Name
|
Start Year
|
Last Year
|
Position(s)
|
Notes
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Howard Abbott |
1889 |
1890 |
Quarterback |
Captain and quarterback of first Minnesota football team in 1886; played for Michigan as a law student
|
Frank Gates Allen |
1879 |
1880 |
Forward |
Later became president of the Moline Plow Company and president of the Moline State Trust & Savings Bank
|
William Allen |
1898 |
1898 |
Guard |
Served as head football coach, Washington State, 1900, 1902
|
James Baird |
1892 |
1895 |
Quarterback |
Directed the construction of the Flatiron Building, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
|
Edmond H. Barmore |
1879 |
1880 |
Halfback, Quarterback |
Later became a steamship builder and founder of the Los Angeles Transfer Co.
|
Elmer Beach |
1882 |
1883 |
Quarterback |
Founder of the Beach & Beach law firm in Chicago; brother of novelist Rex Beach
|
John W. F. Bennett |
1896 |
1898 |
Guard, End |
Supervised construction of Algonquin Hotel in New York and the Ritz and Waldorf Hotels in London
|
John A. Bloomingston |
1894 |
1895 |
Fullback |
Leading scorer on the 1895 team that won Michigan's first Western football championship
|
William Caley |
1896 |
1898 |
Guard, halfback, fullback |
Also played at Colorado, 1893–1895
|
Charles H. Campbell |
1879 |
1879 |
Halfback |
Became a prominent Detroit lawyer and president of the Detroit Board of Commerce
|
Martin H. Carmody |
1899 |
1899 |
Guard |
Served as the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from 1927 to 1939
|
Bert Carr |
1894 |
1896 |
Guard, Center |
Selected in 1896 by the Chicago Tribune as "the best center in the West"; named the greatest guard in Michigan history in 1902
|
Thomas Chadbourne |
1890 |
1890 |
Center |
Founded the New York law firm Chadbourne & Parke
|
John Chase |
1879 |
1880 |
Rusher, forward |
Commander of the Colorado National Guard in confrontations with organized labor, including the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903-1904 and Ludlow Massacre of 1914
|
Frank Crawford |
1891 |
1901 |
|
Crawford was both the unpaid head coach and a substitute player for the 1891 team
|
William Cunningham |
1897 |
1899 |
Center |
Michigan's first All-American football player
|
Edwin Denby |
1895 |
1895 |
Center |
U.S. Congressman from Michigan 1905-1911; Served as Secretary of the Navy 1921-1924; played role in the Teapot Dome scandal
|
Thomas Jesse Drumheller |
1896 |
1896 |
Quarterback |
Later became a leading sheep rancher in Walla Walla, Washington
|
William J. Duff |
1882 |
1884 |
Halfback |
Later a leading medical doctor in Port Huron, Michigan; served in the Spanish-American War
|
Ignatius M. Duffy |
1896 |
1896 |
Fullback |
|
James E. Duffy |
1885 |
1891 |
Halfback |
Captain of the 1888 team; Set world record in 1886 by drop kicking a football 168 feet, 7-1/2 inches; later became an attorney and member of the UM Board in Control of Athletics
|
George Dygert |
1890 |
1894 |
Fullback, Halfback |
|
Royal T. Farrand |
1887 |
1887 |
Quarterback |
Quarterback in 1887 and manager in 1891; hired Michigan's football coach in 1891
|
Gustave Ferbert |
1893 |
1896 |
Halfback, End |
Michigan's head football coach 1897-1899; became rich in the Yukon Gold Rush
|
Forest Firestone |
1896 |
1897 |
Reserve |
Head football coach at Buchtel College, now the University of Akron, for one season in 1902
|
Richard France |
1898 |
1899 |
Guard |
First-team All-American 1899
|
George Greenleaf |
1893 |
1896 |
Quarterback, End |
Later coached the 1899 Miami football team and became a medical doctor
|
H. G. Hadden |
1894 |
1894 |
Tackle |
Transferred and served as player and coach of the 1895 Notre Dame team
|
William W. Hannan |
1879 |
1879 |
Rusher |
Played for the first Michigan football team; became the leading real estate developer in Detroit in the late 19th Century
|
Frederick W. Henninger |
1893 |
1896 |
Tackle, Guard |
Later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan before successful career in manufacturing
|
Albert E. Herrnstein |
1899 |
1902 |
Halfback, End |
Scored 6 touchdowns against Ohio State in 1902; Played on "Point-a-Minute" teams; Later served as head football coach at Haskell, Purdue and Ohio State
|
Frank G. Higgins |
1885 |
1885 |
Forward |
First native-born person from Montana admitted to the state's bar and to serve in its legislature; Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1901–05
|
George S. Holden |
1890 |
1890 |
Quarterback |
|
John W. Hollister |
1893 |
1895 |
Halfback |
Later served as head football coach at Mississippi, Beloit College and Morningside College
|
Walter S. Horton |
1881 |
1881 |
Quarterback |
The second Michigan player at the quarterback position; practiced law in Illinois for 50 years
|
Albert W. Jefferis |
1891 |
1891 |
Center |
Later served in the U.S. Congress from Nebraska
|
George Jewett |
1890 |
1892 |
Fullback, Halfback, Place kicker |
First African-American football player at both Michigan and Northwestern; one of the greatest players in the pre-Yost era
|
Collins H. Johnston |
1879 |
1880 |
Halfback |
Became a medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader in Grand Rapids, Michigan
|
Leo J. Keena |
1897 |
1899 |
Fullback |
