Don Dufek , Sr . Don Dufek , Sr . is a former American football player and athletic director at Grand Valley State University and Kent State University . He is the father of All - American football players Don , and Bill as well as Joe who all played in the National Football League . University of Michigan football player . A native of Evanston , Illinois , Dufek was a fullback for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1948 - 1950 . He won the Meyer Morton Award in 1949 ( given to the player who shows the greatest development and most promise as a result of the annual spring practice ) and was chosen as Michigan ' s Most Valuable Player and All Big Ten in 1950 . In 1950 , the Wolverines won the Big Ten Conference championship and beat Ohio State 9 - 3 in the famed Snow Bowl on November 25 , 1950 . The Snow Bowl was played in Columbus in a blizzard , at 10 degrees above zero , on an icy field , and with wind gusting over 30 miles per hour . U - M did not get a first down or complete a pass in the blizzard and rushed for only 27 yards , but won 9 - 7 on a touchdown and a safety , both off of blocked punts . Dufek recalled : " It was very cold . We kept our hands under our armpits in the huddle . Our center ( Carl Kreager ) didn ' t wear any gloves . You couldn ' t get up a head of steam for anything . It was bad news , period . " The 1950 Wolverines then advanced to the Rose Bowl where they beat the previously undefeated University of California Bears ( 9 - 0 - 1 ) by a score of 14 - 6 . Michigan was held scoreless and trailed 6 - 0 after three quarters , but Dufek took over in the fourth quarter . Dufek ran for 113 yards in the game and scored two touchdowns in the final six minutes of the game . Dufek was named MVP of the 1951 Rose Bowl game and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the 17th round of the 1951 NFL Draft . Athletic director at Grand Valley State and Kent State . In 1972 , Don Canham recommended Dufek for the position of athletic director at Grand Valley State University . Dufek served as Grand Valley State ' s second athletic director from 1972 - 1976 . Dufek helped turn Grand Valley into a sports power . Grand Valley coach Jim Scott noted : " Don helped to start some of the football stadium project here and was the one who hired Jim Harkema as our head football coach , which was a pick that really got Laker football off and running . " Dufek recalled that Grand Valley had gone 0 - 13 in 1971 and 1972 . " When I got there , they had never won a football game , which is hard to believe given the great success of football up there now . . . . I hired Jim ( Harkema ) away from Triton College outside Chicago , and the program started to head in the right direction . " In June 1976 , Dufek was named athletic director at Kent State University . Dufek held the A . D . position at Kent State until he resigned in April 1980 . Honors and family . Dufek served as the director of the University of Michigan Alumni Association in the early 1970s . In 2006 , he was inducted in the University of Michigan Hall of Honor . Two of Dufek ' s sons were All - American football players for the Michigan Wolverines : Bill and Don Dufek , Jr . - who was one of the original members of the Seattle Seahawks . Another son , Joe , played quarterback at Yale and with the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers . Joe ' s son , Mike , who was an All - Big Ten performer played his senior season for the Michigan Wolverines baseball team in 2010 .