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Created in 2009 edit

The following shows articles created in 2009 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 8/27/22.

Rank Title Creation
date 		Article
Size 		Page
views 		Description
1 List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks 2009-03-12 63,628 207,614 Historic sites
2 List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood 2009-03-01 61,037 130,098 Historic sites
3 Sam Stoller 2009-01-18 21,678 126,374 Jewish athlete excluded from 4x100 team at 1936 Olympics in Berlin
4 John Herzfeld 2009-09-23 15,721 126,239 Film director
5 Carol Hutchins 2009-01-27 25,907 122,119 UM softball coach (1985-present)
6 Paul Weiland 2009-09-23 9,150 104,929 Writer, director, producer
7 Michigan Wolverines softball 2009-12-14 23,262 87,718 UM softball program founded in 1978
8 List of San Diego Historic Landmarks 2009-03-13 37,273 90,260 Historic sites
9 Charlie Chaplin Studios 87,194 Hollywood studio built 1917 by Chaplin
10 Chilocco Indian Agricultural School 76,397
11 St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church 67,139
12 Villa Riviera 2009-09-12 11,576 65,566 16-story Châteauesque building in Long Beach
13 Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics 58,158
14 Gilbert Lea 2009-07-15 4,262 49,481 Princeton football player All-American in 1935
15 Robert P. Shuler 2009-05-02 19,359 48,867 Los Angeles evangelist, broadcaster and Senate candidate (1880-1965)
16 List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks 46,126
17 William H. Lewis 2009-04-23 34,762 43,938 All-American center at Harvard, 1900, assistant AG under Taft
18 St. Basil Catholic Church 40,338
19 List of San Diego Historic Landmarks in La Jolla 37,881
20 The Italian (1915 film) 33,626
21 Breakers Hotel (Long Beach, California) 2019-09-19 18,746 32,558 Historic hotel in downtown Long Beach
22 Ernie Lopez 2009-10-05 25,594 29,967 World welterweight boxing champion, later homeless
23 Bembridge House 2009-09-15 7,840 29,770 Queen Anne house in Long Beach, built 1906
24 List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Wilshire and Westlake areas 27,423 Historic sites
25 List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides 26,395 Historic sites
26 Donna Mae Mims 2009-10-13 8,823 25,183 First woman to win an SCAA car racing championship, known as "Pink Lady"
27 List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Silver Lake, Angelino Heights, and Echo Park 24,786 Historic sites
28 Michigan Wolverines men's track and field 22,858
29 St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (Los Angeles) 20,861
30 Jan Leighton 2009-11-28 10,539 20,508 Held Guinness record for most roles as an actor
31 Palm Court (Alexandria Hotel) 19,918
32 Charles H. Crawford 2009-05-09 12,907 19,570 Head of the LA "City Hall Gang" in 1920s
33 1889 College Football All-America Team 19,146
34 1964 College Football All-America Team 18,645
35 Alice McGrath 2009-11-29 11,182 18,180 Activist who participate in defense of Sleepy Lagoon murder
36 Charles Bond (pilot) 2009-09-09 11,941 17,709 US pilot in Burma and China during WWII
38 The Salt Box 17,182
30 Dick Gould 16,092
40 The Coward (1915 film) 15,901
41 Clara Williams 15,758
42 Lee Robins 15,895
43 St. Cecilia Catholic Church (Los Angeles) 15,449
44 Charles A. Baird 14,877
45 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team 14,599
46 1960 College Football All-America Team 14,277
47 1961 College Football All-America Team 14,220
48 St. Timothy Catholic Church (Los Angeles) 14,212
49 KCET Studios 14,159
50 Albert E. Herrnstein 14,117
51 1896 Michigan Wolverines football team 13,877
52 Max Morris 13,781
53 Harold Nichols 13,665
54 Don Moorhead 13,576
55 Mike Lantry 13,373
56 Precious Blood Catholic Church (Los Angeles) 13,305
57 1900 Michigan Wolverines football team 13,230
58 1962 College Football All-America Team] 13,060
59 Frank Legacki 12,944
60 1958 College Football All-America Team 12,767
61 Primo Villanueva 12,609
62 David Avadon 12,550
63 1959 College Football All-America Team 12,494
64 Marshall Newell 12,325
65 Tom Davies (American football) 12,249
66 1956 College Football All-America Team 12,285
67 Paul Bunker 12,219
68 1955 College Football All-America Team 12,093
69 J. D. Morgan 11,934
70 Everett Strupper 11,725
71 Diane Dietz 11,656
72 Duane Purvis 11,304
73 Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame 11,295
74 1881 Michigan Wolverines football team 11,246
75 1894 Michigan Wolverines football team 11,143
76 Long Beach Main Post Office 10,996
77 Cooper Arms Apartments 10,984
78 Bemus Pierce 10,866
79 Franklin Cappon 10,877
80 Leo Koceski 2009-12-27 10,810
81 Jeff Wolfert 10,555
82 Dave Debol 10,493
83 1899 Michigan Wolverines football team 10,400
84 1951 College Football All-America Team 10,337
85 George Beban 10,330
86 Bob Westfall 10,158
87 Nicolae Pleșiță 10,166
1897 Michigan Wolverines football team 10,020
Wagon Tracks 9,652
W. I. B. Crealock 9,591
Leonie Pray House 9,543
the Wolf Woman 9,508
1895 Michigan Wolverines football team 9,301
Joe Magidsohn 9,067

Expanded in 2009 edit

The following shows articles expanded in 2009 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 8/27/22.

Rank Title Creation
date 		Article
Size 		Page
views 		Description
1 Sex (film) 9/26 10,921 816,278 1920 silent film
2 The Manor (Los Angeles) 5/16 18,379 790,617 Mansion in Holmby Hills built in 1980s by Aaron Spelling
3 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team 12/2009-10/2010 142,714 538,023 AP national champion
4 Fritz Crisler 85,573
5 Eddie Tolan 1/23 29,471 72,071 UM track star won gold medals in 100 and 200 at 1932 Olympics
6 Aram Avakian 54,422
7 Civilization (film) 9/30 18,788 52,793 1916 pacifist allegorical film
8 Neutra VDL Studio and Residences 50,996
9 Arnold Laven 9/21-9/22 16,701 36,915 TV producer/director
10 George E. Cryer 5/2 19,962 33,266 Mayor of LA 1921-1929
11 Junior Coghlan 9/20-9/21 25,960 31,486 Actor (1920-1969)
12 Hell's Hinges 10/1-10/2 13,681 23,819 1916 silent film starring William S. Hart and Clara Willims
13 Gaynell Tinsley 7/18 21,680 22,036 All-American end for LSU 1935 and 1936, CFHOF
14 Mike Murphy (trainer and coach) 1/21-1/26 36,259 21,487 Track coach, athletic trainer 1884-1913
15 Clarence Herschberger 6/21-6/25 10,377 19,758 Chicago fullback 1894-1898, CFHOF
16 Ted Coy 6/14 12,416 19,014 Yale fullback, 3x All-American 1907-1909, CFHOF
17 C. Gardner Sullivan 9/26-10/6 42,698 17,236 Screenwriter and producer in silent era
18 James Tanis 11,647
19 Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region 11,605
20 Neil Snow 10,786