Later served as U.S. General Consul in Paris and Warsaw and as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras and South Africa
|
Henry Killilea |
1883 |
1884 |
Center, Forward |
One of the five men, along with Connie Mack, Charles Comiskey and Ban Johnson, who founded baseball's American League in 1899; owner of the Milwaukee Brewers (which became the Baltimore Orioles) and Boston Red Sox
|
William Harrison Mace |
1882 |
1882 |
Rusher |
Later became renowned professor of American history and biographer of Abraham Lincoln
|
William C. Malley |
1888 |
1890 |
Tackle, Guard |
|
John McLean |
1897 |
1899 |
Halfback |
All-American 1899; Won the silver medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris; Head football coach at Knox and Missouri
|
Thomas H. McNeil |
1884 |
1885 |
Quarterback |
Later became a lawyer in Missouri
|
Charles S. Mitchell |
1879 |
1879 |
Goalkeeper |
He was the founder of the Athletic Association; later served as editor of several newspapers in Minnesota and of the Washington Herald
|
Bill Morley |
1895 |
1895 |
Quarterback |
Went on to receive All-America honors in 1900 and 1901 as a player for Columbia; later inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
|
William M. Morrow |
1885 |
1886 |
Forward, Quarterback |
Served more than 40 years in the U.S. Army, reaching rank of Brigadier General; decorated for bravery in World War I
|
William J. Olcott |
1881 |
1883 |
Three-quarter back |
Captain of 1882 and 1883 teams; later became president of a railway and a mining company
|
Irving Kane Pond |
1879 |
1879 |
Rusher |
Scored first touchdown in Michigan history, May 1879; became famous as an architect in the Arts and Crafts movement; three of his buildings are National Historic Landmarks
|
Horace Greely Prettyman |
1882 |
1890 |
|
Holds record for most years playing for Michigan's football team (8); Scored the first touchdown in the first game played at Michigan's first home football field in Ann Arbor; later operated a boarding house, power company and Ann Arbor Press; held office as Ann Arbor city councilman, postmaster and Washtenaw County supervisor
|
Curtis Redden |
1900 |
1903 |
End |
Died while serving in Germany during World War I
|
Arthur Redner |
1900 |
1901 |
Halfback |
Last-surviving member of Yost's 1901 Point-a-Minute team
|
John W. Reynolds, Sr. |
1893 |
1893 |
Substitute |
Later served as Attorney General of Wisconsin; his son became Governor of Wisconsin
|
J. De Forest Richards |
1894 |
1897 |
Halfback, Quarterback |
Son of the Governor of Wyoming; later became a bank president in Chicago
|
Henry M. Senter |
1893 |
1896 |
End |
Captain of the 1896 team
|
Walter W. Shaw |
1899 |
1901 |
Quarterback, Halfback |
|
Roger Sherman |
1890 |
1893 |
Quarterback, End |
Head football coach at Iowa, 1894
|
Bruce Shorts |
1900 |
1901 |
Tackle |
|
Charles H. Smith |
1893 |
1894 |
Line |
Omission as an All-American led to criticism that selectors were biased against Western players
|
Frederic L. Smith |
1888 |
1888 |
Quarterback |
Later became a founder of the Olds Motor Works and General Motors and president of the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
|
Neil Snow |
1898 |
1901 |
End |
All-American 1901; College Football Hall of Fame
|
Benjamin H. Southworth |
1900 |
1901 |
Guard, center |
Later became a physician and surgeon in Kalamazoo
|
Ernest Sprague |
1886 |
1887 |
Guard, Rusher |
Later gained renown as a contract engineer for the American Bridge Company and Bethlehem Steel
|
Allen Steckle |
1897 |
1899 |
Tackle |
Later served as the head football coach at Nevada and Oregon State
|
Everett Sweeley |
1899 |
1902 |
End, Fullback |
|
Clayton Teetzel |
1897 |
1899 |
Halfback, End |
Coached at Michigan State, BYU and Utah State
|
Charles Thomas |
1891 |
1892 |
Guard |
Later coached at Nebraska and Arkansas
|
Fred Townsend |
1887 |
1887 |
Tackle |
Later served as an Iowa state senator and chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party state committee
|
Virgil Tupper |
1891 |
1892 |
Guard |
|
James Van Inwagen |
1888 |
1891 |
Halfback, Fullback, End |
Captain of the 1891 Michigan team; Played at end in 1888, fullback in 1889 and halfback in 1891
|
Giovanni Raphael Frank "Count" Villa |
1893 |
1896 |
Tackle |
Star for Michigan teams that went 33-6-1 from 1893–1896; Assistant football coach 1897-1898
|
Alanson Weeks |
1898 |
1898 |
Fullback |
Fullback for the 1898 championship team; Later worked as a surgeon in San Francisco; decorated for service as a surgeon at the front in World War I
|
Boss Weeks |
1900 |
1902 |
Quarterback |
Quarterback of the 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team; Later served as a head football coach at Kansas and Beloit
|
Hugh White |
1898 |
1901 |
Tackle, End |
Captain of the 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team
|
Charles Widman |
1898 |
1898 |
Halfback |
Leading scorer on undefeated 1898 team
|
Eben Wilson |
1899 |
1901 |
Guard |
Played on the 1901 Point-a-Minute team; Later served as head football coach at Wabash and Alma Colleges
|
John Wombacher |
1895 |
1896 |
Center |
Elected captain of the 1897 team but unable to play after contracting typhoid fever
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