1890 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1890 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1890 college football season
. The team compiled a 4–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 129 to 36. The team captain was William C. Malley
. George P. Codd
, who later served as the Mayor of Detroit and in U.S. Congress, was the team's manger. Fullback George Jewett
became the first African-American to play football at Michigan during the 1890 season. After Jewett, no other African-American played for Michigan until the 1930s. Eight years before Jewett's debut for the Michigan football team, Moses Fleetwood Walker
became the first African-American to letter for Michigan, doing so on the baseball team
.
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 1890 college football season
1890 college football season
The 1890 college football season had a clear-cut champion, with the Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book listing Harvard as national champions....
. The team compiled a 4–1 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 129 to 36. The team captain was William C. Malley
William C. Malley
William 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....
. George P. Codd
George P. Codd
George Pierre Codd was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Codd was born on December 7, 1869 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of George C. and Eunice Lawrence Codd...
, who later served as the Mayor of Detroit and in U.S. Congress, was the team's manger. Fullback George Jewett
George Jewett
George Henry Jewett II was an American athlete who became the first African American football player at both the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, and in the Big Ten Conference...
became the first African-American to play football at Michigan during the 1890 season. After Jewett, no other African-American played for Michigan until the 1930s. Eight years before Jewett's debut for the Michigan football team, Moses Fleetwood Walker
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Moses Fleetwood Walker [″Fleet″] was an American Major League Baseball player and author who is credited with being the first African American to play professional baseball.-Baseball career:...
became the first African-American to letter for Michigan, doing so on the baseball team
Michigan Wolverines baseball
The Michigan Wolverines baseball team represents the University of Michigan in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Michigan athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Big Ten Conference...
.
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Varsity letter winners
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- guard - David Trainer Jr., Thurlow, Pennsylvania - tackle
Others
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- Metcalfe Bradley Hatch
- John Raymond, McGurren, Chicago, IL
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- William W. Pearson, left tackle, Springfield, IL
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- Sam Sherman, Chicago, Illinois
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