American football edit

All-Americans edit

  1. All-America teams: 1889-1909*, 1911-1924, 1926-1930, 1932-1962*, 1964
  2. George Adee*
  3. Ockie Anderson*
  4. John Baird*
  5. Alf Bauman*
  6. Sheldon Beise*
  7. Lester Belding*
  8. Lucius Horatio Biglow*
  9. Walter Boal*
  10. Fritz Breidster*
  11. George H. Brooke*
  12. Norman Cabot*
  13. George Capron*
  14. Roscoe Channing*
  15. Charles Comerford*
  16. Gib Cool*
  17. James Cooney*
  18. John Corbett*
  19. Ernest Cozens*
  20. John Cranston*
  21. George Crowther*
  22. Arthur Cumnock*
  23. Irby Curry*
  24. Dudley Dean*
  25. Charles de Saulles*
  26. Benjamin Dibblee*
  27. Allan Doucette*
  28. Joseph Duff*
  29. Pat Dunnigan*
  30. Katy Easterday*
  31. Al Ecuyer*
  32. Tom Edwards*
  33. Wesley Englehorn*
  34. Mark Farnum*
  35. Sam Felton*
  36. Pat Filley*
  37. Clarence Fincke*
  38. Freeman Fitzgerald*
  39. Bernie Flowers*
  40. William George*
  41. Milt Ghee*
  42. Eddie Gillette*
  43. Joseph Gilman*
  44. Johnny Gilroy*
  45. Skip Gougler*
  46. Perry Graves*
  47. Thomas Graydon*
  48. Frank Hallowell*
  49. Andy Hastings*
  50. Albert E. Herrnstein*
  51. Billy Hillenbrand*
  52. Sheppard Homans Jr.*
  53. Iolas Huffman*
  54. Dick King*
  55. Gilbert Lea*
  56. Harry LeGore*
  57. William H. Lewis*
  58. Larry Lutz*
  59. Tony Matisi*
  60. Eugene Mayer*
  61. Malcolm McBride*
  62. John Messmer*
  63. Ledyard Mitchell*
  64. Leroy Monsky*
  65. Max Morris*
  66. Franklin Morse*
  67. George Moseley*
  68. Frank Murrey*
  69. Pete Overfield*
  70. Bemus Pierce*
  71. Duane Purvis*
  72. Bob Ravensberg*
  73. William Rhodes*
  74. Dudley Riggs*
  75. Jesse Riggs*
  76. Foster Rockwell*
  77. Frank Rydzewski*
  78. Isaac Seneca*
  79. Albert Sharpe*
  80. Gaius Shaver*
  81. Fritz Shiverick*
  82. Laurens Shull*
  83. Elmer Sleight*
  84. Cedric C. Smith*
  85. Dick Smith (tackle)*
  86. Inwood Smith*
  87. Lorin Solon*
  88. Truman Spain*
  89. Earl Sprackling*
  90. Beaton Squires*
  91. Raymond Starbuck*
  92. Jake Stahl*
  93. Robert Treat Paine Storer*
  94. Paul Tangora*
  95. Harry Thayer*
  96. Johnny Treadwell*
  97. Herb Treat*
  98. Jim Trickey*
  99. Paul Veeder*
  100. Primo Villanueva*
  101. Dick Wallen*
  102. Alexander Hamilton Wallis*
  103. Ralph Warren*
  104. Charles Wasicek*
  105. Bert Waters*
  106. Gibby Welch*
  107. Bub Weller*
  108. Merle Wendt*
  109. J. C. Wetsel*
  110. Charles Wharton*
  111. Martin Wheelock*
  112. Harold White*
  113. Walter Winika*
  114. Wallace Winter*
  115. Alvord Wolff*
  116. Edgar Wrightington*
  117. Pudge Wyman*
  118. John Wysocki*

Michigan edit

  1. 1881 Michigan team*
  2. 1886 Michigan team*
  3. 1893 Michigan team*
  4. 1894 Michigan team*
  5. 1895 Michigan team*
  6. 1896 Michigan team*
  7. 1897 Michigan team*
  8. 1898 Michigan team*
  9. 1899 Michigan team*
  10. 1900 Michigan team*
  11. Ernest Allmendinger*
  12. George Ceithaml*
  13. Frank Culver*
  14. Joe Curtis*
  15. Herman Everhardus*
  16. Richard France*
  17. Angus Goetz*
  18. Harry Hawkins*
  19. Bernard Kirk*
  20. Leo Koceski*
  21. Tom Kuzma*
  22. Mike Lantry*
  23. Milan Lazetich*
  24. Tom Maentz*
  25. Joe Magidsohn*
  26. Shorty McMillan*
  27. Don Moorhead*
  28. George C. Paterson*
  29. Joseph Ponsetto*
  30. Dave Porter*
  31. Horace Greely Prettyman*
  32. Bill Putich*
  33. Curtis Redden*
  34. Tod Rockwell*
  35. Bruce Shorts*
  36. James Simrall*
  37. Charles H. Smith*
  38. Cliff Sparks*
  39. Clayton Teetzel*
  40. Wally Teninga*
  41. Dominic Tomasi*
  42. Ted Topor*
  43. Irwin Uteritz*
  44. Arthur Valpey*
  45. Dick Vidmer*
  46. Art Walker*
  47. Archie Weston*
  48. Howard Yerges*

Others edit

  1. 1900 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football season*
  2. 1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team*
  3. Lloyd Brazil*
  4. Nelson Norgren*
  5. W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy*

Michigan athletics (non-football) edit

Administrators

  1. Charles A. Baird*
  2. Philip Bartelme*
  3. Albert Pattengill*
  4. Marcus Plant*

Basketball

  1. M. C. Burton Jr.*
  2. Diane Dietz*
  3. Herman Fishman*
  4. Mack Supronowicz*

Golf

  1. Edward I. Schalon*

Gymnastics

  1. Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics*
  2. Bev Plocki*
  3. Beth Wymer*

Hockey

  1. Wally Gacek*
  2. Bill MacFarland*
  3. Gordon McMillan*
  4. Jack Tompkins*
  5. Mel Wakabayashi*
  6. Gordon Wilkie*

Softball

  1. Michigan Wolverines softball*
  2. Carol Hutchins*
  3. Nikki Nemitz*
  4. Alicia Seegert*

Swimming/diving

  1. Mindy Gehrs*
  2. Francis Heydt*
  3. Frank Legacki*

Tennis

  1. William Murphy*

Track & field

  1. Michigan Wolverines men's track and field*
  2. Ken Doherty*
  3. Stephen Farrell*
  4. Keene Fitzpatrick*
  5. Charles B. Hoyt*
  6. H. Ross Hume*
  7. Robert H. Hume*
  8. Don McEwen*
  9. Mike Murphy
  10. Roland Nilsson (shot putter)*
  11. Phil Northrup*
  12. Bob Osgood
  13. Sam Stoller*

