Stanley Muirhead Stanley Nelson Muirhead ( August 29 , 1902 – September 14 , 1942 ) was an American football player . He played at the tackle position for the University of Michigan from 1921 to 1923 , leading the Wolverines to consecutive undefeated seasons in 1922 and 1923 and a national championship in 1923 . He was selected as a second - team All - American in both 1922 and 1923 . Muirhead also played professional football in 1924 for the Dayton Triangles and Cleveland Bulldogs and was selected as a first - team All - NFL player . Biography . Muirhead was a native of Calumet in Michigan ' s Upper Peninsula but attended Northern High School in Detroit . He played tackle and guard for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1921 to 1923 . After the 1921 season , Detroit News sports editor H . G . Salsinger wrote : " Muirhead , of Michigan , playing his first college season , was one of the outstanding tackles in a year when the position produced a number of spectacular stars . Muirhead improved with each game , and his rapid development means that next season it will require a great tackle to keep him from being a first choice . " As a junior and senior , Muirhead helped lead Michigan to consecutive undefeated seasons and a national championship in 1923 . In 1923 , an NEA News Service profile on the stars of the Michigan football team noted : " Muirhead ' s tackling has been as good as the middle west section has seen in some time . Time and again he has beaten the ends down under punts and nailed the receiver in his tracks . On offense his work has likewise been of high class . " Muirhead played his final game in a Michigan uniform against the University of Minnesota in November 1923 , and a newspaper account described his performance in that game as follows : " In his last game against Minnesota , November 24 , Muirhead was everywhere . He made three - fourths of the tackles under punts , and was always on the ball . A check was made during the game of Muirheads ' s tackles . No less than twenty - two times did this stalwart tackle bring down his man . He was a veritable demon on the field . He could not be stopped . If there is a greater tackle in the country than Stan Muirhead of Michigan he has not yet been seen . " Muirhead also developed a reputation for his durability . He played in every conference game for Michigan from 1921 to 1923 , leading one sports columnist to write : Stanley Muirhead , former University of Michigan tackle , saw three seasons ' work on the Yost elevens , taking part in every conference game played during that stretch and was out of the lineup for only two minutes all told . Feats like these are rare . College football is too tough a game for a player to escape the injury bugaboo entirely . In 1922 , Muirhead was selected as a second - team All - American by sports writer Lawrence Perry . After the 1923 season , Muirhead was selected as a first - team All - Big Ten Conference player and a second - team All - American by " Athletic World " magazine , based on votes cast by 500 coaches , Lawrence Perry , and Central Press Association sports editor Norman E . Brown . After graduating from Michigan in 1924 , Muirhead played professional football for the Dayton Triangles and Cleveland Bulldogs in the fall of 1924 . He was also selected as a first - team All - NFL player in 1924 by " Collyers Eye " magazine .