Bill Daley ( American football ) William Edward " Bullet " Daley ( born September 16 , 1919 ) was an All - American fullback who played for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1940 – 1942 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1943 . The Gophers were National Champions in his freshman and sophomore years . He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and was assigned to the V - 12 Navy College Training Program at the University of Michigan . He played football for the Wolverines in 1943 where he rushed for 817 yards in just six games before being reassigned by the Navy . Based on his performance in 1943 , he was named an All - American and finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting . Daley has the unique status of having played in and won Little Brown Jug games for both Minnesota and Michigan , compiling a record of 4 - 0 in those contests . After active service in the Pacific Theater during World War II , Daley played professional football for three years in the All - America Football Conference with the Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1946 ) , the Miami Seahawks ( 1946 ) , the Chicago Rockets ( 1947 ) , and the New York Yankees ( 1948 ) . He later was one of the radio announcer s for Minnesota Golden Gophers football for ten years and for the Minnesota Vikings when they first arrived in Minnesota . Since 1973 , he has owned and operated the Daley Illustration Gallery in downtown Minneapolis , Minnesota . Early years . Daley was born and raised in Melrose , Minnesota . After graduating from high school in St . Cloud , Minnesota , Daley moved to Chicago , Illinois to pursue a career as a boxer . Daley attended DePaul University in Chicago , where he met a track and field coach who persuaded him to pursue football . University of Minnesota . Daley enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he played football from 1940 - 1942 . He played on two National Championship teams at Minnesota in 1940 and 1941 , and the Gophers narrowly missed a third national championship in 1942 . The Gophers beat Michigan in the Little Brown Jug game all three years Daley played there . In 1940 , the Gophers beat Tom Harmon ' s Wolverines 7 - 6 . Harmon missed an extra point that cost Michigan the game . University of Michigan . After the 1942 season , Daley enlisted in the United States Navy . Because of his college background , Daley was selected to attend a midshipman academy at Columbia University in New York City . He was ordered to report to the University of Michigan because it had a V - 12 Navy College Training Program . He stayed in Ann Arbor for only six months while waiting for an opening in the program at Columbia . While in Ann Arbor , recruits were required to remain in good physical shape and were given two choices : either participate in Navy fitness classes or work out with the Michigan football team . Michigan ' s football coach Fritz Crisler took advantage of the opportunity and convinced Daley to play for his football team , as Daldy had one year of eligibility remaining . He played for Michigan in 1943 where he was the nation ' s fourth best groundgainer despite playing in only six games . Daley ' s speed and power helped the Wolverines tie Purdue for the Big Ten Conference title . Daley averaged 6 . 8 yards per carry and scored nine touchdown s . He carried the ball 120 times , rushed for 817 yards and added another 119 yards on six punt return s . In addition to his six touchdowns , he kicked three extra points , for a total of 57 points scored . His best game came on October 2 , 1943 at Evanston , Illinois , as Michigan beat Northwestern , 21 - 7 win . In that game , Daley gained 216 yards and scored two touchdowns in 26 carries . In his final college football game , he helped the Wolverines win back the Little Brown Jug that he had helped the Gophers secure from 1940 - 1942 . He holds the distinction of being the only player to win Little Brown Jug games playing for both Minnesota and Michigan . Asked at the time about having the opportunity to battle for the Little Brown Jug from the other side of the fence , Daley denied having qualms about playing his former teammates : " It will have to be just another game . I look at it just as though it were an intrasquad scrimmage . There won ' t be any qualms about how hard I hit my teammates or how hard they hit me . " He did note , though , that he wanted his last college football game to be memorable : " If this is going to be my last game , I ' d really like it to be one I can remember . " Daley later recalled the significance of the Little Brown Jug in the years he played : " We were always told to never lose this game . Winning the Little Brown Jug was very important to us . Fortunately I was able to go 4 - 0 in Little Brown Jug games while playing for both teams . " Daley recalled that it was strange playing against his former Gopher teammates in the 1943 Jug game : " It was strange as I was playing against my teammates and friends , but I think it was the idea of winning the Little Brown Jug