Wrestling

  1. Harold Nichols*
  2. Dave Porter*

Churches and historic sites edit

  1. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides*
  2. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood*
  3. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Silver Lake, Angelino Heights, and Echo Park*
  4. List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in the Wilshire and Westlake areas*
  5. List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks*
  6. List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks*
  7. List of San Diego Historic Landmarks*
  8. List of San Diego Historical Landmarks in La Jolla*
  9. List of San Diego Historic Landmarks in the Point Loma and Ocean Beach areas*
  10. Bembridge House*
  11. Breakers Hotel (Long Beach, California)*
  12. Chilocco Indian Agricultural School*
  13. Cooper Arms Apartments*
  14. First Congregational Church (Long Beach, California)*
  15. Foy House*
  16. Insurance Exchange Building*
  17. KCET Studios*
  18. Long Beach Main Post Office*
  19. Palm Court (Alexandria Hotel)*
  20. Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot*
  21. Leonie Pray House*
  22. Precious Blood Catholic Church*
  23. St. Basil Catholic Church*
  24. St. Cecilia Catholic Church*
  25. St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church*
  26. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church*
  27. St. Timothy Catholic Church*
  28. The Salt Box*
  29. Scottish Rite Cathedral (Long Beach, California)*
  30. Villa Riviera*

Entertainment edit

  1. Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame*
  2. George Beban*
  3. Wilfred Buckland*
  4. Jesse Fortune*
  5. Shorty Hamilton*
  6. John Herzfeld*
  7. Skip Miller*
  8. Paul Weiland*
  9. Raymond B. West*
  10. Clara Williams*
  11. Branding Broadway*
  12. Cheap Kisses*
  13. The Corner (1916 film)*
  14. The Coward (1915 film)*
  15. Dulcy (1923 film)*
  16. Dynamite Smith*
  17. The Golden Claw*
  18. The Green Swamp*
  19. Happiness (1917 film)*
  20. If Marriage Fails*
  21. The Italian (1915 film)
  22. The Lady of Red Butte*
  23. Naughty, Naughty! (1918 film)*
  24. The Return of Draw Egan*
  25. Sahara (1919 film)*
  26. The Scourge of the Desert*
  27. Shell 43*
  28. Wagon Tracks*
  29. The Witch of Salem*
  30. The Wolf Woman*
  31. The Yankee Clipper*

Other edit

Tennis (non-Michigan)

  1. Dick Gould*
  2. J. D. Morgan*
  3. Chet Murphy*

Track and field (non-Michigan)

  1. NCAA track and field championships: 1921-1925, 1948, 1956, 1960*
  2. Flint Hanner*
  3. Leonard Paulu*
  4. Charles Redmon*
  5. John Romig*
  6. Frank Shea*
  7. Longino Welch*
  8. Eric Wilson (athlete)*

Southern California history

  1. Obadiah J. Barker*
  2. Charles H. Crawford*
  3. George E. Cryer
  4. Alice McGrath*
  5. Kent Kane Parrot*
  6. Robert P. Shuler*

2009 deaths

  1. David Avadon*
  2. Charles Bond (pilot)*
  3. W. I. B. Crealock*
  4. John T. Elson*
  5. John Hyson*
  6. Jan Leighton*
  7. Maria Gulovich Liu*
  8. Ernie Lopez*
  9. Donna Mae Mims*
  10. Nicolae Pleșiță*
  11. Lee Robins*
  12. Robert Searcy*
  13. Lester Shubin*

