• Hail! Al Wistert, Back in the Big House

    Back in the Big House today, here’s Albert (Al) Wistert.  He’s the final living Michigan man to have his number (#11) retired and unretired via the Michigan Football Legends Program: Official release, via Media Relations: Wisterts Recognized as Michigan Football Legends, Safety Kovacs to Wear No. 11 Jersey ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan Athletic Department officially recognized the Wistert brothers, Francis, Albert and Alvin, as Michigan Football Legends today (Nov. 11) during a pregame ceremony at the Michigan-Northwestern football game. Senior safety Jordan Kovacs (Curtice, Ohio/Clay) will wear the famed No. 11 jersey for the remainder of the season, switching from No. 32. A Michigan Football Legend patch over the left upper chest will be affixed to the No. 11 jersey worn by Kovacs and all other future players donning the Wisterts’ jersey number. The Wisterts, one of the great Michigan athletic families in school history, each wore the No. 11 jersey for the Michigan football program.  All three brothers played tackle, were selected consensus All-Americans and were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and Michigan Hall of Honor. Francis “Whitey” Wistert (1931-33) played on three consecutive Big Ten Championship teams, including two back-to-back national championship squads. Whitey was also Big Ten Conference MVP in baseball and later played for the Cincinnati Reds. He was…