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Created in 2012[edit]

The following shows articles created in 2012 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 9/13/22.

Rank Title Creation
date 		Article
Size 		Page
views 		Description
1 Devin Funchess 2012-11-05 37,319 864,696 Tight end for Michigan (2012-2014) and NFL (2015-2020)
2 Thomas Rawls 2012-11-04 25,221 715,506 Running back for Michigan (2011-2013) and NFL (2015-2018)
3 Sam Mikulak 2012-07-01 34,107 644,848 Gymnast at Michigan, USA all-around champion (2013–2016, 2018–2019)
4 List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League 2012-06-11 22,697 552,291
5 Patty Gasso 2012-07-02 21,239 221,783 Oklahoma softball coach 1995-present, 6x national champion
6 Kyle Kalis 2012-08-31 18,241 70,361 Michigan lineman 2013-2016
7 List of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons 2012-04-01 35,945 60,222
8 Dennis Norfleet 2012-11-11 12,421 58,682 Michigan running back 2012-2014
9 Curt Mallory 2012-11-10 18,529 47,097 Football coach 1993-present
10 William Campbell 2012-11-11 20,535 44,150
11 George Genyk 2012-12-15 8,608 31,524
12 Erik Campbell 2012-10-09 12,854 25,665
13 Jeff Hecklinski 2012-11-10 13,435 21,387
14 Syque Caesar 2012-07-02 5,865 18,791
15 Steve Szabo 2012-10-10 14,722 17,454
16 Vincent Mroz 2012-11-28 12,978 14,177
17 Drew Dileo 2012-11-06 13,368 15,767
18 Jim Betts 2012-12-11 12,264 10,960
19 Cal Young 2012-11-21 9,285 9,696
20 Russell D. Oliver 2012-02-05 8,982 9,181
21 Duncan Curry 2012-06-04 24,843 8,811
22 Harry Rockafeller 2012-11-24 13,694 8,322
23 Lorri Bauman 2012-05-02 6,796 7,289
24 Norman Sas 7,131
25 Tom Cecchini 2012-01-07 10,253 7,229
26 Tom Goss 6,516
27 Fred Julian 2012-12-15 12,074 6,285
28 Fritz Seyferth 2012-12-12 12,845 5,718
29 Cecil Pryor 2012-12-09 13,342 5,715
30 Jack Nelson 2012-10-08 10,402 5,787
31 Wanda Ford 2012-05-02 5,000 5,513
32 S. Spencer Scott 2012-01-26 3,654 5,047
33 Kit Cartwright 4,376
34 Fred Bonine 4,261
35 Fred Bonine 2012-05-26 11,613 4,225
36 William Caley 3,915
37 Bert Carr 3,863
38 Henry Van Hoevenberg 3,854
39 Ed Meads 3,796
40 George Haggarty 3,793
41 Bill Mogk 3,785
42 Bobby Morrison 3,770
43 William V. B. Van Dyck 3,686
44 Carl Russ 3,604
45 Henry Hallowell Farquhar 3,573
46 Charles Widman 3,544 Michigan halfback 1898
47 1908–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team 3,408
48 Tony Dauksza 3,377 Michigan State football 1932-1933
49 Pete Newell 3,223 Michigan defensive tackle 1968-1970
50 Bruce Haynam 3,207 Michigan baseball player 1951-1953, All-American
51 Frank Villa 3,508 Michigan football tackle 1893-1896
52 1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team 3,106
53 Jason Vinson 2,977 Michigan punter (1997-1998)
54 Fred Grambau 2,800 Michigan defensive tackle 1969-1972
55 Manistee Iron Works 2,743 Historic factory built 1907
56 Pete Tillotson 2,671 Michigan basketball player 1955-1958

Expanded in 2012[edit]

The following shows articles created in 2012 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 7/25/22.

