• Don Lund Passes Away

    Lundo (seated) and Bump Elliott up in the press box.  Lund watched on the far south side of the press box each game (my photo) We lost a legend in these parts for sure.  Via Media Relations: Former Standout U-M Student-Athlete, Coach and Administrator Don Lund Passes Away ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Don Lund, a former standout University of Michigan student-athlete, coach and administrator passed away of natural causes today (Tuesday, Dec. 10) at the age of 90. Lund was born May 18, 1923, in Detroit, Mich., and graduated from Detroit Southeastern High School. Lund was a three-sport star at Michigan, earning three letters each in baseball, football and basketball. His number 33 jersey is one of six retired by the Michigan baseball program. A star on the gridiron, Lund was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft by the Chicago Bears in 1945. The running back at Michigan decided to pursue a Major League Baseball career rather than a football career, however, signing out of Michigan with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945. He played two-plus seasons for the Dodgers (1945, ’47-’48) before joining the St. Louis Brown at the tail-end of the 1948 season. Lund returned to his hometown team, the Detroit Tigers, for the final six years of his professional career (1949-54). After finishing his major…