This week WPW takes a look at three outstanding shots, each featuring a unique perspective of three Michigan greats – Cazzie Russell, Tom Harmon and Bill Yearby:
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| Crisler is known as the house that Cazzie built, but here’s a look at Cazzie’s original digs: Yost Arena. Dang it looks pretty cool in there and I love the angle of that photo. Memo to #41: Nice socks, Milhous.
Speaking of that venue, who’d like to see a hoops game at Yost? Get on board #1000SSS. And maybe they’d even bring back the Old Man?: |
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| Speaking of cool angles, I’m not sure I can recall a old shot quite like this, here you’ve got Old 98 Tom Harmon in 1938 trotting out of the tunnel handling a pigskin. Uniform snobs will note the block M socks. I also love the cheerleader’s sweater and the shiny pants (that guy has a little Barney Fife in him). Turning to the crowd, clearly if you didn’t wear a hat (children and ladies included) to the game back then you were a square, Daddy-O. A real flat tire.
What I can’t make out is what’s on the guy’s sweatshirt behind Harmon? Best guess – it either reads “Maroons” (played in the Big House 10/8/38) or “Spartans” (the season opener 10/1/38). |
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Hmm, who do you think won this game? This season marks the 50th anniversary of the underappreciated 1964 Big Ten & Rose Bowl Championship team, and above that’s All-American Bill Yearby leaping and scaring the crap out of an overmatched Oregon State squad in the ‘65 Rose Bowl (U-M 34, OSU 7). |
Previous editions:
- Wire Photo Wednesday Cries Wolverbear!
- Wire Photo Wednesday | Spotting a tiny Maize Boat on the Horizon
- Wire Photo Wednesday | Carlos Danger Izzo & Silver Ike
- Wire Photo Wednesday: Illini Stew & a Trashed Yost
- Wire Photo Wednesday : Smooth Swing, Smooth Ride
- Wire Photo Wednesday – The inaugural
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5 Comments
Bando
Looks to me like the kid’s sweater behind Harmon might say MANAGER.
Buddy Moorehouse
They absolutely need to hold a hoops game at Yost next year. Brandon would never go for a regular-season game, but you could hold an exhibition there. Schedule an old-timey opponent, like the University of Chicago (assuming the University of Chicago has a team). Wear the Cazzie Russell uniforms. I’m in!
Teddy
@Buddy Moorehouse
It sounds like a “wow experience” ;)
James E
Cool idea, but not very practical. We’d have to reconfigure the arena, put a floor in and probably move the scoreboard. That’d be a lot of work/expense for one game, and at an arena that holds half the capacity of Crisler.
medals
I agree with Bando that the sweatshirt behind Harmon looks like it might say “MANAGER”.