1893 Michigan Wolverines football team
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| Minnesota $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Michigan | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1893 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1893 college football season. The team, with Frank Barbour as head coach, compiled a 7–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 278 to 102. The Wolverines closed the season with a Thanksgiving Day game played in Chicago against Amos Alonzo Stagg's Chicago Maroons.
Schedule
October 7Detroit Athletic Club*
W 6–0 October 144:25 p.m.at Detroit Athletic Club*
- D.A.C. grounds
- Detroit, MI
W 26–0 150 October 214:00 p.m.at Chicago*
- University of Chicago Athletic Grounds
- Chicago, IL (Rivalry)
L 6–10 October 28Minnesota
- Regents Field
- Ann Arbor, MI (Rivalry)
L 20–34 November 4Wisconsin
- Regents Field
- Ann Arbor, MI
L 18–34 1,000 November 11at Purdue*
W 46–8 2,000 November 13at DePauw*Greencastle, INW 34–0 November 18Northwestern
- Regents Field
- Ann Arbor, MI
W 72–6 800 November 25vs. Kansas*
- Fairmount Oval
- Kansas City, MO
W 22–0 3,000 November 3011:20 a.m.at Chicago*
- Marshall Field
- Chicago, IL (Rivalry)
W 28–10 2,000
Players
Varsity letter winners
| Player | Position | Games started |
Hometown | Height | Weight |
| William Irving Aldrich[1] | Tackle | Coldwater, Michigan | 5' 10" | 175 | |
| James Baird | Quarterback | Chicago, Illinois | 5' 6" | 145 | |
| Arthur C. Bartels[2] | Halfback | Wilton Center, Illinois | 5' 10" | 170 | |
| Horace L. Dyer | Halfback | St. Louis, Missouri | 5' 11" | 175 | |
| George Dygert | Halfback | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 5' 4" | 160 | |
| Gustave Ferbert | End | Cleveland, Ohio | 5' 7½" | 140 | |
| Raynor Spalding Freund[3] | Halfback | Reserve, Montana | 5' 6½" | 134 | |
| George Greenleaf | Quarterback | Brazil, Indiana | 5' 6" | 130 | |
| Charles T. Griffin | Tackle | Kingsbury, Indiana | 5' 8" | 175 | |
| Willard Wilmer Griffin | Center | Wenona, Illinois | 5' 9½ | 165 | |
| Lawrence C. Grosh | Halfback | Toledo, Ohio | 5' 9" | 150 | |
| Ralph W. Hayes[4] | End | Galva, Illinois | 6' 1½" | 187 | |
| Frederick W. Henninger | Guard | Barberton, Ohio | 5' 10½" | 175 | |
| John W. Hollister | Halfback | Beloit, Wisconsin | 5' 8" | 163 | |
| James H. Hooper | Guard | Butte, Montana | 6' 2½" | 210 | |
| Heman B. Leonard | Halfback | Bloomington, Illinois | 5' 8" | 155 | |
| James L. D. Morrison | Tackle | Morrisonville, Illinois | 5' 11" | 170 | |
| Louis P. Paul | Halfback | Massillon, Ohio | 5' 11" | 160 | |
| Henry M. Senter | End | Houghton, Michigan | 5' 11" | 157 | |
| Roger Sherman | End | Chicago, Illinois | 5' 7" | 145 | |
| C.H. Smith | Center | 5' 10 | 230 | ||
| Giovanni R. "Count" Villa | Tackle | Walla Walla, Washington | 5' 7" | 195 |
Others
- George Jason Cadwell, Chicago, Illinois
- Harry Hadden, Chicago, Illinois
- George A. Marston, Bay City, Michigan[5]
- Edwin Andrew Murbach[6]
- John Whitcome Reynolds,[7] Detroit
- Edward James Ryan, Detroit
- James W. Van Dusen, Cleveland, Ohio
Coaching and training staff
- Coach: Frank Barbour
- Trainer: E.W. Moulton
- Manager: Charles A. Baird
- Assistant manager: Eugene Batavia[8]
References
- ^ William Irving Aldricth, died at Topeka, Kansas, October, 1916, aged 44. Buried at Coldwater, Mich.
- ^ Arthur Calvin Bartels later practiced law in Denver and served in the Colorado House of Representatives.
- ^ Raynor Spalding Freund, born March 20, 1872, at Port Huron, Michigan. He graduated from high school in Champion, Michigan, in 1890, and attended the Hopkins School in Boston. In 1892, he enrolled at the University of Michigan, graduating with a M.D. degree from the Department of Medicine and Surgery, 1899. At the time of the 1900 and 1910 U.S. Censuses, he was residing in Butte, Montana, with his parents. Freund and his father, Isadore Freund, were doctors. He married Sue McLanahan at Butte, Montana, in 1904. He died February 26, 1915, at Butte, Montana.
- ^ Ralph Waldo Emerson Hayes was born February 19, 1872, in Stark County, Illinois. He married Estella Mink in 1896. He returned to Galva, Illinois, where he became a manufacturer and inventor. Among other things, he invented the Hayes pump, used in irrigation and agriculture. His company was known as the Hayes Pump & Planter Co., in that city. He died February 11, 1932.
- ^ George A. Marston, born January 10, 1873, at Bay City, Michigan. Practiced law in Detroit until 1906 and thereafter in Bay City.
- ^ Edwin Andrew Murbach, born December 15, 1869, at Archbold, Ohio. Later returned to Ohio and practiced as a doctor in Fulton County.
- ^ John Whitcome Reynolds, born Jacksonport, Wisconsin, October 1, 1875; LL.B., University of Wisconsin, 1902; married Madge Flatley, July 17, 1906.
- ^ Eugene Batavia, born August 8, 1873, at Breslau, Germany. Graduated from Kansas City High School. He served on the board of directors of the University of Michigan Athletic Association while he was a student. He returned to Kansas City as a lawyer after attending Michigan. He died June 16, 1915, and is buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City.
External links
- 1893 Football Team – Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
- The Palladium (1894) - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1893–1894 academic year