Harry Hawkins Harry Hawkins ( born July 11 , 1905 ) was an American athlete and engineer . He was a lineman for the University of Michigan football team from 1923 - 1925 where he was selected as a first - team All - Western player and a third - team All - American in 1925 . Fielding H . Yost called him the " greatest lineman of the year . " He was also the national champion in the hammer throw in 1926 . Hawkins later had a successful career as an engineer in the automotive industry . University of Michigan athlete . Football player . A native of Saginaw , Michigan , Hawkins attended Arthur Hill High School . He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1922 and played football for the Wolverines from 1923 - 1925 . In the three seasons that Hawkins played for the Wolverines , the team had a combined record of 21 - 3 and outscored opponents 532 to 69 . As a sophomore in 1923 , Hawkins was 6 feet tall , weighed 185 pounds , and started four games at right guard . In 1924 , he started two games at right guard and three at right tackle . As a senior in 1925 , Hawkins had bulked up to 198 pounds and became one of the best linemen in the sport . He played for a 1925 Michigan team that included College Football Hall of Fame end Bennie Oosterbaan and quarterback Benny Friedman . The 1925 team finished the season with a 7 - 1 record , allowing only three points to be scored by opponents during the entire season . In the one game that the Wolverines gave up three points , they scored only two and lost 3 - 2 against Northwestern . Because of injuries to others on Michigan ' s line , Hawkins played five games at right tackle , three at left tackle , and also some at guard . After the 1925 season , sports writer Grantland Rice said of Hawkins : " Hawkins has been playing some at tackle , but guard is his natural position , and there are few better . " Michigan Coach Fielding H . Yost called Hawkins the best lineman in the country : " He declared the 1925 team was the greatest team he had ever coached . He called Harry Hawkins of Saginaw the ' greatest lineman of the year ' and said he would be on all the all - American teams if he had played tackle all year . " He was named a first - team All - Western tackle by sports writer Billy Evans and the " Associated Press " . The University of Michigan recognizes Hawkins as one of its college football All - Americans , though the university does not indicate which source gave him the honor . He was selected as a third - team All - American by several selectors , including an Inter - Sectional Board of Football Coaches ( including Tad Jones , Knute Rockne and Glenn " Pop " Warner ) , " Chicago Tribune " football writer Walter Eckersall , and Herbert Reed . National champion hammer thrower . Hawkins also won varsity letter s in track in his junior and senior years . In April 1916 , Hawkins placed first in the weight triathlon ( consisting of the hammer throw , shot put and discus throw ) at the Kansas Relays carnival in Lawrence , Kansas . He was also the winner of the hammer throw even at the 1926 Penn relays and the 1926 Big Ten Conference outdoor track meet . At the Big Ten meet in May 1926 , Hawkins ' throw of 151 feet , 32 - 100 inches , was 14 feet farther than the second place thrower . Hawkins concluded his college careet by winning the hammer throw at the national collegiate track and field championship in Chicago with a throw of 148 feet , and one - quarter inch — eleven feet farther than the second place finisher . Organizations and student politics . While at Michigan , Hawkins was the president of the senior class and vice president of the junior class . He was also a member of Kappa Sigma , Michigauma , Triangles , and Tau Beta Pi . Later years . Hawkins graduated in 1926 with a degree in mechanical engineering and had a successful career in the automobile industry . In 1927 , he married Ruth A . Goodwin , and they had two sons , Cordy and Harry . He was honored by the University of Michigan in 1957 for his " outstanding achievements and contributions to the development of the field of engineering . "