Uncategorized

  1. Anton Zamloch*

DYKs (241) edit

Article (DYK date) Image DYK views DYK hook
471. Don Moorhead (12/31/09)   ... that quarterback Don Moorhead set 24 Michigan Wolverines football records from 1969 to 1970, including career records for total offense and passing yards?
470. Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics (12/26/09) ... that after a winless 0–11 record in 1996, the Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics team won the NCAA championship in 1999 and finished in the "Super Six" in 10 of the past 11 seasons?
469. Michigan Wolverines softball (12/26/09) ... that the Michigan Wolverines softball team in 2005 became the first team from east of the Mississippi River to win the Women's College World Series?
468. Roland Nilsson (12/20/09)   1,400 ... that the 6 foot, 6 inch Swedish Wolverine Roland Nilsson won six consecutive Big Ten shot put championships in the 1950s?
467. Phil Northrup (12/19/09) ... that Michigan Wolverines Hall of Famer Phil Northrup won three NCAA championships in the javelin throw and pole vault?
466. Michigan Wolverines men's track and field (12/19/09) ... that athletes from Michigan Wolverines men's track and field have won 43 NCAA individual event championships, 14 Olympic gold medals, and 57 Big 10 team championships?
465. Don McEwen (12/18/09)   1,400 ... that Michigan's Don McEwen, two-time NCAA champion in the two-mile run, also won consecutive Big Ten cross country championships even though his school had no varsity cross country team?
464. Flint Hanner (12/17/09)   400 ... that Stanford's Flint Hanner, winner of the first NCAA javelin championship, later coached the Fresno State Bulldogs to 27 track and field championships?
463. Eric Wilson (12/14/09) 360 ... that American athlete Eric Wilson won the 220-yard dash at the first NCAA track and field championships in 1921?
462. Leonard Paulu (12/13/09) 2,050 ... that Leonard Paulu won consecutive NCAA championships in the 100 yard dash despite war injuries that included the loss of an eye and a right-leg stride four inches shorter than his left?
461. John Romig (12/11/09) 750 ... that Penn State's John Romig, the first NCAA champion in the two-mile run, later became an explosives expert?
460. St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church (12/5/09)   1,700 ... that the day after a UCLA art student set the St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church afire, the pastor of the church prayed for forgiveness for the arsonist?
Proposed hook: ... that St. Martin of Tours Church (pictured) was the site of Dan Akroyd's eulogy to John Candy and a media frenzy when O. J. Simpson appeared at his slain wife's funeral?
459. St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church (Los Angeles) (12/5/09)   600 ... that a 1999 fire in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church caused an estimated $1.2 million in damage?
458. St. Timothy Catholic Church (Los Angeles) (12/5/09)   740 ... that St. Timothy Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, has an antique gold leaf altarpiece believed to have been made in Spain in the 1600s?
457. Jan Leighton (12/4/09) 1,800 ... that Jan Leighton played over 1,200 famous persons in television and print advertisements, and 1,800 more on radio?
456. Mike Penner (12/4/09) 5,300 ... that Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner told readers he was a transsexual in a 2007 essay entitled "Old Mike, new Christine"?
455. Alice McGrath (12/4/09) 1,300 ... that Luis Valdez called American activist Alice McGrath, who inspired his play Zoot Suit, "one of the heroines of the 20th century"?
454. Lester Shubin (12/3/09) 6,800 ... that chemist Lester Shubin has been credited with saving the lives of thousands of police officers?
453. Waldo Hunt (12/3/09) 3,000 ... that Waldo Hunt, "King of the Pop-Ups," could "make dinosaurs rear up, ships set sail and bats quiver in belfries"?
452. St. Basil Catholic Church (12/3/09)   2,500 ... that the 1969 dedication of St. Basil Church in Los Angeles prompted a "club-swinging mob" of Chicanos to break into the church during Christmas Midnight Mass?
451. Precious Blood Catholic Church (Los Angeles) (12/2/09)   3,600 ... that the Los Angeles Times wrote that a motorist passing the playground at Precious Blood Church (pictured) might think "he'd been transported to a Catholic school in circa-1950s Chicago or Pittsburgh"?
450. St. Cecilia Catholic Church (Los Angeles) (12/1/09)   1,000 ... that LA's St. Cecilia Church, built in 1927, adapted to its multiethnic community by installing shrines to a beatified Nigerian priest, a Oaxacan Virgin, and a Guatemalan "Black Christ"?
449. Dick Gould (11/25/09) 330 ... that NCAA tennis coach Dick Gould was named "Coach of the Decade" for both the 1980s and 1990s and coached 50 All-Americans, including John McEnroe and the Bryan Brothers?
448. Chet Murphy (11/25/09) 800 ... that Big Ten champion Chet Murphy defeated America's top-ranked woman tennis player Alice Marble in a 1939 exhibition match played in front of a "throng" of spectators?
447. J. D. Morgan (11/25/09)   ... that J.D. Morgan led UCLA to at least 6 NCAA championships as tennis coach and 30 NCAA championships, including 10 men's basketball titles, as athletic director?
446. Irby Curry (11/24/09)   2,300 ... that Vanderbilt's 130-pound quarterback Irby "Rabbit" Curry, an elusive runner who "only needed the suspicion of an opening to wriggle through," was killed in aerial combat in 1918?
445. Fritz Shiverick (11/24/09)   ... that Fritz Shiverick, known as "a scoring machine", served in 1919 as Cornell's quarterback, punter, drop kicker, kickoff returner and play-caller on both offense and defense?
444. Max Morris (11/23/09) ... that Northwestern's Max Morris was a consensus All-American in both basketball and football, played both sports professionally, and twice led the Big Ten in scoring?
443. Pudge Wyman (11/21/09) 1,672 ... that Minnesota's Pudge Wyman scored the first kickoff return for a touchdown, the first blocked punt returned for a touchdown, and the first passing touchdown in the history of the NFL?
442. Joe Curtis (11/19/09)   ... that "Big Joe" Curtis was the starting left tackle for Michigan Wolverines football teams that outscored opponents by a combined total of 1,627 to 30 from 1903 to 1905?
441. John Messmer (11/18/09) ... that John Messmer was captain of Wisconsin's football and swim teams, set a U.S. high school record in the discus and was the first Badger to win nine varsity letters in major sports?
440. Cliff Sparks (11/17/09)   2,425 ... that Cliff Sparks, hailed in 1916 as "eel-like," a "whirlwind" and "the greatest quarterback Michigan ever has had," punted by forcefully throwing the ball at his uprising foot?
439. Iolas Huffman (11/15/09)   ... that Iolas Melitus Huffman reportedly played in every quarter of every Ohio State football game except one from 1918 to 1921 and later played for the Cleveland Indians of the NFL?
438. Joe Magidsohn (11/15/09)   3,700 ... that Russian-born Joe Magidsohn was the first Jew to win a varsity "M" at the University of Michigan and the first athlete known to have refused to compete on the High Holy Days?
437. Jim Trickey (11/13/09)   1,500 ... that flags at the University of Iowa were flown at half-mast following the death from peritonitis of Jim Trickey, one year after he became the first Hawkeye to win All-American honors in 1912?
436. Robert Treat Paine Storer (11/11/09)   1,600 ... that Bob Storer, captain of Harvard's undefeated, untied 1913 football team, was cited for bravery for saving a French officer during World War I?
435. Douglas Bomeisler (11/10/09)   ... that Yale's two-time All-American "Bo" Bomeisler, called "King of the Hard Luck Players," had his foot crushed by a trolley car on Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue in 1914?
434. Wesley Englehorn (11/9/09)   ... that "Moose" Englehorn, who played for Washington State and Dartmouth College, was the oldest living All-American football player when he died in 1993 at age 103?
433. Dave Morey (11/9/09)   ... that Dartmouth football halfback Dave Morey was given the nickname "David the Giant Killer" by American sportswriter Grantland Rice?
432. George Crowther (11/9/09) 2,900 ... that Brown's All-American 135-pound quarterback "Kid" Crowther played with an elastic band around his head in lieu of a helmet?
431. Sam Felton (11/8/09)   ... that Harvard All-American Sam Felton averaged between 60 and 70 yards (55 to 64 meters) on football punts in 1912?
430. Donna Mae Mims (10/22/09) 2,786 ... that Donna Mae Mims, known as the "Pink Lady" of racing, became the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America national championship in 1963?
429. Leonie Pray House (10/18/09)   1,200 ... that Leonie Pray House hosted recitals by Liberace and Risë Stevens and served as the home of Patrick Swayze's character in Donnie Darko?
428. W. I. B. Crealock (10/14/09) ... that naval architect and author W.I.B. Crealock designed a yacht that was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of Fame?
427. John Hyson (10/12/09) ... that John Hyson published articles on the history of the toothbrush, George Washington's dentures, and one entitled "Did You Know A Dentist Embalmed President Lincoln?
426. Lee Robins (10/11/09) ... that Lee Robins "pioneered the field of psychiatric epidemiology" and "played a key role in determining the prevalence of mental problems in the United States and the world"?
425. Maria Gulovich Liu (10/11/09) 1,728 ... that Maria Gulovich sheltered Jews, worked for the anti-fascist underground, and was awarded the Bronze Star for saving the lives of OSS agents during World War II?
424. Ernie Lopez (10/8/09) 5,800 ... that the selection of Ernie "Indian Red" Lopez for the California Boxing Hall of Fame led to his discovery in a Texas homeless shelter after being missing for 12 years?
423. Raymond B. West (10/8/09)   560 ... that Raymond B. West developed a new standard of double exposure photography while directing a 1917 film in which one actress played two sisters?
422. Wagon Tracks (10/7/00)
 
 1,900 ... that The Atlanta Constitution wrote that William S. Hart's face (pictured) was "the synonym for power and manliness" in its review of the film Wagon Tracks?
421. C. Gardner Sullivan (10/6/09)
 
