WolverineHistorian got bored (“I was bored so I made a video dedicated to kickoff and punt returns for scores.”) You win.
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Rudy Tomjanovic in Cazzie’s New House (1967)
When it first opened for business in 1967, the House that Cazzie Built was state of the art. And despite being opened forty years earlier, we have stacks of photos of the Michigan Stadium construction but seemingly very few of the to-be basketball arena. On eBay right now, here’s one from October 1967 of coach Dave Strack and Rudy Tomjanovich checking out the new digs as the finishing touches were being applied (see above).
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Little Brown Jug Club +1
Congrats to collector Dennis Dail for joining the official Jug Club. His painstaking work paid off, wouldn’t you agree? He joins Eric Mierzwiak (2009 story) and Mark Foster (2010 post) in the elite group and between us girls, I understand we may have a fourth member soon. Here’s Dennis’s story in his own words: I wanted to shoot you a note to let you know my Little Brown Jug is finally complete and being displayed in my Michigan Cave in my basement….took me several months of late evening work, but I wanted to make it exactly like the Real Jug. I’m not sure if I have shared all this, but I found this “1905 5-gallon Red Wing Jug” (that’s what it said on the bottom) several years back at an Antique Shop, the big one on the South side of I-94 just over West of AA, that is now closed. I pulled it out awhile back here and started the transformation process from a brown, ugly jug to the newly painted Little Brown Jug as we know it today. It took many hours of planning, measuring, supply purchasing and thinking before the project began. With help and tips along the way from fellow Jug maker Eric Mierzwiak and several visits to the local Sherwin Williams store, the painting began. First…
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Jimmy Maddock, Michigan Man
[Via Chicago Tribune and U-M Media Relations] Jimmy Maddock, a three-year starting quarterback at Michigan died Wednesday in Westchester. He was 76. Maddock played 27 games at quarterback for Michigan from 1954-56, winning 20 of them. “It was the most important formative part of his youth and being a part of those Michigan teams,” said his nephew and fellow Michigan grad Dan Maier. “He was very modest about his playing.” Maddock’s career moment probably was his last in a Michigan uniform. He led the Wolverines to a 19-0 win over Ohio State, throwing for 66 yards, catching a 23-yard pass and scoring Michigan’s final touchdown. “This is the way every Michigan football player wants to end his career, scoring the last touchdown against an Ohio State team you shut out,” Maier said. “There are not many greater prizes to Michigan football players than that.” Maddock then made an appearance at the North-South Shrine Game but did not move on to a professional career; instead opening a construction supply business, Maddock Industries, in Chicago, which he ran for more than 40 years. Related: 1954 The 1954 Bust 1956 –The Distinguished Digit – The “1? in official attendance
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Why Michigan and Minnesota Played Twice in 1926
Minnesota and Michigan played each other twice in 1926, including Fielding Yost's last game as head coach in the season finale. Why?? Here's the deal.
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The Dickinson System: How an Econ Prof determined the National Champion
Harry Kipke’s 1932 and 1933 teams were champions not by virtue of a poll of writers or coaches. The two titles were determined by the most widely recognized method at the time: the Dickinson System, a formula devised by Illinois economics professor Frank Dickinson that ranked college teams at the end of each season.
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Mascots and Death
The Detroit News announced the winners of its Michigan Wolverine mascot design contest early this morning.
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Depression Radio – 1930s Michigan Football (WTKA audio)
You didn’t hear me this morning? That’s probably because I was on with Ira on WTKA 1050AM at 7 a.m. and you were still sawing logs. But have no fear my well-rested friend, the podcast goes here (give it a few seconds to load up): [display_podcast] It’s a segment of nearly 25 minutes of uninterrupted Michigan football history, talking about Harry Kipke and the wild 1930s. We hit on just about everything and of course there was caller Ed at the end of the segment. For more context on several of the items discussed today: The charity Game with Wisconsin (1931) When the Little Brown Jug disappeared from 1931-1933 Whitey Wistert, the first of the great #11 Wistert brothers (1931-..) The fall of Harry Kipke (1937) Keeping Tom Harmon at Michigan (1938) The Willis Ward Protests (1934) Speaking of the Willis Ward/Gerald Ford and the 1934 Georgia Tech game, I mentioned on air that the documentary created by the guys at the Emmy-nominated Stunt3 Multimedia is scheduled to debut sometime around August (still waiting on official word). I understand that Stunt3 is accepting new investors for their projects if you or someone you know wants to get into the film game—contact them here if interested.
