1889 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1889 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1889 college football season
. The Wolverines played their home games at Ann Arbor Fairgrounds
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University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in the 1889 college football season
1889 college football season
The 1889 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Princeton as national champions....
. The Wolverines played their home games at Ann Arbor Fairgrounds
Ann Arbor Fairgrounds
Ann Arbor Fairgrounds was the first home field for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team. The Wolverines played their home games at the Fairgrounds from 1883 to 1892. The first intercollegiate football game played at the Fairgrounds was a May 12, 1883, game between Michigan and the...
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Schedule
Varsity letter winners
- Howard AbbottHoward AbbottHoward T. Abbott was an American football player, lawyer and judge. He played college football and was the starting quarterback for both the University of Minnesota in 1886 and the University of Michigan in 1889. He was also the captain of the first Minnesota Golden Gophers football team in 1886...
, Minneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis, MinnesotaMinneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
- quarterback - William D. Ball, Ann Arbor, Michigan - substitute
- Benjamin J. Boutwell, Hillsdale, Michigan - center
- James E. DuffyJames E. Duffy (American football)James Eugene Duffy was an American football player and lawyer. He played halfback for the University of Michigan football team for seven years from 1885 to 1891 and was captain of the 1888 team. In 1886, he set the world record by drop kicking a football 168 feet, 7½ inches...
, Ann Arbor, Michigan - left halfback - Stephen Clifton Glidden, Glanville, Illinois - right end
- George Malcolm Hull, Ypsilanti, Michigan - left guard
- Edgar Withrow McPherran, Marquette, MichiganMarquette, MichiganMarquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...
- right halfback - William C. MalleyWilliam C. MalleyWilliam Charles Malley was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1888 to 1890 and served as the had football coach to Wabash College in 1892....
, Chicago, Illinois - right tackle - Horace Prettyman, Bryan, Ohio - left tackle
- Horace Burton Strait, Jr., Shakopee, Minnesota - left end
- John R. Sutton, Hillsdale, Michigan - substitute at left tackle
- David W. Trainer, Jr., Thurlow, Pennsylvania - right guard
- James Van InwagenJames Van InwagenJames W. Van Inwagen, Jr. was an American businessman and a member of the Tiffany family. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1888 to 1891 and was captain of the 1891 Michigan Wolverines football team...
, Chicago, Illinois - fullback
Others
- Archibald Warren Diack
- Frank Burton Graves
- Harry Samuel Haines
- William W. Harless, Chicago, Illinois - rusher
- Metcalfe Bradley Hatch
- Harry Dwight Smith - quarterback
- Clark J. Sutherland, Oxford, Michigan
- Horace T. Van Deventer, Knoxville, TennesseeKnoxville, TennesseeFounded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
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