Thanks to Buddy at Stunt3 for forwarding this over. Check out this clip from The Munsters featuring Wisconsin and Michigan star Elroy ‘Crazy Legs’ Hirsch.
Buddy added, “Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe he’s the only former Wolverine ever to appear on that show.” LOL. Yes, although Al “Grandpa” Lewis was an usher at Ferry Field. Who knew?
The clip brings up so many questions, but how did Hirsch know the ball that hit him came from, specifically, a punt? Why couldn’t it have been an errant toss from the parking lot?
Somehow Hirsch’s acting career didn’t pan out. Yeessh.
Speaking of Hirsch, the traitor former star is one of the athletic directors to go against Michigan in the 1973 Rose Bowl vote..and perhaps that hit on the noggin from Herman’s prolifically punted pigskin damaged his medulla oblongata:
MICHIGAN (4)
* Don Canham (Michigan)
* Bump Elliott (Iowa)
* Bill Orwig (Indiana – former Michigan hoops and football player and assistant coach).
* Paul Giel (Minnesota – said he voted for Michigan).OHIO STATE (6)
* Ed Weaver (Ohio)
* Cecil Coleman (Illinois)
* Tippy Dye (Northwestern)
* George King (Purdue)
* Elroy Hirsch (Wisconsin – played for Michigan via the V12 program from 1943-44)
* Burt Smith (Michigan State – U-M graduate)
Thanks to Buddy for sending it over. I wonder what the Stunt3 guys are up to next?
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MM10
I met Bill Orwig’s son (whose name escapes me-Bob I think?) a few years ago. Bill had two sons, the other being Jim Orwig who was the captain of the 1957 Michigan football team. (Bob?) told me that in all of his years as Athletic Director at Toledo, Nebraska, and Indiana, his father always wore his “M” ring at all times. He LOVED his alma mater, and it’s no surprise that he voted for Michigan in 1973.
MM10
The son I met is also Bill (I believe Bill Jr. but I am not sure). He graduated from IU and was a general manager in the ABA for the Indiana Pacers and the Utah Stars.