 800 ... that C. Gardner Sullivan, once named among the ten greatest contributors to the motion picture industry, has four films in the U.S. National Film Registry?
420. Clara Williams (10/6/09)   11,200 ... that silent film star Clara Williams (pictured), known for her "forty famous frocks", appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1918?
419. Shorty Hamilton (10/6/09)   3,800 ... that silent film comedian Shorty Hamilton died in 1925 when his automobile crashed into a steam shovel in Hollywood?
418. Nicolae Pleșiță (10/5/09) 4,900 ... that former Romanian secret police chief Nicolae Pleșiță, notorious for his dealings with Carlos the Jackal, admitted dragging dissident writer Paul Goma around his cell by his beard?
416-417. The Italian (1915 film), George Beban (10/5/09)   14,100 + 6,000 ... that the 1915 film The Italian tells the story of an immigrant played by George Beban (pictured) who goes to America in search of fortune but finds a "Darwininan jungle" on New York's Lower East Side?
415. Civilization (film) (10/5/09)   7,000 ... that the epic anti-war film Civilization (poster pictured), depicting Jesus walking through the carnage of war, was credited with helping re-elect U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916?
414. Paul Weiland (10/2/09) 1,800 ... that director Paul Weiland, whose credits include Mr. Bean, 66 and more than 500 television commercials, owns an 18th-century country estate in Wiltshire, England?
413. John Herzfeld (10/2/09) 576 ... that Emmy Award winner and Golden Raspberry nominee John Herzfeld has directed films about the Long Island Lolita, the Preppie Murder, Ryan White, Don King, and 2 days in the Valley?
412. Wilfred Buckland (10/1/09) 1,900 ... that an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1980 argued that "everything we know as Hollywood traces to Wilfred Buckland", film innovator and Hollywood's first art director?
411. Breakers Hotel (Long Beach) (9/29/09)   11,500 ... that the Sky Room atop the Breakers Hotel (pictured) was the local Airwatch headquarters in World War II?
410. First Congregational Church (Long Beach) (9/29/09)   ... that a pastor of the First Congregational Church in Long Beach, California, vowed to defy an order to block homeless people from sleeping on the church steps?
409. Sex (film) (9/28/09)   9,300 ... that the 1920 film Sex, opening with its star performing a seductive "spider dance" clad in "a translucent cloak of webs", had its title censored in Pennsylvania?
408. The Wolf Woman (9/27/09)   5,100 ... that reviewers called The Wolf Woman the "greatest vampire picture of all" and its star, Louise Glaum, "the greatest vampire woman of all time"?
407. Insurance Exchange Building (9/27/09)   ... that the landmark Insurance Exchange Building in Long Beach, California, has housed a boy's clothing store, courthouse, dance studio, nightclub and Jamaican restaurant?
406. John T. Elson (9/27/09) ... that John T. Elson, who in 1956 famously asked, "Is God Dead?", is dead at age 78?
405. Bembridge House (9/25/09)   ... that the namesake of the Victorian Bembridge House was strangled to death in 1999 at the house where she had lived for 81 years?
404. Robert Searcy (9/24/09) ... that Robert Searcy, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, was employed after the war by United Airlines cleaning aircraft?
403. Cooper Arms Apartments (9/24/09)   ... that when Cooper Arms opened in Long Beach, California, it boasted the latest amenities, including "disappearing beds" and "dustless roller screens"?
402. Long Beach Main Post Office (9/23/09)   ... that the Long Beach Post Office has been called "Post-Quake Moderne" due to the local prevalence of the style after the Long Beach earthquake of 1933?
401. Arnold Laven (9/23/09) ... that Arnold Laven directed feature films about a psychotic gardener/serial killer, an army of giant mollusks and George Armstrong Custer, and episodes of The A-Team?
400. Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot (9/22/09)   ... that Palms Depot (pictured) was known as the "Grasshopper Stop" because "grasshoppers were present in veritable clouds" when it opened?
399. Junior Coghlan (9/22/09) 6,500 ... that Frank Coghlan said "damn" in Gone with the Wind, but is best known known for saying "Shazam" in Captain Marvel, the first big screen depiction of a comic book superhero?
398. Scottish Rite Cathedral (Long Beach) (9/22/09   ... that the Scottish Rite Cathedral (pictured), covered in some 250 tons of ornamental terra cotta, was among the first eight structures designated as a Long Beach Historic Landmark?
397. Villa Riviera (9/20/09)   ... that the luxurious Villa Riviera was the second tallest building in Southern California from the time of its completion in 1929 through the mid-1950s?
396. Slick Coffman (9/18/09)   ... that baseball player Slick Coffman pitched an 11-inning victory over Hall of Famer Lefty Grove in his first game in Major League Baseball?
395. Charles Bond (9/17/09) 2,868 ... that Maj. Gen. Charles Bond was credited with shooting down nine-and-a-half Japanese planes and was himself shot down twice while serving with the Flying Tigers in Burma and China?
394. Chick Lathers (9/16/09) 1,791 ... that Chick Lathers quit Major League Baseball in 1913 to become a car salesman for Ford Motor Company?
391-393. 1917 Pitt (9/16/09) ... that "Pop" Warner's undefeated 1917 Pitt Panthers football team, known as "The Fighting Dentists", featured dental students "Katy" Easterday, "Tank" McLaren, "Skip" Gougler and "Jake" Stahl?
390. Jesse Fortune (9/15/09) 1,469 ... that blues singer Jesse Fortune, better known as the "Fortune Tellin' Man," passed on performing in Europe because he did not want to disappoint customers at his Chicago barbershop?
389. Lloyd Brazil (9/15/09) 1,679 ... that Lloyd Brazil, once called "the ideal football player," averaged more than eight yards per carry and gained 5,861 yards in three years at the University of Detroit?
388. Icehouse Wilson (9/15/09) 3,908 ... that Icehouse Wilson, a member of "Oakland's first world champion baseball team," had a career batting average of .000 in Major League Baseball?
387. Skip Miller (9/14/09) 800 ... that former Motown Records president Skip Miller began his career as a stock clerk and has been credited with helping to develop the rap genre?
386. David Avadon (9/14/09) 4,200 .. that David Avadon earned his livelihood for 30 years as "a daring pickpocket with dashing finesse"?
385. Gaius Shaver (9/13/09)   ... that USC quarterback Gaius Shaver was the leading rusher in the American football competition at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games?
384. George C. Paterson (9/13/09)   that Michigan center "Bubbles" Paterson was the namesake of an award recognizing academic achievement by football players?
383. Andy Hastings (9/12/09) ... that halfback Andy Hastings led the 1916 Pitt football team to a national championship and was also elected president of Pitt's University Glee Club?
382. Bart Macomber (9/9/09)   ... that after leading Illinois to "the greatest football upset of all time," Bart Macomber left school for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit?
381. Eddie Gillette (9/9/09)   ... that Eddie Gillette led the Wisconsin Badgers football team to an undefeated season and in baseball "beat some of the best pitchers in the 'Three-Eye League'"?
380. Ockie Anderson (9/9/09) 1,434 ... that Buffalo's "Ockie" Anderson scored more points in the 1920 NFL season (the league's first) than four entire teams?
379. Everett Strupper (9/8/09)   ... that Georgia Tech halfback and College Football Hall of Fame inductee "Stroop" Strupper used lip-reading to overcome deafness?
378. Gaylord Stinchcomb (9/5/09) ... that Gaylord Stinchcomb, one of the stars of Ohio State's first football victory over Michigan, also won the 1921 NCAA championship in the broad jump?
377. Eddie Mahan (9/3/09)   2,689 ... that three-time All-American Eddie Mahan was named by Jim Thorpe as the greatest football player of all time?}
376. Joe Maddock (8/12/09)   ... that Joe Maddock (pictured) was one of the biggest ground gainers, and played four positions, for Michigan's 1903 "Point-a-Minute" football team?
