Check out Michigan’s back Mike Shatusky with the pick-six against Georgia in 1957. Watch for the dead-leg juke he puts on the Georgia quarterback #17 during the return!
Michigan defeated Georgia 26-0 in this game, played at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Via the U-M Bentley Library’s new Game Films archives. Go Blue!
Update: A few hours after posting this, Shatusky’s grandson Ben saw my Tweet of this video and was pretty stoked! He had never seen the clip before, and I love it. Better yet, Ben sent me over this pic of his grandfather’s actual Michigan uniform from this period:
Here’s Shatusky from the Georgia game (also via the U-M Bentley Library) donning this maize and blue uniform:
You can now find this beauty up on the Uniform Timeline! Go Blue, and thanks Ben!
Update #2: Playing a team from Georgia evoked memories of the Georgia Tech/Willis Ward disaster of 1934. Click here for a few thoughts, including a fresh interview with Black and Blue documentarian Buddy Moorehouse. Or for those who prefer, in video form:
