death_date death_place nfldraftedyear birth_place nfldraftedpick awards article_title position nfldraftedteam nfldraftedround birth_date image college name imagewidth
24 may 2012 dana point , california 1943 chicago , illinois 19 first-team all-american blocking team all-big ten quarterback , 1942 captain of 1942 george ceithaml
 quarterback brooklyn dodgers 3 10 february 1921 george ceithaml.jpg michigan george frank ceithaml 240
george ceithaml

george frank ceithaml -lrb- ; february 10 , 1921 -- may 24 , 2012 -rrb- was an american football quarterback and coach .
he was the starting quarterback for fritz crisler 's university of michigan football teams in 1941 and 1942 .
crisler later called ceithaml `` the smartest player he ever taught . ''
ceithaml was selected as the quarterback on the 1942 all-big ten conference team , the captain of the 1942 all-american blocking team , and was the 19th player selected in the 1943 nfl draft .
he later served as an assistant football coach at michigan and the university of southern california .