Rank Title Creation
date 		Article
Size 		Page
views 		Description
1 Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry 448,098
2 Greg Morton 111,521
3 Dennis Franks 84,429
4 Alden B. Dow 55,414
5 Weldy Walker 46,894
6 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team 40,877
7 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team 30,863
8 Harold Drew 30,321
9 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team 28,244
10 Steve Boros 27,488
11 1964 Michigan Wolverines football team 24,732
12 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team 20,703
13 1932 Michigan Wolverines football team 17,830
14 Mike Jolly 16,872
15 Johnny Gee 16,707
16 Louden Machinery Company 15,772
17 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team 15,609
18 1950 Michigan Wolverines football team 15,497
19 1923 Michigan Wolverines football team 15,385
20 James Bond (American football) 15,253
21 Mark Donahue 14,613
22 DeWayne Lewis 13,587
23 Pete Appleton 13,082
24 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team 12,681
25 John Herrnstein 12,459
26 Walter Mendenhall 12,250
27 Thompson–Starrett Co. 12,165
28 1906 Michigan Wolverines football team 11,762
29 Sporting Life (American newspaper) 11,698
30 1894 Michigan Wolverines football team 11,082
31 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team 10,989
32 Mesker Brothers 10,552
33 Gibraltarpedia 10,540
34 1910 Michigan Wolverines football team 10,527
35 Architects of the National Park Service 10,248
36 Bert Sincock 9,988
37 1909 Michigan Wolverines football team 9,973
38 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team 9,889
39 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team 9,555
40 1942 Michigan Wolverines football team 9,034
41 Doug Marsh 8,949
42 Punta Gorda Fish Co. 8,829
43 Albert Berg 8,664
44 1911 Michigan Wolverines football team 8,531
45 Charles Drake (American football) 8,478
46 [1912 Michigan Wolverines football team]] 7,977
47 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team 7,850
48 Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area 6,966
49 Curtis Alexander (gridiron football) 6,767
50 Esenwein & Johnson 6,271
51 Bill McAfee 6,117
52 Dave Allerdice 5,847
53 Wally Gilbert 5,717
54 William Goodyear 5,512
55 Don Eaddy 5,138

Michigan athletics[edit]

Football[edit]

Season articles[edit]

  1. 1879 Michigan football team
  2. 1880 Michigan football team
  3. 1884 Michigan football team
  4. 1885 Michigan football team
  5. 1888 Michigan football team
  6. 1890 Michigan football team
  7. 1892 Michigan football team
  8. 1894 Michigan football team
  9. 1898 Michigan football team
  10. 1905 Michigan football team
  11. 1907 Michigan football team
  12. 1907 Michigan football team
  13. 1909 Michigan football team
  14. 1910 Michigan football team
  15. 1911 Michigan football team
  16. 1912 Michigan football team
  17. 1913 Michigan football team
  18. 1922 Michigan football team
  19. 1923 Michigan football team
  20. 1925 Michigan football team
  21. 1932 Michigan football team
  22. 1933 Michigan football team
  23. 1940 Michigan football team
  24. 1942 Michigan football team
  25. 1943 Michigan football team
  26. 1947 Michigan football team
  27. 1948 Michigan football team
  28. 1950 Michigan football team
  29. 1964 Michigan football team
  30. 1976 Michigan football team
  31. Michigan–Notre Dame football rivalry

Players/coaches[edit]