375. William C. "King" Cole (8/11/09)   ... that William "King" Cole played for a national championship team at Michigan and coached Nebraska to two championships?
374. Paul Jones (8/10/09)   ... that federal judge Paul Jones sentenced a pregnant mother of ten to jail for selling a quart of liquor, lectured her on birth control, and asked, "Doesn't this woman know how to stop it?
373. Everett Sweeley (8/10/09)   ... that Michigan fullback Everett Sweeley set a college football record in 1902 when he kicked the ball 86 yards?
372. Irwin Uteritz (8/10/09)   4,152 ... that Irwin Uteritz (pictured), "one of the lightest 'big time' quarterbacks in American football history" at 140 pounds, led Michigan to two undefeated seasons and a national championship?
371. Bruce Shorts (8/9/09)   ... that Bruce Shorts, head football coach at Nevada and Oregon, was described in 1904 as "the best coach west of the Mississippi River"?
370. Harry Hawkins (8/9/09) ... that Harry Hawkins won the U.S. national collegiate hammer throw championship in 1926 and was rated by Fielding Yost as the best football lineman of 1925?
369. Curtis Redden (8/8/09)   7,457 ... that Michigan end Curtis Redden (pictured) died in World War I after he had described the night sky over the battlefield as "weird, hideous, fascinating, sublime"?
368. Mike Lantry (8/7/09)   1,487 ... that Mike Lantry, a Vietnam veteran and walk-on place-kicker, broke the University of Michigan record for the longest field goal twice in the same quarter?
367. Bob Westfall (8/4/09)   4,261 ... that Michigan's "chunky fullback," "Bullet Bob" Westfall, known for his "spinner play," was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1987?
366. Milan Lazetich (8/3/09) 1,589 ... that All-Pro linebacker Milan "Sheriff" Lazetich, a rodeo rider before joining the NFL, reported that no end or back ever threw a block like a wild pony "when he feels the first touch of a saddle"?
365. Herman Everhardus (8/2/09)   ... that future U.S. president Gerald Ford waited tables at the fraternity house of Michigan halfback Herman Everhardus?
364. George Ceithaml (8/1/09) ... that Fritz Crisler called George Ceithaml, quarterback of the Michigan Wolverines's single-wing offense from 1941 to 1942, "the smartest player he ever taught"?
363. Tom Kuzma (7/31/09) ... that Michigan halfback Tom Kuzma was described as "a smacker from Smackersville"?
362. Primo Villanueva (7/31/09) ... that "Calexico Kid" Primo Villanueva led UCLA to the NCAA football championship in 1954 and was inducted into the British Columbia Restaurant Hall of Fame in 2009?
361. Bob Reynolds (7/26/09) ... that Bob "Horse" Reynolds founded the Los Angeles Angels baseball team and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame within a year?
348-360. 1935 College Football All-America Team (7/25/09) ... that the players selected for the 1935 College Football All-America Teams included SMU's "Iron Man" Wetsel, Stanford's "Vow Boy" Bobby Grayson, military historian Jac Weller, aspiring G-Man Paul Tangora, Charles Wasicek of the "unbeaten, untied and uninvited" Colgate team, Minnesota's "battering ram fullback" Sheldon Beise and tackles Ed Widseth and Dick Smith, Cal end Larry Lutz, Ohio State end Merle Wendt, Princeton second-generation All-American Gilbert Lea and Walter Winika, the first Rutgers varsity athlete killed in World War II?
347. Gaynell Tinsley (7/25/09)   ... that Gaynell Tinsley, a two-time All-American end at LSU, set an NFL record with 675 receiving yards as a rookie in 1937?
346. Sid Wagner (7/24/09) ... that Sid Wagner led Michigan State to their first consecutive football wins over the Michigan Wolverines and was the first player selected by the Detroit Lions in the first NFL Draft?
345. Truman Spain (7/23/09) 2,306 ... that SMU All-American Truman "Big Dog" Spain, known for his "rumba king" good looks, was described as "hard as ship's steel and as torrid as a foundry furnace"?
344. Richard France (7/17/09)   ... that rough hits from Michigan's Richard France induced Wisconsin star Pat O'Dea to slug France, leading to O'Dea's ejection from the 1899 Western Conference championship game?
343. Martin Wheelock (7/16/09) ... that Martin Wheelock, football player for the Carlisle Indian School in the 1890s, was inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980?
342. Paul Bunker (7/15/09)   3,977 ... that Paul Bunker died in a Japanese POW camp in 1943 but kept hidden a remnant of the U.S. flag from Corregidor now displayed at the West Point Museum?
341. Charles de Saulles (7/14/09)   1,520 ... that Charles de Saulles coached an undefeated football team of workers from a Kansas zinc smelting works that defeated the Carlisle Indians and was dubbed "the oddest football team in the country"?
340. John Baird ... that All-American fullback John Baird was forced to withdraw from Princeton in 1898 after playing a football game on a wet field while recovering from tonsilitis?
339. Bemus Pierce (7/14/09) ... that Bemus Pierce, a guard for the Carlisle Indians football team, ran back three kickoffs for touchdowns in an 1896 game against the University of Illinois?
338. Bert Waters (7/11/09)   ... that Harvard All-American Bert Waters was accused of jabbing a finger into a Yale player's eye in the 1893 football game that became known as "The Bloodbath in Hampden Park"?
337. Albert Sharpe (7/11/09) ... that Albert Sharpe participated in football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, rowing, and track and field, and was called "the greatest living all round athlete" in 1915?
336. Howard R. Reiter (7/11/09)   ... that Howard Reiter has been credited by some with developing the overhand spiral forward pass while playing for the Philadelphia Athletics of the original National Football League (1902)?
335. Dudley Riggs (7/10/09)   ... that Princeton All-American Dudley Riggs was the son of a wealthy banking family that lent $16 million to the United States to fund the Mexican-American War?
334. Franklin Morse (7/10/09)   6,188 ... that American football halfback Franklin Morse (pictured) was the model for a drawing, prints of which reportedly "hung in most college rooms throughout the country" during the 1890s?
333. 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team (7/6/09)   ... that the 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team's Western Conference championship inspired a student to write the fight song "The Victors"?
327-332. 1890 College Football All-America Team (7/5/09)   ... that the 1890 College Football All-America Team was composed entirely of players from Harvard, Yale and Princeton, including Ralph Warren, John Cranston, Billy Rhodes, Frank Hallowell and Jesse Riggs?
326. Walter Boal (7/2/09)   1,582 ... that American hammer thrower Walter Boal astonished passengers on a ship traveling to England in 1899 by skipping rope around the deck with another athlete on his back?
325. Allen Steckle (7/2/09)   ... that medical doctor A.C. Steckle (pictured) gained fame coaching the University of Nevada, a school with only 80 students, to a 1903 victory over the University of California football team?
324. Pete Overfield (6/30/09)   ... that Pete Overfield won a professional American football championship in 1901 and was later nominated by U.S. President William Howard Taft as a federal judge in Alaska?
323. 1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team (6/30/09) ... that the success of the championship 1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team inspired promoters to form the first National Football League in 1902?
322. Clarence Herschberger (6/29/09)   1,694 ... that University of Chicago fullback Clarence Herschberger (pictured) has been credited as the first player to run the Statue of Liberty play?
321. John McLean (6/26/09)   ... that the 1906 firing of John McLean (pictured) for paying an athlete to play college football was called "the biggest scandal in the history of Missouri athletics"?
320. Freeman Fitzgerald (6/24/09) ... that Freeman Fitzgerald played football with Knute Rockne and once struck out 19 batters in a baseball game?
319. Eugene Mayer (6/23/09)   ... that Virginia Cavaliers halfback Eugene "Buck" Mayer became the first consensus first-team All-American from a Southern school in 1915?
