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Meyer Morton
Meyer Morton, born Myer Isakovitz (November 20, 1889 – February 8, 1948) 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. His parents, Martin "Max" Morton and Elizabeth "Bessie" (Schreier) Morton, were Russian Jews, his parents immigrating between 1879 and 1882. They became naturalized U.S. citizens in 1890.Census entry for Max Morton (age 60, born Russia, immigrated to US in 1879, employed as manager at a ladies' clothing store), Bessie Morton (age 50, born Russia, immigrated to US in 1880), Myer Morton (age 30, born Illinois, employed as an attorney in private practice), and Bella Morton (age 22, born Illinois). Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census atabase on-line Year: 1920;Census Place: Chicago Ward 7, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_315; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 396; Image: 393. At the time of the 1900 United States census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Denson
Damon Michael Denson (born February 8, 1975) is an American former professional football player. He played college football as a defensive tackle and offensive guard for the University of Michigan from 1993 to 1996. He played as an offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots from 1997 to 1999. Early years Denson was born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, in 1975. A few years after his birth, his parents moved from Aliquippa to Baldwin, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. He attended Baldwin High School where he played for the legendary WPIAL Hall of Fame coach Don Yannessa. Denson became only the second player in Baldwin High School history to start on the varsity football team as a true freshman. While playing in the highly competitive WPIAL, Denson had to face the likes of future Pro Football Hall of Fame player Jason Taylor and future Super Bowl Champion Mike Logan who would eventually become his 1997 Draft classmates. In his junio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Hobson
Victor Brian Hobson (born February 3, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines. Hobson was selected in the second round of the 2003 NFL draft by the New York Jets, for whom he played from 2003 to 2007. He also played in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and Arizona Cardinals. After his football career, he became an executive producer for Global Entertainment. Early life Hobson was born in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, where he grew up for most of his life. He commuted from New Jersey to Philadelphia for his high school football High school football, also known as prep football, is gridiron football played by High school (North America), high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular high school sports, interscholastic sports in both c ... career at St. Joseph's Preparatory. His coach saw that Hobson had large ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Greer
Curtis Greer (born November 10, 1957) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1980 to 1987. He was a top pass-rusher in the early 1980s before his career was curtailed by knee problems, missing an entire year in 1986. He played college football as a defensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines from 1976 to 1979 and was selected by the Cardinals in the first round (sixth overall pick) of the 1980 NFL draft. Early life Greer was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1957. He played high school football at Detroit's Cass Technical High School, graduating in 1975. University of Michigan Greer enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1975 and played college football as a defensive tackle for Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1976 to 1979. He had been planning to attend Michigan State University, but decided to follow several of his high school teammates to the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Ptacek
Robert J. Ptacek, Jr. (born April 23, 1937) is a former professional American and Canadian football player. He played college football at the halfback and quarterback positions for the University of Michigan from 1956 to 1958. He later played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns in 1959 and in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1960 to 1965. He was a CFL All-Star in 1964 as a defensive back and an All-Western Conference linebacker in 1961. Early years Ptacek was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1937. He attended Holy Name High School in Cleveland. University of Michigan Ptacek enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1955 and played for head coach Bennie Oosterbaan's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1956 to 1958. As a sophomore, Ptacek started two games at the left halfback position for the 1956 Michigan Wolverines football team. He completed 15 of 23 passes for 245 yards, two interce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Everhardus
Herman "Flying Dutchman" Everhardus (September 11, 1912 – July 1980) was an American football player who played halfback for the University of Michigan teams from 1931 to 1933. He was an All-Big Ten halfback who led the conference in scoring in 1933. In his junior and senior seasons at Michigan, he led the team to two consecutive undefeated seasons and national championships. While playing football at Michigan, Everhardus was a teammate and fraternity brother of future U.S. President Gerald Ford. Biography Everhardus was a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he attended Kalamazoo Central High School. He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1930 and was a three-year starter at halfback for the Wolverines' football teams. He became known as the "Flying Dutchman" while playing for Michigan. During his junior and senior years, the Wolverines football teams won back-to-back national championships with a two-year record of 15–0–1, outscoring opponents by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Van Pelt