  1. William L. Allen
  2. Dave Allerdice
  3. Jim Betts*
  4. William Caley*
  5. Erik Campbell*
  6. William Campbell*
  7. Ed Carfrey
  8. Bert Carr*
  9. Kit Cartwright*
  10. Tom Cecchini*
  11. Tony Dauksza*
  12. Drew Dileo*
  13. Walt Downing
  14. Charles Drake
  15. Devin Funchess*
  16. Devin Gardner
  17. George Genyk*
  18. Tom Goss*
  19. Fred Grambau*
  20. Forrest M. Hall
  21. Jeff Hecklinski*
  22. John Hennessy
  23. John Herrnstein
  24. Dick Hill*
  25. Bob Hollway
  26. Mike Jolly
  27. Fred Julian*
  28. Kyle Kalis*
  29. Curt Mallory*
  30. Doug Marsh
  31. Mike Martin
  32. Ed Meads*
  33. Bobby Morrison*
  34. Greg Morton
  35. Vincent Mroz*
  36. Guy Murdock
  37. Jack Nelson*
  38. Pete Newell*
  39. Dennis Norfleet*
  40. Russell D. Oliver*
  41. Bill Pritula*
  42. Cecil Pryor*
  43. Thomas Rawls*
  44. Stark Ritchie*
  45. Denard Robinson
  46. Don Robinson*
  47. Carl Russ*
  48. S. Spencer Scott*
  49. Fritz Seyferth*
  50. Vincent Smith
  51. Steve Szabo*
  52. George C. Thomson*
  53. Fitzgerald Toussaint
  54. Frank Villa*
  55. Jason Vinson*
  56. Charles Widman*

Basketball[edit]

Season articles[edit]

  1. List of Michigan Wolverines men's basketball seasons*
  2. 1908–09 Michigan basketball*
  3. 1917–18 Michigan basketball*
  4. 1918–19 Michigan basketball*
  5. 1919–20 Michigan basketball*
  6. 1920–21 Michigan basketball
  7. 1921–22 Michigan basketball*
  8. 1922–23 Michigan basketball*
  9. 1923–24 Michigan basketball*
  10. 1924–25 Michigan basketball*
  11. 1927–28 Michigan basketball
  12. 1929–30 Michigan basketball*
  13. 1930–31 Michigan basketball*
  14. 1935–36 Michigan basketball*
  15. 1936–37 Michigan basketball*
  16. 1937–38 Michigan basketball*
  17. 1938–39 Michigan basketball*
  18. 1948–49 Michigan basketball*

Players[edit]

  1. Stanley C. Cox*
  2. Henry Hallowell Farquhar*
  3. George Haggarty*
  4. Frank Harrigan*
  5. Timothy Y. Hewlett*
  6. James Mandler*
  7. Walter B. Rea*
  8. Ralph O. Rychener*
  9. James Skala*
  10. Pete Tillotson*
  11. Leo VanderKuy*

Gymnastics[edit]

  1. Syque Caesar*
  2. Sam Mikulak*

Swimming[edit]

  1. Melinda Copp*

Track and field[edit]

  1. Fred Bonine*
  2. John Robinson*

Historic architecture[edit]

Historic sites

  1. Bristol Hotel, Gibraltar
  2. Christman Covered Bridge
  3. De Mores Packing Plant Ruins
  4. Alden B. Dow Office and Lake Jackson City Hall
  5. Harshaville Covered Bridge
  6. Jerome Cooperative Creamery
  7. Manistee Iron Works*
  8. Opa-locka Thematic Resource Area
  9. Pierce County Courthouse (North Dakota)
  10. Punta Gorda Fish Co.
  11. The Rock Hotel
  12. Milton Small House
  13. Warnke Covered Bridge

Architects, builders, engineers

  1. John Parks Almand
  2. Architects of the National Park Service
  3. Alexander Boyter
  4. Champion Bridge Company
  5. Henry W. Cleaveland
  6. George H. Clemence
  7. D. F. Creighton
  8. Jeremiah Cunningham
  9. Bill Darrah
  10. Alden B. Dow
  11. Orlo Epps (AfD rescue)
  12. Esenwein & Johnson
  13. George Feick
  14. James Otis Follett
  15. James J. Gaffney
  16. Leon C. Goodrich
  17. Frederick H. Gouge
  18. William Haugaard
  19. F. A. Henninger
  20. Kilham & Hopkins (AfD rescue)
  21. H.J. Huck & Co.
  22. Jules Leffland
  23. Lincoln Construction Co.
  24. Louden Machinery Company
  25. Jack Oughton
  26. Parkinson & Dockendorff
  27. Patton & Fisher
  28. Ulysses J. Lincoln Peoples
  29. Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co.
  30. Frederic Hutchinson Porter
  31. Benjamin D. Price
  32. Charles Punchard Jr.*
  33. Merel S. Sager*
  34. Shirley Simons
  35. Walter Mickle Smith (AfD rescue)
  36. South Dakota Department of Transportation
  37. N. M. Stark and Company
  38. Thompson–Starrett Co.
  39. Henry Voss
  40. Joseph C. Wells
  41. C. Ferris White
  42. Wing & Mahurin
  43. John Wosky*

American football[edit]

Rutgers coaches

  1. H. W. Ambruster
  2. Alfred Ellet Hitchner
  3. Oliver D. Mann
  4. John C. B. Pendleton
  5. Herman Pritchard
  6. Arthur P. Robinson
  7. Harry Rockafeller
  8. William V. B. Van Dyck
  9. Henry Van Hoevenberg
  10. John Wallace*

Miscellaneous

  1. Curtis Alexander (AfD rescue)
  2. Albert Berg
  3. Al Blades (AfD rescue)
  4. James Bond
  5. R. R. Brown
  6. Edwin A. Dalton
  7. Harold Drew
  8. Stuart Forbes
  9. William Goodyear
  10. DeWayne Lewis (AfD rescue)
  11. Walter Mendenhall (AfD rescue)
  12. Mike Nesbitt (AfD rescue)
  13. Tim Rebowe (AfD rescue)
  14. Cal Young*
  15. Tony Zuzzio (AfD rescue)

Baseball/softball[edit]

Baseball

  1. List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League*
  2. Pete Appleton
  3. Fred Blanding
  4. Frank Bliss
  5. Steve Boros
  6. Duncan Curry*
  7. Don Eaddy
  8. Hal Elliott
  9. Jack Enzenroth
  10. Johnny Gee
  11. Wally Gilbert
  12. Bob Glenn
  13. Bruce Haynam*
  14. John Hibbard
  15. Lincoln MacMillan*
  16. Bill McAfee
  17. Bill Mogk*
  18. Bud Morse
  19. Henry Oxley (AfD rescue)
  20. John Perrin
  21. Bert Sincock
  22. Weldy Walker

Softball

  1. Jenny Dalton*
  2. Patty Gasso*

Basketball[edit]

  1. Lorri Bauman*
  2. Wanda Ford*

Other[edit]

  1. Gibraltarpedia
  2. Norman Sas
  3. Sporting Life

DYKs[edit]

