Stan Noskin Stanton Charles " Stan " Noskin ( born 1938 ) is a former American football player . He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1957 to 1959 . He was the starting quarterback for the 1959 Michigan Wolverines football team . He later became a dentist in Skokie , Illinois . Early years . A native of Chicago , Illinois , Noskin was the son of Dr . Joseph M . Noskin , a Chicago dentist , and Ruth Noskin ( née Hendler ) . He attended Evanston Township High School . As a senior , he completed 38 of 58 passes in seven Suburban League games and led Evanston to the league football championship in 1955 . He was also selected as an Illinois All - State quarterback in 1955 . University of Michigan . Noskin enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1956 . He was the third Jewish quarterback to start for the Michigan Wolverines football team , following Benny Friedman and Harry Newman . 1957 season . Prior to the start of the 1957 season , " Associated Press " sports editor Jerry Liska visited Michigan ' s training camp . After seeing Noskin throw the ball , Liska wrote that , though Jim Van Pelt returned as a seasoned quarterback , " the real threat at this position could be soph Stan Noskin from Chicago . " Michigan head coach Bennie Oosterbaan rated Noskin as " Michigan ' s best tosser since Chuck Ortmann , " the Big Ten Conference passing champion in 1948 . The more experienced Van Pelt was named the starting quarterback for the 1957 Michigan team , but Noskin played in all nine games for the team . In the second game of the 1957 season , Noskin led Michigan to a 26 – 0 victory over Georgia . He scored two rushing touchdowns against the Bulldogs and completed five of nine passes for 80 yards , including a 35 - yard pass to Dave Bowers . At the end of October 1957 , Noskin threw a 37 - yard touchdown pass to Bowers in a 24 – 7 win over Minnesota . In November 1957 , Detroit sports writer Jerry Green credited Noskin with turning Van Pelt into a " topnotch quarterback . " Green wrote : " Noskin was just another varsity candidate in the spring . But the threat of the daring sophomore taking his job away spurred Van Pelt into doing things he never considered before . Most of all , Noskin ' s passing ability made Van Pelt into a better passer . " 1958 season . As a junior , Noskin was a backup to Bob Ptacek , the Most Valuable Player on the 1958 team . Despite Ptacek ' s strong play , Noskin played in seven of nine games for the 1958 team . In the season opener , Noskin completed five of eight passes for 69 yards in 20 – 19 win over USC . Two weeks later , he completed five of eight passes for 78 yards against Navy . 1959 season . As a senior , Noskin was the starting quarterback in all nine games for the 1959 Michigan Wolverines football team . Under first - year head coach Bump Elliott , the team finished with a disappointing record of 4 – 5 . In the 1959 season opener against Missouri , Noskin completed 7 of 15 passes for 119 yards , including a 44 - yard touchdown pass to Bennie McRae . He also threw three interception s , as the Wolverines lost to Missouri , 20 – 15 . After a 1 – 3 start to the season , Noskin led the Michigan team to a 3 – 2 record in the final five games , starting with a 14 – 7 upset victory over Minnesota . Noskin completed five of nine passes and , according to the " Associated Press " , " ran the squad brilliantly in leading Michigan to its first Big Ten victory of the year . " On October 31 , 1959 , Noskin set a Michigan record by throwing five interceptions in a 19 – 10 loss to Wisconsin . Playing on defense , Noskin also intercepted a pass thrown by Wisconsin quarterback Dale Hackbart pass on the Michigan 26 - yard line . Two plays later , Noskin threw an interception that was caught by Wisconsin center Bob Nelson at the 30 - yard line . Wisconsin scored its final touchdown six plays later on a run by Wisconsin fullback , Tom Wiesner . Michigan quarterbacks gave up a total of six interceptions in the Wisconsin game , as backup Paul Palmer also gave up an interception . Noskin ' s single - game school interception record stood until 1987 , when Demetrius Brown threw seven interceptions against Michigan State . One week after the loss to Wisconsin , Noskin rebounded by leading Michigan to a 20 – 15 win over Illinois . He completed seven of ten passes for 79 yards , including a touchdown pass to 1959 Michigan MVP Tony Rio . After the Wisconsin game , the Michigan coaches encouraged Noskin to run more , noting that the opposition never worried about Noskin ' s running and could concentrate on his passes . He had run for 23 yards in the first six games of the season and ran for 22 yards against Illinois . After Noskin ' s rebound against Illinois , the " Associated Press " wrote : " How Stan Noskin goes , so goes Michigan football – or at least that ' s been the pattern in the last three games . " Against Indiana , Noskin set career highs in attempts and completions with a 14 - for - 24 passing performance . He threw a 25 - yard touchdown pass to John Halstead in the game . He also threw three interceptions , and backup John Stamos added a fourth , as Michigan lost the game , 26 – 7 . In his final game for Michigan , Noskin led the Wolverines to a 23 – 14 victory over Ohio State . He completed seven of ten passes for 88 yards . The loss gave Woody Hayes his first losing season ( 3 – 5 – 1 ) at Ohio State . Noskin threw a touchdown pass to Tony Rio , ran for another and set up the third with key third - down pass conversions . In its game coverage , the " Associated Press " wrote : " The 56th meeting between the Big Ten teams turned into a personal tug of war between Michigan ' s Stan Noskin and Ohio ' s Roger Detrick . Noskin , who has made the trip from hero to bum and back again many times , wound up his spotty career with a flawless direction of the spirited Michigan team . Time after time he came through with clutch passes on third down . Noskin passed for Michigan ' s first score , ran for the second and set up the third with a pair of daring third - down passes . " In a December 1959 speech to the Michigan Club of Chicago , head coach Bump Elliott mentioned Noskin as one of the best players on the 1959 team along with Tony Rio , Darrell Harper and Fred Julian , but noted that the strength of the team was its reliance upon the squad as a whole rather than upon individual stars . Career statistics . In three years at Michigan , Noskin completed 98 of 196 passes for 1 , 245 yards , and seven touchdowns . At the conclusion of his career , Noskin ' s 1 , 245 passing yards ranked second in University of Michigan history behind Chuck Ortmann . He also held Michigan ' s career record with 21 interceptions ; his record was broken by Rick Leach who threw 35 interceptions between 1975 and 1978 . Career as a dentist . After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1960 , Noskin attended the Loyola University School of Dentistry in Chicago . He subsequently practiced as a dentist in Skokie , Illinois with his father and brother , Gerald Noskin . He is a member of the American Dental Society , the Illinois Dental Society , the Chicago Dental Society , and the Alpha Omega Fraternity , a professional Jewish dental fraternity . Family . Noskin became engaged to Sharon Ruth Novak in March 1962 . Noskin and his wife , Sharon , have two children and two granddaughters .