318. Dick King (6/23/09) ... that Dick King, who played in the early days of the NFL, was called "one of the greatest backs who ever wore moleskins"?
317. Johnny Gilroy (6/22/09)   1,920 ... that "The Great Gilroy", the leading scorer in college football in 1916, was charged in 1940 with stealing 35 shoe stitching machines from a Massachusetts factory?
316. Laurens Shull (6/22/09)   9,460 ... that University of Chicago football star Laurens "Spike" Shull died of wounds suffered rushing a machine gun nest at the Battle of Château-Thierry (pictured)?
315. Ted Coy (6/21/09)   3,020 ... that Yale All-American Ted Coy (pictured), who played football with "his long blonde hair held back by a white sweatband," was the basis for a character in a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
314. Paul Veeder (6/20/09) ... that Yale All-American Paul Veeder has been credited with throwing the "first forward pass in a major game" and as an early innovator of the onside kick?
313. Mack Supronowicz (6/20/09)   ... that in 1947, University of Michigan basketball player Mack "Soup" Supronowicz was hailed as "the greatest cage prospect in college history"?
312. Tom Shevlin (6/18/09)   3,707 ... that four-time All-American football end and millionaire lumberman Tom Shevlin (pictured) died of pneumonia after contracting a cold while training the Yale football team?
311. Diane Dietz (6/16/09) ... that Diane Dietz set the Big Ten single-game basketball scoring record with 45 points in 1982 and the University of Michigan career record with 2,076 points?
310. Herman Fishman (6/11/09) ... that University of Michigan pitcher Herman Fishman set a Big Ten record in 1936 with a 0.86 ERA and was named to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's Jewish All-American baseketball team?
309. Alicia Seegert (6/10/09) 1,762 ... that catcher Alicia Seegert set Big Ten Conference records for batting average, hits, total bases and RBIs while playing softball for the University of Michigan from 1984 to 1987?
308. Frank Legacki (6/7/09) ... that venture capitalist Frank Legacki set American records in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly while attending the University of Michigan in 1961?
307. Nikki Nemitz (6/6/09) 1,819 ... that after facing 2009 All-American softball pitcher Nikki Nemitz's fastball, a sports writer for the Detroit Free Press wrote that he "actually felt a breeze" and his "knees buckled"?
306. Marshall Newell (6/1/09)   14,200 ... that "Ma" Newell (pictured), one of the few four-year All-Americans in college football history, was run over by a railroad engine on Christmas Eve 1897?
305. Dudley Dean (5/25/09)   2,315 ... that Harvard's All-American football quarterback Dudley Dean was cited by Theodore Roosevelt for bravery after the Rough Riders' charge of San Juan Hill (pictured)?
304. Beaton Squires (5/25/09) ... that All-American Beaton Squires wrote an editorial in 1905 against turning football into a "parlor game" after Harvard's president criticized its violent nature?
303. Sheppard Homans Jr. (5/24/09) ... that Grantland Rice wrote that All-American football fullback Shep Homans, who played in every minute of all 22 games for Princeton in 1890 and 1891, "represented the football that used to be"?
302. Isaac Seneca (5/24/09)   ... that in 1899 Isaac Seneca became the first Native American to be named as an All-American football player while playing halfback for the Carlisle Indian School?
301. Thomas Graydon (5/24/09)   ... that two-time All-American fullback "Blondy" Graydon performed a tumbling routine with the Barnum & Bailey Circus while dressed "in resplendent pink tights"?
300. Neutra VDL Studio and Residences (5/21/09)   ... that architect Richard Neutra used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, on Silver Lake in Los Angeles?
299. The Manor (Los Angeles) (5/18/09) ... that Aaron Spelling's 56,500-square-foot mansion, known as The Manor, is the largest house in Los Angeles County?
298. Duane Purvis (5/16/09) ... that Duane Purvis's right arm made him a world-class javelin thrower and "without peer" as a long passer in football?
297. Earl Sprackling (5/16/09) ... that Earl Sprackling, who was selected as the best college football player of 1910, gained 456 total yards and kicked three field goals in one game?}}
296. Lester Belding (5/15/09) ... that Lester Belding was the first Iowa Hawkeyes football player to be named an All-American?
293-295. City Hall Gang (5/12/09)   ... that George Cryer, Mayor of Los Angeles in the Roaring Twenties, was allegedly controlled by the city's political boss Kent Parrot and vice king Charles Crawford, whose coterie of bootleggers and criminals was known as the "City Hall Gang"?
292. William H. Lewis (5/4/09)   ... that William H. Lewis (pictured) became the first African-American college football player in 1888 and the first African-American to serve as U.S. Assistant Attorney General in 1911?
291. 1889 College Football All-America Team (4/29/09)   ... that the quarterback for the first College Football All-America Team in 1889 was Edgar Allan Poe?
289-290. Dick Wallen, W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy (4/26/09)   ... that UCLA Bruins end Dick Wallen won the 1957 Voit Trophy as the outstanding football player on the Pacific Coast?
288. Tom Maentz (4/21/09)   ... that ends Tom Maentz and Ron Kramer, known as the "touchdown twins," were the first University of Michigan athletes to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated?
287. Archie Weston (4/17/09)   5,587 ... that Michigan's All-American quarterback Archie Weston (pictured) was once tackled during a game by an irate female fan?
286. Gibby Welch (4/13/09) ... that University of Pittsburgh halfback Gibby Welch broke the single-season yardage record set by Red Grange, gaining 1,964 yards in just nine games in 1926?
285. Bernard Kirk (4/10/09)   2,413 ... that Michigan end Bernard Kirk, who Knute Rockne called the "apple of my eye," died of complications from a fractured skull days after being named an All-American in December 1922?
283-284. Herb Treat, 1922 College Football All-America Team (4/7/09) 4,007 ... that Herb Treat, unanimously selected as a 1922 College Football All-American, was hit by a car in 1943 and plunged nine stories from a hotel window in 1947?
282. 1948 College Football All-America Team (3/29/09) ... that the 1948 All-America team was the first to include separate offensive and defensive college football teams?
281. Charlie Chaplin Studios (3/12/09)   2,018 ... that Charlie Chaplin Studios, founded in 1917 and now home to Jim Henson Productions, has a 12-foot (3.7 m) color statue of Kermit the Frog dressed as the "Little Tramp" above the main gate?
280. KCET Studios (3/11/09)   1,107 ... that KCET Studios, where Invasion of the Body Snatchers was filmed, is the longest continuously-producing studio in Hollywood?
279. The Salt Box (3/2/09) 3,016 ... that The Salt Box, one of the first Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments, was razed by fire seven months after being relocated to make room for a $500 million skyscraper development?
278. Palm Court (Alexandria Hotel) (3/1/09)   1,920 ... that the Palm Court, called "the most beautiful room in Los Angeles," has been the site of speeches by Presidents Taft and Wilson and balls where Rudolph Valentino danced with starlets?
277. 1886 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/28/09) 2,359 ... that the 1886 Michigan football team had a "goalkeeper" and played games measured in "innings"?
276. Horace Greely Prettyman (2/27/09)   8,713 ... that Horace Prettyman (pictured) played eight years of "college" football for the University of Michigan from 1882 to 1890, some when he was in his 30s and no longer a student?
273-275. 1948 Michigan hockey (2/26/09)   314 + 207 + 182 ... that Gordon McMillan from Saskatchewan, Wally Grant from Minnesota's Iron Range, and Wally Gacek from Manitoba led the Michigan Wolverines to the first ever Frozen Four NCAA hockey championship in 1948?
272. Mel Wakabayashi (2/26/09) 3,122 ... that Mel Wakabayashi, born in a wartime Japanese-Canadian internment camp, was called "perhaps the most unlikely star in the long history of Michigan sports, and surely one of the most inspirational"?