Article (DYK date) Image DYK views DYK hook
914. Mike Jolly (12/29/12) ... that Mike Jolly was the starting weak side cornerback in 35 of 36 games for Michigan teams that played in two Rose Bowls and a Gator Bowl from 1977 to 1979?
913. Carl Russ (12/24/12) ... that Carl Russ started as a walk-on and became the starting wide linebacker for Michigan football teams that had a record of 20–1–1?
912. Fred Julian (12/23/12) ... that Fred Julian led Michigan in rushing in 1959 and led the New York Jets in interceptions in 1960?
911. Walt Downing (12/22/12) ... that Walt Downing, the seventh All-American center for Michigan, won a Super Bowl with the 1981 San Francisco 49ers?
910. Pete Newell (12/21/12) ... that Bo Schembechler praised Pete Newell for traveling to Iowa with the 1969 Michigan football team rather than to a large antiwar rally "with the damn hippies where he really wanted to be"?
909. Jim Betts (12/18/12) ... that Michigan quarterback Jim Betts persuaded Bo Schembechler in 1969 to relax his clean-shave policy by claiming that facial hair was part of the African-American players' "heritage"?
908. Cecil Pryor (12/18/12) ... that Bo Schembechler knew his 1969 team was no longer afraid of Ohio State when a fight the day before the game ended with Cecil Pryor yelling, "And we're gonna kick your ass tomorrow, too!"?
907. Greg Morton (12/17/12) ... that Greg Morton, college football's defensive player of the year for 1976, collected exotic flora, including a purple passion plant he named Claudine?
903-906. Rutgers coaches (12/16/12) ... that the earliest head coaches of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team include John C. B. Pendleton, Henry Van Hoevenberg, Alfred Ellet Hitchner, and Arthur P. Robinson, all four combining for a record of 12–33?
902. Guy Murdock (12/16/12) ... that Guy Murdock, the MVP of football's Chicago Fire, joined with the Winds after the Fire was extinguished?
901. 1976 Michigan Wolverines football team (12/15/12) ... that 21 players from the 1976 Michigan football team went on to play in the NFL, and another opted instead to play Major League Baseball?
900. Doug Marsh (12/15/12) ... that tight end Doug Marsh was Michigan's leading receiver in 1979 and later played seven NFL seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals?
899. Dennis Franks (12/12/12) ... that Dennis Franks, an American football offensive lineman, participated in figure skating to develop his agility and leg strength?
898. Edward A. Dalton (12/8/12) ... that E. A. Dalton, the first paid coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team, had a coaching tenure that lasted for ten days in October 1892?
897. Herman G. Steiner (12/7/12) ... that Herman Steiner was the head coach at Duke University in football, baseball and track?
896. William Goodyear (12/6/12) ... that Billy Goodyear, the first football coach at Washington State, became a newspaper publisher, ran for Congress and died weeks after having his leg amputated?
895. Harold Drew (12/5/12) ... that Maine native Harold Drew coached the Alabama Crimson Tide football team to a 54–28–7 record and appearances in the Sugar, Orange and Cotton Bowls?
894. 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team (12/4/12) ... that the 1943 Michigan Wolverines football team lost its only game to Notre Dame in a game that matched teams ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the AP Poll?
893. Stuart Forbes (12/4/12) ... that Stuart Forbes, the first head coach of the Arizona Wildcats football team, was also the author of Trail Sketches: Word Pictures of the West?
892. Vincent Mroz (12/3/12) 23,000 ... that United States Secret Service agent Vincent Mroz shot an attempted presidential assassin in the "biggest gunfight in Secret Service history"?
891. William L. Allen (12/2/12) 1,675 ... that William Allen (pictured) played on the undefeated 1898 Michigan football team and led Washington State to an undefeated record as head football coach in 1900?
890. Orlo Epps (12/2/12) ... that Greensboro, North Carolina, architect Orlo Epps was also a professor of mathematics and physics and a socialist?
889. Harry Rockafeller (11/30/12) ... that Harry Rockafeller (pictured), who played for the Rutgers football team from 1912 to 1915, was still athletic director in 1961?
888. William V. B. Van Dyck (11/29/12) ... that William V. B. Van Dyck coached football at Rutgers, worked on a project to light the Strait of Magellan and participated in the first chess game played by "wireless"?
887. R. R. Brown (11/26/12) ... that Robert Roswell Brown (pictured) was a head football coach at six colleges, including Virginia Tech, North Carolina, Tulane, and New Mexico State?
