1938 Michigan Wolverines football team
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The 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan
in the 1938 college football season
. The team's head coach was Fritz Crisler
. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium
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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 1938 college football season
1938 college football season
The 1938 college football season ended with the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University being named the nation’s #1 team by 55 of the 77 electors in the Associated Press writers' poll. The AP poll was in its second year, and seven votes were taken during the final weeks of the 1937 season,...
. The team's head coach was Fritz Crisler
Fritz Crisler
Herbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was an American football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while serving as head coach at the University of...
. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Before playing football at the stadium, the Wolverines played on Ferry Field...
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Schedule
Starters
- John BrennanJohn Brennan (American football)John Carter "Jack" Brennan was an American football player. He played at the guard position for the University of Michigan from 1936 to 1938 and for the Green Bay Packers in 1939.-Early years:...
- 6 games at left guard, 2 games at right guard - Forest EvashevskiForest EvashevskiForest "Evy" Evashevski was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942...
- 6 games at quarterback - Ed FrutigEd FrutigEdward C. Frutig was an American football end who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1938-1940. He was selected as a first-team All-American in 1940 by William Randolph Hearst's International News Service. A teammate of Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon for three years at...
- 1 game at right end - Tom HarmonTom HarmonThomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors...
- 7 games at right halfback - Ralph HeikkinenRalph HeikkinenRalph Isaac “Hike” Heikkinen was an All-American guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1936-1938. He was a consensus All-American in 1938, the first player from the Gogebic Range area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to win the honor...
- 6 games at right guard, 2 games at left guard - R. Wallace Hook, Jr. - 1 game at fullback
- Fred JankeFred JankeFred C. Janke was an American football player, business executive and politician. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1936 to 1938 and was the captain of the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team under first-year head coach Fritz Crisler. He later became the president and...
- 6 games at left tackle - Archie KodrosArchie Kodros-External links:...
- 7 games at center - Paul KromerPaul KromerPaul S. Kromer was an American football player. A native of Lorain, Ohio, Kromer enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played halfback for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1938 to 1927...
- 4 games at left halfback - Howard H. Mehaffey - 1 game at fullback
- Jack Meyer - 2 games at quarterback
- John Nicholson - 6 games at right end, 1 game at left end
- Edward Philips - 6 games at fullback
- Norm Purucker - 4 games at left halfback
- Roland Savilla -2 games at right tackle
- Don Siegel - 4 games at right tackle, 2 games at left tackle
- Dan Smick - 3 games at left end, 1 game at right end
- William Smith - 2 games at right tackle
- Horace Tinker - 1 game at center
- Fred TroskoFred TroskoFred Trosko was an American football player and coach. He played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan football team from 1937 to 1939...
- 1 game at right halfback - Vincent Valek - 4 games at left end
Awards and honors
- Captain: Fred JankeFred JankeFred C. Janke was an American football player, business executive and politician. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1936 to 1938 and was the captain of the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team under first-year head coach Fritz Crisler. He later became the president and...
- All-American1938 College Football All-America TeamThe 1938 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers. The organizations choosing the teams included: the United Press, the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly, and the New York Sun...
s: Ralph HeikkinenRalph HeikkinenRalph Isaac “Hike” Heikkinen was an All-American guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines football team from 1936-1938. He was a consensus All-American in 1938, the first player from the Gogebic Range area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to win the honor... - All-Conference: Ralph Heikkinen, Forest EvashevskiForest EvashevskiForest "Evy" Evashevski was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1938 to 1940 and with the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1942...
, Tom HarmonTom HarmonThomas Dudley Harmon was a star player in American college football, a sports broadcaster, and patriarch of a family of American actors... - Most Valuable Player: Ralph Heikkinen
- Meyer Morton Award: Archie KodrosArchie Kodros-External links:...
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Fritz CrislerFritz CrislerHerbert Orin "Fritz" Crisler was an American football coach who is best known as "the father of two-platoon football," an innovation in which separate units of players were used for offense and defense. Crisler developed two-platoon football while serving as head coach at the University of...
- Assistant coaches: Campbell Dickson, Earl MartineauEarl Martineau-External links:...
, Clarence "Biggie" MunnBiggie MunnClarence Lester "Biggie" Munn was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He was the head football coach at Albright College , Syracuse University , and most notably Michigan State College , where his 1952 squad won a national championship...
, Bennie OosterbaanBennie OosterbaanBenjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team...
, Walter WeberWally WeberWalter J. Weber was an American football player and coach at the University of Michigan. He played halfback and fullback for the Wolverines in 1925 and 1926 on the same teams as Benny Friedman and Bennie Oosterbaan. He later became an assistant football coach at Michigan for 28 years from 1931 to... - Trainer: Ray Roberts
- Manager: Philip Woodworth, Carl Wheeler (assistant), Norman Kewele (assistant), Eugene Klein (assistant), William Delbridge (assistant)