History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years
Players

History of Michigan Wolverines football in the Kipke years

Section Title: Players
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Name	Start Year	Last Year	Position(s)	Notes

Howie Auer	1929	1931	Tackle	All-Big Ten, 1931; Played 1 year in the NFL for the Eagles

Chuck Bernard	1931	1933	Center	All-American 1932 and 1933; Played 1 year in the NFL for the Lions; Gerald R. Ford was his back-up

William F. Borgmann	1932	1934	Tackle, Guard	Played on back-to-back undefeated national championship teams

Alan Bovard	1926	1929	Center	All-Big 10, 1929; Later served as head football coach and athletic director at Michigan Tech2007

John Brennan	1936	1938	Guard	Voted "queen" of UM's 1939 ice festival; Played in the NFL for the Packers

Norm Daniels	1929	1931	End, Halfback	Later served as the head football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, and squash coach at Wesleyan University

Tony Dauksza	1933	1933	Quarterback	Became the first person to traverse the Northwest Passage in anything other than a ship on solo canoe expedition, 1966–1971

Leo Draveling	1928	1930	End, Tackle	Later played in the NFL for the Cincinnati Reds

Herman Everhardus	1931	1933	Halfback	First-team All-Big Ten, 1933; Second-team All-American, 1933

Douglas Farmer	1935	1937	Quarterback	Later attended Harvard Medical School and became a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine

Stanley Fay	1931	1933	Halfback, Quarterback	Backfield starter for consecutive undefeated national championship teams

Gerald Ford	1932	1934	Center	MVP 1934 Michigan football team; 38th President of the United States

Elmer Gedeon	1936	1938	End	Played baseball for the Washington Senators; one of two MLB players killed in action during World War II after being shot down while piloting a B-26 bomber in 1944

Ralph Heikkinen	1936	1938	Guard	All-American 1939; MVP of the 1937 and 1938 Michigan football teams; Played 1 year in the NFL for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Bill Hewitt	1929	1931	End, Fullback	MVP 1931 Michigan team; Played 9 years in the NFL for the Bears, Eagles and Steagles; Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971

Fred Janke	1936	1938	Tackle, Fullback	Later became the president and chairman of the board of Hancock Industries; also served as the mayor Jackson, Michigan, in the 1970s.

Ferris Jennings	1934	1936	Quarterback, Safety	Starting quarterback for the 1934 team

Archie Kodros	1937	1939	Center	Later served as head football coach at Whitman and Hawaii; assistant coach at Iowa for 14 years

John Kowalik	1931	1933	Guard	Played for the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1934

Omer LaJeunesse	1929	1931	Guard, Fullback	Head coach at Michigan Tech, 1957–1962

Maynard Morrison	1929	1931	Fullback, Center	First-team All-American in 1931

Harry Newman	1930	1932	Quarterback	Played for the NY Giants, 1933–1935; inducted into College Football Hall of Fame

Matt Patanelli	1934	1936	End	Selected MVP of Michigan's 1936 team; became the first Michigan football player to be selected in an NFL Draft; later served as assistant football coach at Western Michigan University (1944, 1948–1951) and the University of Michigan (1953–1958)

Ted Petoskey	1931	1933	End	All-American, 1932, 1933

Fred Ratterman	1932	1933	Quarterback	Later played professional football for the Cincinnati Reds for one game during the 1934 NFL season

John Regeczi	1932	1934	Fullback, Halfback	Later coached junior high school athletics for 36 years; inducted into the Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1991

Hercules Renda	1937	1939	Halfback	Later served as an assistant football coach at Michigan, 1940–1941; also a high school football and track coach in Pontiac, Michigan for many years; inducted into the Michigan High School Coaches Hall of Fame

William Renner	1931	1935	Quarterback	Captain of the 1935 team

Stark Ritchie	1935	1937	Halfback	Later became general counsel of the American Petroleum Institute

James Simrall	1928	1930	Quarterback, Halfback	MVP of the 1929 team and captain of the 1930 team who later attended Harvard Medical School

Estel Tessmer	1930	1933	Quarterback	Starting quarterback before Harry Newman took over; later became a teacher and basketball coach at Bay City Central High School

Fred Trosko	1937	1939	Halfback	Meyer Morton Award in 1937; head football coach at Eastern Michigan, 1952–64

Joseph Truskowski	1926	1929	End	Later football coach at Olivet College and head baseball coach at Iowa State and Wayne State

Arthur Valpey	1935	1937	End	Later served as head football coach at Harvard and Connecticut

Willis Ward	1932	1934	Three-time All-American in track and field; NCAA high jump champion; Second African-American to earn varsity letter in football at Michigan; Georgia Tech refused to play Michigan in 1934 if Ward played

Jack Wheeler	1928	1930	Halfback, Fullback, Quarterback	MVP 1930 Michigan team; Finished 2nd in voting for 1930 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as Big Ten MVP

Ivy Williamson	1930	1932	End	Captain of the undefeated national champion 1932 team; Later served as head football coach and athletic director at Wisconsin

Whitey Wistert	1931	1933	Tackle	All-American, 1933; Inducted into College Football Hall of Fame, 1967; MVP in the Big Ten in baseball, 1934; Played Major League Baseball for the Reds in 1937; His No.

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Gerald Ford played for Michigan from 1932 to 1934 and served as the 38th President of the United States.

final_sentence: Gerald Ford played for Michigan from 1932 to 1934 and served as the 38th President of the United States.