886. Cal Young (11/26/12) ... that Cal Young, the first head coach of the Oregon Ducks football team, was born in a log cabin?
885. Albert Berg (11/24/12) ... that Albert Berg, the first Purdue football coach, was a deaf-mute whose coaching reportedly "consisted of excited sign language and some rather bizarre sounds from his throat"?
884. John Wosky (11/7/12) 380 ... that John Wosky designed a number of historic structures at Yosemite National Park, including Crane Flat Fire Lookout and the Generals' Highway Stone Bridges?
883. Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area (10/24/12) 2,950 ... that the Opa-Locka Thematic Resource Area includes 20 buildings developed by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss using an "Arabian Nights" theme?
882. The Rock Hotel (10/24/12) ... that John Lennon married Yoko Ono at The Rock Hotel?
881. Champion Bridge Co. (10/13/12) 1,100 ... that Champion Bridge Co. was charged with criminal antitrust violations in 1906 as part of the Ohio Attorney General's "war on the bridge trust"?
880. Joseph C. Wells (10/12/12) 600 ... that the works of Joseph C. Wells, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include "Old First" in Greenwich Village?
879. Louden Machinery Company (10/11/12) ... that Louden Machinery Co. designed more than 25,000 barns (catalog pictured) as well as monorail devices used in manufacturing the first atomic bomb and at a B-29 bomber plant?
878. Thompson–Starrett Co. (10/11/12) 4,000 ... that Thompson-Starrett Co. built six National Historic Landmarks in the U.S., including the Rockefeller Estate and the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1913 to 1930 (pictured)?
877. Punta Gorda Fish Co. (10/10/12) ... that ten Florida fish cabins and icehouses built by the Punta Gorda Fish Co. have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places?
876. Henry W. Cleaveland (10/9/12) 407 ... that the works of Henry W. Cleaveland, a founding member of the American Institute of Architects, include the original Palace Hotel, San Francisco?
875. C. Ferris White (8/6/12) 2,300 ... that C. Ferris White designed more than 1,100 buildings in the U.S. state of Washington (example pictured) and over 300 more in the company town of Potlatch, Idaho?
874. Norman Sas (7/30/12) ... that Norman Sas invented electric football?
873. Syque Caesar (7/30/12) 5,900 ... that a University of Michigan gymnast dubbed the "Golden Syque" won the first gold medal in international competition for Bangladesh and was chosen to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
872. Steve Boros (7/21/12) ... that Oakland Athletics manager Steve Boros was criticized for his pioneering use of an Apple II computer to guide his managerial decisions in 1983?
871. Patty Gasso (7/20/12) 1,000 ... that Patty Gasso has led the Oklahoma Sooners softball team to seven appearances in the Women's College World Series, including a national championship in 2000 and a second-place finish in 2012?
870. De Mores Packing Plant Ruins (7/12/12) 3,100 ... that a pretender to the French throne built the De Mores Packing Plant in the Dakota Territory in 1883?
868-869. Bruce Haynam, Bill Mogk (7/12/12) ... that Bruce Haynam and Bill Mogk were part of the "million dollar infield" on the 1953 Michigan Wolverines baseball team that won the College World Series?
867. Ed Carfrey (7/9/12) ... that Ed Carfrey, who played in Major League Baseball in 1890, was mistakenly omitted from baseball records until 2005?
865. Pete Appleton (7/8/12) ... that baseball pitcher Pete Appleton changed his surname from Jablonowski to embark on a musical career, which he never did?
864. Sam Mikulak (7/7/12) ... that University of Michigan gymnast Sam Mikulak won the 2011 NCAA all-around championship and will represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
863. Sporting Life (7/6/12) ... that the masthead of Sporting Life displayed the motto "Devoted To Base Ball, Trap Shooting and General Sports"?
862. Bill McAfee (7/6/12) ... that former Albany, Georgia, mayor Bill McAfee (pictured) participated in a 13-game baseball tour of Japan in 1929 before embarking on a five-year career in Major League Baseball?
861. List of athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League (7/4/12) ... that athletes who played in Major League Baseball and the National Football League include two Heisman Trophy winners and seven inductees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