James Sutton Van Pelt (November 11, 1935 – July 2, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1955 to 1957. Playing in the CFL in 1958 and 1959, he led the Blue Bombers to consecutive Grey Cup championships and set league records with seven touchdown passes in a game, a 107-yard touchdown pass, and 22 points scored in the 1958 Grey Cup championship game. His professional football career ended in 1960 when he was drafted into the United States Air Force for a three-year term of service. He died on July 2, 2022, at the age of 86. Early life Van Pelt was born on November 11, 1935, in Chicago, the son of Jean (Barkdull) and James Sutton Van Pelt. He attended Evanston Township High School. He was Evanston's starting quarterback in his junior and senior years (1952 and 1953), and was inducted into the Evanston Township High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estel Tessmer
Estel S. "Zit" Tessmer (February 25, 1910 – June 5, 1972) was an American football and basketball player. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tessmer attended the University of Michigan where he played for the football and basketball teams. He played as a quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1929 to 1931 and 1933. He won the Chicago Alumni Trophy as a freshman in football. He started three games at the quarterback position in 1930 and three more in 1931, but his playing time at quarterback was limited because the 1930 and 1931 Wolverines included College Football Hall of Fame quarterback Harry Newman. After losing the starting quarterback job to Newman, Tessmer also played some games at the right halfback position. Tessmer also played three years as a guard for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team from 1931 to 1934. He later became a teacher and basketball coach at Bay City Central High School. He also threw two no-hit games as a baseball p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Backus
Jeffrey Carl Backus (born September 21, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Michigan. He was selected with the 18th pick in the first round of the 2001 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions and played his entire 12-year career for the team. Early life Backus attended Norcross High School and was a standout in football and baseball. He spent his freshman year at Marist School in Dunwoody before returning to Norcross, where he played his middle school years. In football, as a senior, he was a ''USA Today'' All-America selection, and was chosen by the Gwinnett Touchdown Club as the Gwinnett Touchdown Club's Lineman of the Year. Professional career In July 2001, Backus signed a $7 million 5-year contract with the Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anderson (American Football)
Roger John Anderson (born February 14, 1956) is an American former professional football player. He was a linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons from 1978 to 1989. Anderson is a native of Waukesha, Wisconsin. He was selected as the Packers' most valuable defensive player for three consecutive years. At the end of his career with the Packers, he was the team's all-time leader in tackles and was tied with Ray Nitschke for the Packers' career record in interceptions by a linebacker. Anderson was named a second-team player on the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1996. Anderson also played college football as a linebacker and defensive end for the Michigan Wolverines from 1974 to 1977. He was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player in 1976 and a first-team All-American in 1977. In 2009, he became the linebackers coach at Carroll University. Early life And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Branoff
Anthonios "Tony" Branoff (January 1, 1934 – December 20, 2012) was an American football player. He played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan from 1952 to 1955. He was chosen as the Most Valuable Player on the 1953 Michigan Wolverines football team. He was the first sophomore to win the award. He also led the Wolverines in rushing in both 1953 and 1955. Early years in Flint Branoff grew up in Flint, Michigan, and played football for Flint Central High School in 1950 and 1951. He scored two touchdowns, including a 75-yard punt return against Kalamazoo Central High School as a senior. He was selected by the Associated Press to its All-Michigan football team in 1951. He tore cartilage in his left knee against Saginaw Arthur Hill during his senior year in high school, an injury that would affect Branoff throughout his football career. He was always outstanding in the Flint Northern Thanksgiving games. University of Michigan 1952 season Branoff enrolled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Streets
Tai Lamar Streets (born April 20, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected with the second pick of the sixth round of the 1999 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers. He also played for the Detroit Lions in 2004. He was the leading receiver for the national champion 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team. In high school, he was an All-American in football and as a senior led his team to a 9–0 regular season before losing in the playoffs. In basketball, he was an All-State selection by numerous publications and led his team past Kevin Garnett's high school team to reach the finals of the state championship playoff tournament. Despite losing in the finals, he was the highest votegetter on the All-tournament team. In track, he was a state long jump champion as a junior and runner-up as a senior when he also helped his school's 4 x 400 metres relay team finish third in the state. In 1995, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
