Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: oak park , michigan - position: halfback - death date: 14 february 1969 - college: university of michigan - honors: second-team all-american , 1909 first-team all-american , 1910 - birth date: 20 december 1888 - name: joe magidsohn - image: joe magidsohn.jpg - birth place: tukums , russia -lrb- now latvia -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joe magidsohn .
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joseph '' joe '' magidsohn -lrb- december 20 , 1888 -- february 14 , 1969 -rrb- was an american football player and official .he played halfback for the university of michigan wolverines in 1909 and 1910 and was selected as a second-team all-american by walter camp in 1909 and a first-team all-american in 1910 .he was the first jewish athlete to win a varsity '' m '' at the university of michigan and is the first athlete known to have refused to compete on the jewish high holy days .