[Ed. Originally posted July 2010- reposting today on Old 98’s birthday]
September 28, 1940, is a great day in Michigan football history. On his 21st birthday, to-be Heisman winner Tom Harmon helped the Wolverines roll up Cal on the road at Berkeley 41-0.
The season opener also yielded one hilarious moment, when Bear fan Harold Brennan got fed up with Old 98’s exploits and tried to take matters into his own hands. Check out these wire photo reproductions of three of the stills from the famous incident that originally appeared in LIFE magazine:
I’d probably hold off on bidding on these and instead enjoy a couple of the tributes to the incident out there on YouTube. First, the special edition YouTube of the battle including photos and quotes from the LIFE magazine feature on the incident:
4 Comments
Gilliam
Head up! Bend your knees! Sink your ass, and drive through him!
Jeesh….commercial artists! (and 11 other nerds)
Greg - MVictors
Gilliam – pure gold!!
Jeff Cummins
Good stuff, Gilliam! Yeah, that guy doesn’t use the best technique. He never squared up to Tom, and he kept his head low, so he couldn’t see what he was trying to tackle. A guy takes a couple of drinks and he forgets all the fundamentals!
Matthew
Anyone know where to get a Mp3 of that version of The Victors?