Frederick W . Henninger Frederick William " Pa " Henninger ( February 2 , 1873 – May 30 , 1919 ) was an American businessman and football player and coach . He played football for the University of Michigan from 1893 to 1896 and was the captain of the 1895 team that outscored their opponents by a combined score of 266 to 14 . After receiving his degree , he was an assistant football coach at Michigan from 1897 to 1899 and 1902 . He worked as an engineer for the Detroit United Railway and later had a successful career as a manufacturer in Detroit , Michigan . Biography . Early years . Henninger was born in Cleveland , Ohio and educated in that city ' s public schools . He attended Ann Arbor High School for his college preparatory studies . Michigan . He enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played football from 1893 to 1896 . He was captain of the 1895 Michigan team that compiled an 8 – 1 record , won seven of their games by shutouts , and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 266 to 14 . The sole loss of the 1895 season was a 4 – 0 setback against the Harvard Crimson , then one of the three great football powers . Michigan finished the season with a 12 – 0 win over Western rival , Amos Alonzo Stagg ' s Chicago Maroons . A newspaper profile of Henninger in November 1895 said : " The University of Michigan team , captained by F . W . Henninger , is one of the strongest football elevens in the west . Henninger is a veteran of last year ' s eleven , is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds . He is an excellent field general , plays right guard and is said to be the strongest man on the team . " In his review of the 1895 season , Edwin Denby praised the team ' s four leaders , head coach William McCauley , trainer Keene Fitzpatrick , manager Charles A . Baird , and Henninger as the team captain , for their " excellent support " of the team : " They have all won the high regard of the entire university and the sincere liking of those who have come in personal contact with them . " Henninger was also a director of the University of Michigan athletic association for three years while he was a student . Henninger studied electrical engineering at Michigan and received his bachelor ' s degree in 1897 . After graduating , Henninger served as an assistant football coach at Michigan from 1897 to 1899 , including the 1898 Michigan team that won the school ' s first Western Conference championship . He also returned in 1902 as an assistant coach under Fielding H . Yost . In November 1902 , " The Michigan Alumnus " chose an All - Michigan Team consisting of the greatest football players ever to play for the Michigan Wolverines football team . Henninger was selected as the right tackle on the All - Michigan team . In selecting Henninger , the author wrote : " His method of charging into the line , either to break interference or to open up holes for the man with the ball was characteristic , and to his ability in the latter direction was due much of the success of his old team mate , Villa , a most persistent ground - gainer . For years ' Pa ' Henninger was a mainstay of the Michigan team , a familiar figure on every western gridiron , and a member of every All - Michigan team by the process of natural selection . " Henninger was also selected by the student magazine , " The Inlander " , for its all - time " All - Michigan Team " in November 1904 . Business career . After graduating from Michigan , Henninger worked for the Detroit United Railway for six years from 1897 to 1903 . He was in charge of the Motor Testing Department from 1897 to 1898 , was made chief draftsman in 1898 , and Superintendent of Car Inspectors from 1899 to 1903 . He retired from the railway in 1903 to go into business for himself . At the time of his retirement from the railway , the 45 motor inspectors of the Detroit United Railway gave " a trolley party " in his honor . The party rode the trolley to Birmingham , Michigan where " supper was partaken at the Colonial Hotel . " The inspectors presented Henninger with a solid diamond ring in a heavy gold setting with the Masonic emblem enameled on one side and the Elk ' s emblem on the other side . After leaving the Detroit Urban Railway , Henninger formed his own company which he called the Bellevue Manufacturing Company in 1903 with offices at 343 Bellevue Avenue in Detroit . He was also an inventor of a machine called a wire insulating machine . He also served as the treasurer and eventually president of the Sheet Steel Stamping Company , vice president of Riverbank Corporation and treasurer of Seminoe Mining Company . At the time of the 1910 United States Census , he was living in Detroit , and his occupation was listed as the manager of a machine factory . In July 1914 , Henninger applied for a U . S . passport . He indicated in the application that he was a resident of Detroit engaged in the occupation of a manufacturer . In September 1914 , he sailed from Liverpool , England to New York on the S . S . Celtic . In a Draft Registration Card completed in September 1918 , Heninger indicated that he was a self - employed mechanical engineer working and living at 34 Westminster in Detroit , Michigan . Family and death . In January 1912 , Henninger married Lorena Ketchum of Detroit . He was a Democrat , Protestant , Mason , Shriner and Elk . He enjoyed fishing , hunting and other outdoor sports . Henninger died in May 1919 at age 46 . He was buried at Detroit ' s Woodlawn Cemetery .