Herb Graver Herbert Spencer Graver , Sr . ( August 29 , 1880 – August 6 , 1954 ) was an American football player and coach and businessman . He played at the end , halfback , fullback , and quarterback positions for Fielding H . Yost ' s renowned 1901 , 1902 and 1903 " Point - a - Minute " football teams . He scored five touchdowns against Ohio State in 1903 , which remains the single - game record for the most touchdowns scored by a player for either team in the history of the Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry . In 1904 , Graver was the head coach of the Marietta College football team . He worked for the Graver Tank Company from 1904 to 1954 . Biography . Early years . Graver was born in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania in 1880 . He was the son of William Graver ( 1842 – 1915 ) and Christina Graver , who moved in 1884 to Chicago . In 1888 , his father founded the Graver Tank Works in East Chicago , Indiana . The company was the first industry established in East Chicago , Indiana , and got its start manufacturing tanks for a Standard Oil Company refinery . The company was also a pioneer in the manufacture of large steel tanks for grain elevators , oil and gas storage . Graver was raised in Chicago , and attended Englewood High School , where he played two years of high school football and helped lead Englewood to a football championship in 1899 . At the time of the 1900 United States Census , Graver was living in Chicago with his parents , four brothers ( James , William , Philip and Alexander ) , and two servants . Michigan . He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1900 and played on Michigan ' s varsity football teams in 1901 , 1902 and 1903 . During Graver ' s three years as a varsity football player , the Michigan Wolverines did not lose a game , compiling a three - year record of 33 – 0 – 1 and outscoring opponents 1 , 759 to 18 . Graver was one of the lighter men on Michigan ' s football teams at 163 pounds , but it was said that he made up for his small size with aggressive playing . Coach Yost praised Graver for his open field play , identifying him as one of his dangerous men for opponents to let loose in the open field . On November 7 , 1903 , Graver scored five rushing touchdowns against Ohio State , tying him with Albert E . Herrnstein for the single - season record for most touchdowns scored by a player for either team in the history of the Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry . According to a newspaper account of the game , " Yost ' s ' point a minute machine ' " showed terrific speed in scoring 36 points in the first half , and " Graver ran Ohio ' s ends at will and in the open field it seemed impossible to tackle him . " Graver scored a total of 15 touchdowns for the 1903 season , one more than College Football Hall of Fame inductee Willie Heston . Graver also won favor with Yost for his versatility , playing at halfback , fullback , quarterback and end during the 1902 season . Injuries required Yost to fill holes at the fullback and quarterback positions , and Graver was the player he called on . In response to a newspaper inquiry as to how Graver was adapting to being moved to a new position , Yost replied , " How did he do ? That boy does well any place you put him . He is little , but I rather guess if I stuck him in at guard he would hustle any one in the country to keep him from doing things . " At the end of the 1902 season , Graver was selected as an All - Western substitute for positions behind the line . The " Chicago Tribune " in 1902 called Graver " the best man on defense " on the Michigan team . At the end of the 1903 season , he was selected by Walter Camp for " Collier ' s Weekly " as a halfback on his third All - American team . Graver was an engineering student at Michigan and was elected as president of the engineering department ' s Class of 1904 . He was also a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity at Michigan . He was also chosen to serve as a member of Michigan ' s Athletic Board of Control for the 1903 - 1904 academic year . Marietta College . Graver graduated from the University of Michigan in 1904 and began work for the Graver Tank Works in East Chicago , Indiana during the summer of 1904 . In the fall of 1904 , he was hired as the head football coach at Marietta College in Marietta , Ohio . Graver compiled a record of 4 – 3 – 1 in his one season as head football coach at Marietta . Later years . At the end of the football season , he returned to work at the Graver Tank Works . The company , founded by his father , was one of the largest manufacturers and erectors of steel tanks in the world . At the time of the 1910 United States Census , Graver was living with his parents in Chicago . His occupation was identified at the time as a civil engineer for a tank works . His father was listed as a tank builder at the tank works , and his younger brother , Alexander , was identified as a mechanical engineer for the tank works . In September 1910 , Graver married Anna Thorne . The " Suburbanite Economist " reported : " The wedding will be a home affair , and the young couple will leave immediately for a month ' s trip through northern Canada and to the northwest . Upon their return , they will be at home at 140 70th Street . " The company later became known as the Graver Tank and Manufacturing Company , and Herb Graver was its sales manager . In 1922 , Graver built an English manor style home at 10616 Longwood Drive in Chicago . The three - story brick structure had eleven rooms , four baths , two powder rooms , and covered and open terraces . The home was designed by John Todd Hetherington , is currently used as the headquarters of the Ridge Historical Society , and is listed in the " AIA Guide to Chicago " as one of the city ' s architecturally significant structures . At the time of the 1930 United States Census , Graver was living at the Longwood Drive home with his wife Anna , son Herbert , and a servant . In a draft registration card completed by Graver at the time of World War II , he indicated that he lived at 10428 South Seeley Avenue in Chicago and worked for the Graver Tank & Mfg . Co . , Inc . He was married to Anna T . Graver . Graver died in August 1954 at age 74 . He suffered a heart attack at the International Amphitheatre where he was watching wrestling matches . Graver was survived by his wife , Anna Thorne Graver , and a son , Herbert S . Graver , Jr .