page_title: Ted Topor
section_title: University of Michigan
hierarchical_section_title: Ted Topor / University of Michigan
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Ted Topor (No. 27) carrying the football for the 1951 Michigan Wolverines football team
context_page_description: Teddy Peter Topor was an American football player who played quarterback and linebacker. He played college football for the University of Michigan and professional football for the Detroit Lions.
context_section_description: Topor enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played football for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1950 to 1952.  He played on the 1950 Michigan Wolverines football team that won the Big Ten Conference championship and defeated the University of California in the 1951 Rose Bowl.  A two-way player, Topor started seven games at quarterback and eight games as linebacker for the 1951 Wolverines.
  
  In 1951, Topor also "became the center of a faculty dispute over whether Michigan employed double scholastic standards for athletes and nonathletes."  Topor left the campus for a time, but he returned in 1952.  Head coach Bennie Oosterbaan reported that Topor had both improved his school work and "emerged as a man."  In September 1952, a feature story from the Associated Press reported that a fit and dedicated Topor had reinvigorated the Wolverines with a new spirit:
  "Not the least of the factors in Michigan's dark horse role in the 1952 football campaign is an improved team spirit. And Coach Benny Oosterbaan and his staff attribute much of this to Ted Topor, the 212-pound senior quarterback from East Chicago, Ind."
  Topor started all nine games at quarterback for the 1952 Wolverines and was selected as the team's Most Valuable Player.
caption: Topor (No. 27) with the football in 1951
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