Wahl , nicknamed "Brick" Wahl, is a former football player who was a two-time All-American for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1949 and 1950. Wahl is also a former U.S... |
Football | 2004 | ||||
| Wakabayashi, Mel Mel Wakabayashi Hitoshi "Mel" Wakabayashi is a former All-American ice hockey player, a right-handed center, who played for the 1964 NCAA champion Michigan Wolverines hockey team. He was also named Player of the Year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1966... |
Hockey | Center | 2006 | 1964 | 1966 | First-team All-American and MVP of the WCHA in 1966; played on 1964 NCAA championship team |
| Wakefield, Dick Dick Wakefield Richard Cummings "Dick" Wakefield , was a left fielder in Major League Baseball for 9 seasons with the Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , and New York Giants... |
Baseball | Outfielder | 1983 | 1941 | 1941 | Led Michigan to 1941 Big Ten championship; signed as "bonus baby" in 1941 |
| Ward, Willis Willis Ward Willis F. Ward was a track and field athlete and American football player who was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981.... |
Track, Football | Multiple | 1981 | 1932 | 1935 | NCAA champion in high jump, long jump, 100-yard dash, 400-yard dash; 2nd in voting for AP 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... Big Ten Athlete of the Year, 1933; 2nd African-American in football |
| Watson, William William Watson (track and field athlete) William Delouis Watson , also known as Big Bill Watson, was an American track and field athlete. Watson was the Amateur Athletic Union decathlon champion in 1940 and 1943. He was the first African-American to win the U.S... |
Track | Multiple | 1982 | 1937 | 1939 | Big Ten champion in discus, 1937–39; broad jump, 1937–38; shot put, 1937–38; javelin, 1939 |
| Weaver-Barnett, Melanie | Track, Cross Country | 2007 | ||||
| Weber, Wally Wally Weber Walter J. Weber was an American football player and coach at the University of Michigan. He played halfback and fullback for the Wolverines in 1925 and 1926 on the same teams as Benny Friedman and Bennie Oosterbaan. He later became an assistant football coach at Michigan for 28 years from 1931 to... |
Football | Fullback, Halfback | 1981 | 1925 | 1958 | Halfback and fullback, 1925–26; Assistant football coach, 1931–58 |
| Webster, Bob Bob Webster Robert David Webster is an American former diving champion who won gold medals at both the 1960 and 1964 Olympic games in the 10-meter platform event. He also won a gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games and finished first in every platform diving event he entered from 1960 to 1964... |
Diving | Platform | 1989 | 1960 | 1964 | Two Olympic gold medals in 10m platform event, 1960 and 1964 |
| Weinstein (McGrath), Barbara Barbara Weinstein Barbara Weinstein is a diver from Michigan, United States. She won a gold medal in platform diving at the 1979 Pan American Games.She was selected to represent United States at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but did not go because of the boycott.-References:... |
Diving | 2010 | 1978 | 1980 | Three-time 10-meter platform national champion (1976, 1979, 1980), four-time All-American | |
| Weisenburger, Jack Jack Weisenburger John Edward "Jack" Weisenburger is a former American football and baseball player. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1944 to 1947 and was the starting fullback for the undefeated 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team that became known as the "Mad Magicians" and has... |
Football, Baseball | 1992 | ||||
| Westfall, Bob Bob Westfall Robert Barton "Bullet Bob" Westfall was an American football fullback who played for the University of Michigan and the Detroit Lions . He was a consensus first-team All-American in 1941 and a first-team All-Pro player in 1945... |
Football | Fullback | 1982 | 1939 | 1941 | All-American, 1941 |
| White, Bob | Hockey | Defense | 2004 | Two-time All-American defenseman 1958 and 1959 | ||
| Wilkie, Gordon Gordon Wilkie Gordon Wilkie is a Canadian ice hockey player who played three seasons for the University of Michigan from 1961-1964. As a senior and team captain in 1964, Wilkie led the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team to the NCAA ice hockey championship... |
Hockey | 1989 | 1961 | 1964 | Led Michigan to 1964 NCAA championship | |
| Wilmore, Henry Henry Wilmore Henry Wilmore is an American former basketball player who is most known for being an National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American in 1972 while playing for the Michigan Wolverines. He played at the University of Michigan from 1970–71 through 1972–73, scored 1,654 points and grabbed... |
Basketball | Guard/Forward | 2004 | 1970 | 1973 | Two-time All-American; two-time All-Big Ten First Team |
| Wistert, Albert | Football | Tackle | 1981 | 1940 | 1942 | All-American, 1942; College Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... |
| Wistert, Alvin Alvin Wistert Alvin Lawrence "Moose" Wistert was an American football player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he played college football at the tackle position for Boston University in 1946 and at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1949... |
Football | Tackle | 1981 | 1947 | 1949 | All-American, 1948–49; College Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... |
| Wistert, Whitey Whitey Wistert Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and college baseball at the University of Michigan... |
Football, Baseball | Tackle | 1981 | 1931 | 1934 | All-American; Big Ten Baseball MVP, 1934; College Football Hall of Fame College Football Hall of Fame The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move... |
| (Wymer) Humbles, Beth Beth Wymer Beth Wymer is a former NCAA champion gymnast. While attending the University of Michigan, she won the NCAA event championship in the uneven bars three consecutive years from 1993-1995 and was a first-team All-American four times in the uneven bars, twice in the all-around, and once in the balance... |
Gymnastics | 2006 | ||||
| Yost, Fielding H. | Football | Football coach, Athletic Director | 1979 | 1901 | 1941 | Football coach, 1901–23, 1925–26; Athletic director, 1921–41; National Championships, 1901–04, 1918, 1923; record of 165-29-10; Outscored opponents 2,822 to 42, 1901–05 |
| Zatkoff, Roger Roger Zatkoff Roger Zatkoff is a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1950 to 1952. He later played professional football for the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions .... |
Football | 1985 |
External links
- University of Michigan Hall of Honor. GoBlue (University of Michigan Athletics official website)
- Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor. Bentley Historical Library (archives of the University of Michigan and the Michigan Athletic Department) website