death_date death_place birth_place article_title position honors birth_date image college imagewidth
8 september 1982 lexington , kentucky lexington , kentucky james simrall
 halfback , quarterback michigan wolverines most valuable player , 1929 16 november 1909 james simrall.jpg michigan 185px
james simrall

james orlando harrison simrall , jr. -lrb- november 16 , 1909 -- september 8 , 1982 -rrb- was an american football player and medical doctor .
a native of lexington , kentucky , simrall enrolled at the university of michigan where he played quarterback and halfback for the michigan wolverines football teams from 1928 to 1930 .
he was selected as the most valuable player on the 1929 team and the captain of the 1930 team .
he later attended harvard medical school , served as an instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at the university of michigan , and later became a medical doctor in lexington , kentucky .
