page_title: Chuck Ortmann
section_title: Other highlights
hierarchical_section_title: Chuck Ortmann / University of Michigan / Other highlights
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Chuck Ortmann running with football This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| español&#160;| français&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| 한국어&#160;| македонски&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| русский&#160;| українська&#160;| 中文（台灣）‎&#160;| +/− This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. Беларуская&#160;| Čeština&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| Español&#160;| Français&#160;| Italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| Македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| Português&#160;| Русский&#160;| Slovenščina&#160;| ไทย&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Charles H. Ortmann was an 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.
context_section_description: Other highlights of Ortmann's playing career at Michigan include:
  Passing for 146 yards (15 for 19) in a 14-6 win over California, including six passes for 80 yards in the fourth quarter to lead Michigan's comeback from a 6-0 deficit, at the 1951 Rose Bowl game;
  Rushing for 115 yards and passing for another 92 (207 total yards) in a 14-7 win over Minnesota in the 1949 Little Brown Jug game;
  Passing for a career-high 186 yards passing in the 1950 Little Brown Jug game; and
  Returning a kickoff 82 yards against Purdue in 1949.
  In his three years as a starter at Michigan, Ortmann had 2,078 yards passing (127 of 314) and 676 yards rushing (273 carries and six touchdowns). He was named an All-Big Ten halfback in 1950 and was also third-team All-American.
caption: Ortmann running with the ball, 1950
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