page_title: 1921 Michigan Wolverines football team
section_title: Varsity letter winners
hierarchical_section_title: 1921 Michigan Wolverines football team / Players / Varsity letter winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Irwin Uteritz
context_page_description: The 1921 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1921 Big Ten Conference football season. In his 21st year as head coach, Fielding H. Yost led Michigan to a 5–1–1 record, as the Wolverines outscored their opponents with a combined score of 187 to 21. Michigan recorded shutouts in five of its seven games, allowing only 14 points in a loss to Ohio State and 7 points in a tie with Wisconsin. Over the course of five home games at the newly expanded Ferry Field, the Wolverines attracted crowds totaling 143,500 with receipts totaling $170,000.
  Injuries to multiple Michigan backfield starters, including quarterback Ted Bank, fullback Frank Steketee, and Eddie Usher and Harry Kipke, required repeated changes in the team's lineup, including the conversion of Franklin Cappon from a tackle to a halfback. Starting center Ernie Vick was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp, and end Paul G. Goebel was selected as a first-team All-American by sports writer Lawrence Perry. Left guard Robert J. Dunne served as the team's captain and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player.
context_section_description: For their contributions to the 1921 Michigan football team, the following 22 players received varsity letters:
  Ted Bank, Flint, Michigan – started four games at quarterback
  Franklin Cappon, Holland, Michigan – started four games at left tackle, two at right halfback, one at left halfback
  Louis B. Curran, Louisville, Kentucky – end
  Walter Clark Dean, Albion, Michigan – started one game at left end
  Robert J. Dunne, Chicago, Illinois – started five games at left guard; also team captain
  Paul G. Goebel, Grand Rapids, Michigan – started all seven games at right end
  James E. Johns, Lansing, Michigan – started three games at left tackle
  Harry Kipke, Lansing, Michigan – started three games at left halfback, two at right halfback
  Bernard Kirk, Ypsilanti, Michigan – started six games at left end
  Ray Knode, Baltimore, Maryland – quarterback
  Stanley Muirhead, Detroit, Michigan  – started all seven games at right tackle
  LeRoy E. Neisch, Detroit, Michigan – end
  Charles C. Petro, Elyria, Ohio – started one game at left guard
  Doug Roby, Holland, Michigan – started three games at fullback
  John G. Searle, Evanston, Illinois – halfback
  Frank Steketee, Grand Rapids, Michigan – started three games at fullback, one game at left halfback, one game at right halfback
  Donald Swan, Detroit, Michigan – guard
  Eddie Usher, Toledo, Ohio – started one game each at fullback, left halfback and right halfback
  Irwin Uteritz, Oak Park, Illinois – started three games at quarterback, one game at right halfback
  Bill Van Orden, Ann Arbor, Michigan – guard
  Ernie Vick, Toledo, Ohio – started all seven games at center
  Hugh E. Wilson, Grand Rapids, Michigan – started all seven games at right guard
caption: Quarterback Irwin Uteritz
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