860. Don Eaddy (7/4/12) ... that Don Eaddy (pictured) was an All-American baseball player, All-Big Ten basketball player, and halfback for the football team at the University of Michigan?
859. Wally Gilbert (7/3/12) ... that Wally Gilbert played baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, football in the NFL and professional basketball for Buffalo and Denver?
858. Bud Morse (7/2/12) ... that professional baseball player Bud Morse was honored for his heroism in disarming a gunman during a hospital shooting spree?
857. Henry Oxley (6/1/12) ... that Henry Oxley is one of only three people from Prince Edward Island to have played in Major League Baseball?
856. John Herrnstein (7/1/12) ... that John Herrnstein was the third generation of the Herrnstein family to play for the Michigan Wolverines football team?
855. Hal Elliott (6/30/12) ... that Hal Elliott led the National League in games played by a pitcher in 1930, appearing in 48 games for the last place Philadelphia Phillies?
854. Johnny Gee (6/28/12) ... that pitcher Johnny Gee, sometimes known as the "$75,000 Lemon", was the tallest person ever to play Major League Baseball until Randy Johnson debuted in 1988?
853. Bob Glenn (6/23/12) ... that Major League Baseball pitcher Bob Glenn later became a pioneer in highway and traffic engineering from the 1920s through the 1950s?
852. Jack Enzenroth (6/20/12) ... that Jack Enzenroth (pictured) in 1910 was the captain of the first baseball team to be coached by Branch Rickey?
851. Fred Blanding (6/18/12) ... that Fritz Blanding retired from baseball due to "excessive weight" and because he could have "a heap more fun" on his farm?
850. Duncan Curry (6/14/12) ... that Duncan Curry, sometimes called the "Father of Baseball", was the president of the first organized baseball team and helped draft the first written rules of the game in 1845?
849. Bert Sincock (6/12/12) 1,160 ... that Bert Sincock, born in a gold rush boomtown in 1887, was the first British Columbia native to play Major League Baseball?
848. John Hibbard (6/11/12) 1,100 ... that John Hibbard played three years of college baseball for the University of Michigan despite having previously played professional baseball for the Chicago White Stockings?
847. Lincoln MacMillan (6/10/12) ... that Lincoln MacMillan played on Michigan football teams that defeated Notre Dame in each of the first five games between the schools?
846. Fred Bonine (6/8/12) 1,557 ... that Fred Bonine set the world's record in the 110-yard dash in 1886, and later saw over a million patients in his medical office?
845. Frank Bliss (6/7/12) 1,600 ... that Frank Bliss, the first Michigan Wolverine to play Major League baseball, tucked his trousers into long boots for shin protection as a catcher in the early 1870s?
844. Weldy Walker (6/7/12) 10,348 ... that an 1888 letter written by Weldy Walker, the second African American in Major League Baseball, was called "perhaps the most passionate cry for justice ever voiced by a Negro athlete"?
843. Lorri Bauman (5/18/12) 1,200 ... that Lorri Bauman in 1984 became the first women's collegiate basketball player to score 3,000 points and still holds all-time NCAA records for field goals and free throws?
841-842. 1911 Michigan Wolverines football team (5/13/12) ... that a newspaper quipped that the 1911 Michigan football team, featuring "Bottles" and "Bubbles", could claim the world championship for having players injured?
840. Forrest M. Hall (4/26/12) 3,200 ... that Forrest Hall (pictured) played for Princeton's 1893 national championship football team, coached Auburn to a 94–0 victory over Georgia Tech in 1894, and set a shot put record at Michigan in 1895?
839. 1910 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/24/12) 3,700 ... that the undefeated 1910 Michigan football team featured three All-Americans in Albert Benbrook, Stanfield Wells and Joe Magidsohn (pictured)?
838. 1925 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/22/12) ... that the 1925 Michigan football team allowed only thee points all year and featured one of the sport's greatest passing combinations in "The Benny-to-Bennie Show"?
837. George Haggarty (4/22/12) 1,050 ... that George Haggarty was named Mr. Basketball of Michigan for 1921 and won the U.S. Seniors' Golf Association championship in 1966?
836. Frank Harrigan (4/21/12) ... that West Virginia native Frank Harrigan led Michigan to two Big Ten basketball championships and played for the Cook Painter Boys' 1929 national championship team?
835. Walter B. Rea (4/16/12) 2,565 ... that Walter Rea, the leading scorer for the 1919–20 Michigan Wolverines basketball team, later became the university's spokesman on "panty raids"?
