Harold M. Watts (1925 – August 15, 1973) was an American

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player. He played at the

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position for the

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from 1943 to 1946. He was chosen as the Most Valuable Player on the 1945 Michigan Wolverines football team and received the award ''in absentia'' after being transferred off the Michigan campus by the

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and missing the final two games of the 1945 season. He was selected "by a wide margin" as the

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' first-team All-Big Ten player in 1945. He was also selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by the

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and was the only Michigan player selected for the all-conference teams by either the AP or UP. He played all 60 minutes in the Wolverines' 1945 loss to

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. Michigan line coach

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called Watts "pound for pound the ablest man I ever coached."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Watts, Harold 1925 births 1973 deaths American football centers Michigan Wolverines football players United States Navy personnel of World War II Sportspeople from Birmingham, Michigan Players of American football from Oakland County, Michigan Military personnel from Michigan