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photograph yearbook of sterry from the 1903 university of michigan michigan 3 february 1971 los angeles emporia , kansas halfback , end 1900 & ndash ; 1902 football 8 july 1878 norman sterry -lrb- 1903 -rrb- . png norman sterry
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norman sterry

norman sedgwick sterry -lrb- july 8 , 1878 -- february 3 , 1971 -rrb- was an american lawyer and football player .
he represented movie stars and prominent persons as a lawyer in los angeles and successfully represented major league baseball in the case that resulted in the united states supreme court 's exemption of baseball from the antitrust laws .
as a law student at the university of michigan , sterry played at the halfback and end positions on the michigan wolverines football teams from 1900 to 1902 .