834. 1917–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (4/12/12) ... that the 1917–18 team was the University of Michigan's first basketball team after an eight-year hiatus and the only winless conference season in the school's history?
833. Henry Hallowell Farquhar (4/11/12) ... that Henry Hallowell Farquhar, the leading scorer on the first Michigan Wolverines basketball team in 1909, became a professor at Harvard Business School?
832. 1907 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/10/12) ... that 1907 Michigan football team gave up an average of only one point per game and shut out Vanderbilt in front of the largest crowd to see a football game south of the Mason–Dixon Line?
831. 1908–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team (4/8/12) ... that the development of basketball as "almost a major sport" led the University of Michigan to form its first basketball team in 1909?
830. 1906 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/8/12) ... that John Garrels of the 1906 Michigan football team threw the school's first legal forward pass, won Olympic medals in the hurdles and shot put, and set a world record in the discus throw?
829. 1908 Michigan Wolverines football team (4/7/12) 1,500 ... that Fielding H. Yost opined that Germany Schulz (pictured) gave "the greatest one-man exhibition of courage I ever saw on a football field" for the 1908 Michigan football team? (4,200 views for Germany Schulz)
828. 1909 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/30/12)
2,100 ... that the 1909 Michigan football team won the first battle for the Little Brown Jug (pictured), the oldest rivalry trophy in American college football?
827. 1880 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/30/12) 1,900 ... that the 1880 Michigan football team played its only game in a foreign country and at a lacrosse club?
826. 1888 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/26/12) ... that during an 1888 visit to Ann Arbor, Michigan, Theodore Roosevelt quipped that it was "not healthy to get in the way of the U. of M. rugby team"?
825. 1879 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/21/12) ... that the 1879 Michigan football team defeated Racine College, 1–0, in the first intercollegiate football game in the school's history?
824. 1884 Michigan Wolverines football team (3/20/12) 3,600 ... that the 1884 Michigan football team's (pictured) first game was part of a "field day" that included heavyweight boxing, "catch-as-catch-can wrestling" and "chasing greased pig"?
823. 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team ... that the 1885 Michigan Wolverines football team played a game on roller skates against the Princess football team?
822. 1892 Michigan Wolverines football team ... that after George Jewett (pictured) played for the 1892 Michigan football team, it was 40 years before another African-American played for the Wolverines?
821. 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/28/12) 2,700 ... that after the 1933 Michigan Wolverines football team won the first game in what was to be an undefeated season, Gerald Ford wrote that the University of Michigan had "more drunks than ever"?
820. Russell D. Oliver (2/19/12) ... that Russ Oliver, dubbed the "second Red Grange" at age 16, was the fourth University of Michigan athlete to win nine varsity letters in three major sports?
819. Tony Dauksza (2/15/12) 3,200 ... that former American football player Tony Dauksza in 1971 became the first person to traverse the Northwest Passage in anything other than a ship, completing the journey by himself in a canoe?
818. 1923 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/13/12) ... that the 1923 Michigan football team's undefeated season was saved when Edliff Slaughter executed what Fielding Yost called "the greatest play in football I ever saw"?
817. 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/5/12) 2,500 ... that the 1913 Michigan Wolverines football team featured running by Jimmy Craig (pictured), a "Hawaiian yell," and snake dancing behind the Michigan band?
816. 1922 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/30/12) 3,200 ... that the undefeated 1922 Michigan football team held opponents to 1.8 points per game and shut out Vanderbilt and Ohio State at dedication games for their new stadia?
815. 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team (1/28/12) ... that the 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team won the national championship while holding opponents to 4.8 points per game and extending the team's winning streak to 23 games?
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