that motivated me . We beat Minnesota 49 - 6 and the Jug came to Michigan . It was a wild story . " The Michigan victory snapped a nine - game losing streak to the Gophers . In addition to Daley , the 1943 Michigan team also benefited from the arrival of another wartime transfer , Pro Football Hall of Famer Elroy " Crazy Legs " Hirsch from Wisconsin . The press referred to Daley and Hirsch as " a pair of ' lend - lease ' satellites . " He was named an All - American by the Associated Press and Collier ' s / Grantland Rice , and he finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting . When Daley was named an All - American along with Otto Graham in the backfield , one reporter referred to Daley as " Minnesota ' s gift to Michigan by way of the Navy V - 12 class . " The article noted that Daley was a speedster who could run 100 yards in 10 seconds . He gained 817 yards in just six games before being moved elsewhere by the Navy . Though he never planned to play for Michigan , Daley looked back on the opportunity as a stroke of luck . " I was a lucky guy . I got to play for two great schools , but playing at Michigan was one of the greatest thrills I could have had . When I was at Michigan , I was the happiest guy in the world . " Asked what it means to have played an important part in the football traditions at both Minnesota and Michigan , Daley said : " It means a lot to me . Both programs have been so wonderful to me long after I played . I am a member of both Hall of Fames and that is very special . " Daley said his one disappointment about his college football career was that he never played on a team that beat Notre Dame . In 1943 , Michigan lost to Notre Dame , 35 - 12 . Despite 135 yards on 24 carries by Daley ( the most yards gained on Notre Dame by any back in 1943 ) , Michigan suffered its only loss to Notre Dame . Said Daley , " I wanted to beat them so bad , and I played one of the best games of my life , but it wasn ' t to be . " In 1983 , A Century of All Americans chose Daley as one of the All Time Football Fullbacks . In 2005 , Daley was selected as one of the 100 greatest Michigan football players of all time by the " Motown Sports Revival , " ranking 63rdt on the all - time team . Military service . After spending six months in Ann Arbor , Daley went on to Columbia University where he was a Regimental Commander for Columbia University ' s Naval unit . After graduating from midshipman school , Daley went to Florida for amphibious training . He was on his way to the Pacific Theater when the war ended in August 1945 . He remained overseas for a time , and played in an Army - Navy football game in Shanghai , China . Professional football . Daley was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers as the seventh overall selection of the 1943 NFL Draft , but he never played for the team . After the war , Daley signed a $ 30 , 000 contract to play professional football in the new All - America Football Conference . He played four seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers , the Miami Seahawks the Chicago Rockets , and New York Yankees . Daley recalled that football players " didn ' t get paid much during those days , but did it for the love of the game . " In comparing college and professional football in the 1940s , Daley noted : " I think most of us enjoyed the college days better . " Daley ' s best season in professional football was 1947 , when he played with Chicago . He played in 14 games for the Rockets and had 633 yards of total offense : 447 yards rushing ( including a 52 - yard run ) in 121 carries ; 116 yards receiving on 12 catches ; and 70 yards passing with three completions in six passes . Broadcasting career . Following a career in professional football , Daley returned to the University of Minnesota and got his degree in education . He spent ten years in the broadcast booth for the Minnesota Golden Gophers with Dick Enroth and Ray Christensen . He also did a few years of color analysis on radio broadcasts of the Minnesota Vikings when the franchise began in the early 1960s . Daley Illustration Gallery . Daley had always been passionate about art , but according to Daley , he " never had the talent to paint or draw at a high level . " He became an art collector . In the early 1970s , Daley and his wife , Melba , opened their first studio . In approximately 1974 , they then opened the Daly Illustration Art Gallery in the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis . Since 1974 , Daley has owned and operated Daley Illustration Gallery located in the Hyatt Regency Hotel , 1300 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis , Minnesota . The Daley Illustration Gallery has 500 original illustrations , making it one of the finest illustration painting collections in the world . In a 1993 interview , Daley said , " Some people just come in to talk football , but don ' t know much about painting . " Family . Daley married his wife , Melba , in 1972 . As of 2004 , they were living in Edina , Minnesota and still active in their art gallery in downtown Minneapolis .