1910 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1910 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1910 college football season
. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field
.
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 1910 college football season
1910 college football season
The 1910 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard and Pittsburgh as national champions...
. The team's head coach was Fielding H. Yost. The Wolverines played their home games at Ferry Field
Ferry Field
Ferry Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It opened in 1906 and was home to the Michigan Wolverines football team prior to the Michigan Stadium opening in 1927. It had a capacity of 46,000....
.
Schedule
Varsity letter winners
- Albert BenbrookAlbert BenbrookAlbert "Benny" Benbrook was an American football guard who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1908-1910. He was chosen by Walter Camp as an All-American in 1909 and 1910 and was the team’s captain in 1910...
, Chicago, IL - started 6 games at left guard - Thomas A. Bogle, Jr. Ann Arbor, MI - started 2 games at center, 1 game at right guard
- Stanley BorleskeStanley Borleske-External links:...
, Spokane, WashingtonSpokane, WashingtonSpokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
- started 3 games at left end - Wheaton Dudley Cole, Oberlin Hall, Ohio - started 2 games at right tackle, 1 game at center
- Frederick Conklin, Ann Arbor, MI - started 3 games at left tackle, 2 games at right guard
- Arthur B. Cornwell, Saginaw, MI - started 3 games at center
- William P. Edmunds, Youngstown, OhioYoungstown, OhioYoungstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Mahoning County; it also extends into Trumbull County. The municipality is situated on the Mahoning River, approximately southeast of Cleveland and northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
- started 3 games at left tackle, 2 games at left end, 1 game at right tackle - Donald W. Green, Saginaw, MI - started 3 games at right halfback
- George Lawton, Detroit, MI - started 1 game at right guard, 1 game at fullback
- Joe MagidsohnJoe MagidsohnJoseph "Joe" Magidsohn was an American football player and official. He played halfback for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1909 and 1910 and was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp in 1909 and a first-team All-American in 1910...
, Elkton, MichiganElkton, MichiganElkton is a village in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 863 at the 2000 census. The village is within Oliver Township, along the Pinnebog River....
- started 6 games at left halfback - Neil "Shorty" McMillanShorty McMillanNeil "Shorty" McMillan was an American football quarterback for the University of Michigan from 1910–1911.-Playing career:...
, Detroit, MI - started 6 games at quarterback - Victor R. Pattengill, Lansing, MI - started 3 games at right halfback
- Clement Patrick Quinn, Saginaw, MI - started 2 games at right guard
- George C. Thomson, Cadillac, MichiganCadillac, MichiganCadillac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 10,000. The city is situated at the junction of US 131, M-55 and M-115...
- started 4 games at fullback - Stanfield WellsStanfield WellsStanfield Wells was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1909-1911. He was the first in a long line of All-Americans to come out of Massillon Washington High School, and was one of the pioneers of the forward pass...
, Brewster, Michigan - started 3 games at right tackle, 3 games at right end
Reserves
- Louis Bleich, Buffalo, NY
- Fay G. Clark, San Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
- Raymon D. Cooper, Detroit, MI
- Wilbur Morrill Cunningham, Benton Harbor, MI
- Lewis E. Daniels, Cambridge, MA - started 1 game at left end
- Carroll B. Haff, Kansas City, MissouriKansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
- James E. Hancock, Indianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
- Adair Hotchkiss, Hotchkiss, ColoradoHotchkiss, ColoradoHotchkiss is a Statutory Town in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The population was 968 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hotchkiss is located at ....
- Ralph J. Hurlburt, Portland, OregonPortland, OregonPortland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
- Ernest C. Kanzler, Saginaw, MI
- Glenn R. Madison, Ann Arbor, MI
- John J. McDermott, Hubbardston, MichiganHubbardston, MichiganHubbardston is a village located in the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is on the boundary between Ionia County and Clinton County, and is partially in both. The village is mostly within North Plains Township in Ionia County and partially within Lebanon Township in Clinton County...
- Meyer MortonMeyer MortonMeyer Morton, born Myer Isakovitz was an American football player and official and lawyer from Chicago, Illinois.-Early years:Morton was born in November 1889 in Chicago. His birth name was Myer Isakovitz...
, Pine Grove, Michigan - Emery J. Munson, Mendota, IllinoisMendota, IllinoisMendota is a city located in north-central Illinois in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The city has 7,272 residents, and is the fifth largest city in LaSalle County, though recent estimates have shown that the population has decreased to 6,995 residents. It is part of the...
- John A. Neelands, Northville, MichiganNorthville, MichiganNorthville is a city located in and divided by Oakland and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Michigan and a suburb in Metro Detroit. The population was 5,970 at the 2010 census. The Oakland County portion is surrounded by the city of Novi. The Wayne County portion is surrounded by Northville...
- William Kirke Otis, Hovey Falls, Michigan
- Frank Picard, Saginaw, MI
- Charles E. Rickerhauser, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
- Robert Shaw, Ovid, MichiganOvid, MichiganOvid is a village in Clinton and Shiawassee counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. Nearly all of the village is located within Ovid Township in Clinton County. The population was 1,514 at the 2000 census.The village is on M-21, about east of St...
- Rufus G. Siple, Ann Arbor, MI
- Harold F. Stock, Hillsdale, MichiganHillsdale, MichiganHillsdale is a city in the state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,305. It is the county seat of Hillsdale County, and is run as a council-manager government....
- Rudolph D. Van Dyke, Lowell, MichiganLowell, MichiganLowell is a city in Kent County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 4,013. The city is in the northern portion of Lowell Township, but is politically independent...
- Edward J. Walsh, Denver, ColoradoDenver, ColoradoThe City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
- Herbert Gale Watkins, Bay City, MichiganBay City, MichiganBay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North...
- Henry L. Wenner, Tiffin, OhioTiffin, OhioTiffin is a city in and the county seat of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,135 at the 2000 census. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Tiffin as a Tree City USA....
- started 1 game at fullback - Charles E. Wyman, Nunica, Michigan
Awards and honors
- Captain: Albert Benbrook
- All-American1910 College Football All-America TeamThe 1910 College Football All-America team is composed of various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams were Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp, Leslie's Weekly, and the New York Evening Telegram.-Complaints of Eastern...
s: Albert BenbrookAlbert BenbrookAlbert "Benny" Benbrook was an American football guard who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1908-1910. He was chosen by Walter Camp as an All-American in 1909 and 1910 and was the team’s captain in 1910...
, Stanfield WellsStanfield WellsStanfield Wells was an All-American football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1909-1911. He was the first in a long line of All-Americans to come out of Massillon Washington High School, and was one of the pioneers of the forward pass...
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Fielding H. Yost
- Assistant coaches: Dave AllerdiceDave AllerdiceDavid Way Allerdice was an American football player and coach in the United States. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1907 to 1909 and coached football at Butler University and the University of Texas at Austin .-Early life and playing career:Allerdice was born in...
, Prentiss Douglass, Germany SchulzGermany SchulzAdolph George "Germany" Schulz was an All-American American football center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1904 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1908. While playing at Michigan, Schulz is credited with having invented the spiral snap and with developing the practice of standing behind the... - Trainer: Alvin KraenzleinAlvin KraenzleinAlvin Christian Kraenzlein was an American athlete. He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games...
- Manager: Charles G. Spice
External links
- 1910 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
- Michigan Alumnus, 1910-1911 - includes accounts of each game
- 1911 Michiganensian - University of Michigan yearbook for the 1910-1911 academic year