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phillip bartelme cropped from 1909 michigan football team photograph 3 may 1954 carmel , california chicago , illinois united states 16 august 1876 second athletic director at university of michigan , 1909-1921 philip bartelme.jpg philip bartelme
 philip bartelme athletic director university of michigan
philip bartelme

philip george bartelme -lrb- august 16 , 1876 -- may 3 , 1954 -rrb- , also known as p.g. bartelme and sometimes spelled `` barthelme '' , was the second athletic director of the university of michigan , holding the position from 1909-1921 .
bartelme is credited with bringing the sports of basketball , hockey and swimming to varsity status at michigan and with leading michigan back into the big ten conference after its withdrawal in 1907 .
the only athletic directors to serve a longer tenure at michigan are fielding h. yost -lrb- 1921-1940 -rrb- , fritz crisler -lrb- 1941-1968 -rrb- , and don canham -lrb- 1968-1988 -rrb- .
after leaving michigan in 1921 , bartelme spent the rest of his career in the world of professional baseball , serving as the president of the syracuse stars -lrb- 1922-1925 -rrb- , the head of the st. louis cardinals ' farm system in the 1930s , president of the sacramento solons -lrb- 1936-1944 -rrb- , and a scout for the brooklyn dodgers .
bartelme 's baseball career was closely tied to that of branch rickey , who bartelme had hired as michigan 's baseball coach in 1910 .