271. Gordon Wilkie (2/25/09)   2,202 ... that when Gordon Wilkie and his Michigan Wolverines teammates scored 21 points in a single ice hockey game against Ohio State University, their coach threatened to bench anyone else who scored?
270. Dave Debol (2/22/09) 279 ... that University of Michigan Hall of Honor inductee Dave Debol, known in the 1970s as "the Guy LaFleur of college hockey", set an NCAA record by scoring three goals in less than one minute?
269. 1881 Michigan Wolverines football team (2/21/09)   688 ... that the 1881 Michigan Wolverines football team is credited with playing the first intersectional football games against Harvard, Yale and Princeton?
268. Tad Wieman (2/20/09)   1,202 ... that when Elton Wieman moved east to play football for the University of Michigan in 1915, the Los Angeles Times called it "a calamity of almost national importance"?
267. Bill MacFarland (2/19/09) 1,113 ... that attorney Bill MacFarland had a dislocated knee and six broken teeth after playing 11 seasons of professional ice hockey?
266. Mindy Gehrs (2/19/09) 763 ... that 2009 Michigan Hall of Honor inductee Mindy Gehrs was called "the best swimmer to ever part the waters of the Atomic City"?
265. Franklin Cappon (2/19/09)   3,516 ... that "Cappy" Cappon (pictured), known for his "five-man weave" basketball offense, was mentor to Princeton athletes from the 1930s to the 1960s, including Bill Bradley and Frank Deford?
264. Albert E. Herrnstein (2/17/09)   694 ... that after scoring six touchdowns for Michigan against Ohio State in 1902, Albert Herrnstein became the winningest coach in Ohio State football history up to the time he retired?
263. Bo Molenda (2/15/09) 834 ... that Bo Molenda played professional football, baseball and basketball and was the "workhorse" for the Green Bay Packers teams that won three consecutive NFL championships from 1929 to 1931?
262. Ernie Vick (2/14/09)   668 ... that Ernie Vick was an All-American football center while enrolled at the University of Michigan medical school even though his schoolwork did not allow him to practice with the team?
261. Cedric C. Smith (2/11/09)   612 ... that sources indicate that Cedric "Pat" Smith, who later worked at Ford's Rouge plant, was either the second or third leading scorer in the NFL during its first season in 1920?
260. Art Walker (2/11/09)   ... that All-American football player Art Walker played in 479 of 540 minutes in the Michigan Wolverines' 1954 season and later played seven years for the Edmonton Eskimos?
259. Boss Weeks (2/11/09)   1,508 ... that Boss Weeks was quarterback of Fielding H. Yost's "Point-a-Minute" University of Michigan football teams in 1901–1902 that outscored opponents 1,211 to 12?
258. Ernest Allmendinger (2/10/09)   14,208 ... that American football player "Aqua" Allmendinger (pictured), once described as "a young giant in perfect physical condition," acquired his nickname after working as a waterboy for railroad building crews?
257. Neil Snow (2/10/09)   5,420 ... that Neil Snow (pictured), ranked by Grantland Rice as one of the three greatest all-around athletes ever turned out in college sports, died of heart failure at age 34 after a game of squash?
256. Beth Wymer (2/7/09) 699 ... that University of Michigan gymnast Beth Wymer won three consecutive NCAA championships in the uneven bars and was a first-team All-American in the all-around and balance beam?
255. Bev Plocki (2/6/09) 430 ... that gymnastics coach Bev Plocki led Michigan to 15 Big Ten championships and 18 NCAA championship tournaments after taking over a last-place program in 1990?
254. Carol Hutchins (2/5/09)   266 ... that Carol Hutchins, coach of the first eastern team to win the Women's College World Series, is the winningest coach in the history of the University of Michigan in any sport?
253. Angus Goetz (2/3/09)   991 ... that Angus Goetz played for Buffalo in the National Football League on the weekends while attending medical school at the University of Michigan?
252. Eddie Tolan (2/1/09)   1,400 ... that Eddie Tolan, the first African-American to be the "world's fastest human" after winning double gold at the 1932 Olympics, returned home jobless and appeared in vaudeville with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
251. Ken DOherty (1/30/09)   954 .. that University of Pennsylvania track coach Ken Doherty removed Bruce Dern from the track team in 1957 after his Elvis-like sideburns caused a commotion while running the two-mile relay?
250. Sam Stoller (1/27/09) 2,522 ... that the U.S. Olympic Committee awarded medals to Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman 62 years after the only two Jews on the U.S. track team were pulled from the 400-meter relay team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
249. Mike Murphy (1/27/09)   2,313 ... that Mike Murphy (pictured) trained heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan, was the first Michigan Wolverines football coach, and has been called the "the father of American track athletics"?
248. Steve Farrell (1/26/09)   5,400 ... that Steve Farrell, called "the greatest professional foot-racer" in America, raced against horses for several years in the 1890s and reportedly only lost a half dozen times?
247. Charles B. Hoyt (1/26/09)   418 ... that sprint champion Charles Hoyt, who lost a chance for an Olympic medal when the 1916 games were cancelled due to World War I, later coached Eddie Tolan to two gold medals in the 1932 Olympics?
246. Keene Fitzpatrick (1/24/09)   1,302 ... that Keene Fitzpatrick (pictured) invented modern pole-vaulting technique, coached five Olympic gold medalists, and trained the University of Michigan's "Point-a-Minute" football teams from 1901 to 1905?
245. Philip Bartelme (1/23/09)   750 ... that University of Michigan athletic director Philip Bartelme (pictured) hired Branch Rickey as a baseball coach in 1910, and the two later worked together for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers?
244. Charles A. Baird (1/13/09)   1,517 ... that Michigan's first athletic director Charles Baird (pictured) built the largest college athletic ground in the United States and negotiated the school's appearance in the first Rose Bowl game?
243. Blowout (sports) (1/16/09) 2,414 ... that during a blowout, fans often chant to request that players who only play in garbage time be put in the game?
241-242. Robert H. Hume, H. Ross Hume (1/15/09) 1,204 + 2,206 ... that twin brothers Robert and Ross Hume became known as the "Dead Heat Kids" after finishing nine straight mile races, including the Big Ten and NCAA championships, holding hands in dead heat victories?
240. Francis Heydt (1/15/09) 288 ... that 1941 NCAA backstroke champion and University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor inductee Francis Heydt later owned a business that sold camouflage clothing to the U.S. military?
239. James Tanis (1/13/09) 2,512 ... that former guerrilla James Tanis undertook a trip through some twenty fast-flowing rivers and creeks before being inaugurated as the second President of Bougainville?
238. William Murphy (1/13/09) 319 ... that William Murphy won two Big Ten doubles tennis championships with his twin brother, and later coached Michigan tennis teams to 11 Big Ten and one NCAA team championships?
237. Harold Nichols (1/13/09) 633 ... that in Harold Nichols' 32 years as Iowa State wrestling coach, his wrestlers placed among the top three teams in the United States 25 times and won 38 individual and six team NCAA championships?
236. Dave Porter (1/12/09)   1,916 ... that Dave Porter won the NCAA heavyweight collegiate wrestling championship twice and was subsequently drafted by the Cleveland Browns to play in the NFL?
George R. Christmas (nom)   11,120 ... that George R. Christmas (pictured), then known as Captain Christmas, received the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism" in the Vietnam War?
235. M. C. Burton Jr. (1/12/09)   1,118 ... that after becoming the first basketball player to lead the Big Ten in both scoring and rebounds, Michigan's M.C. Burton turned down a contract to play in the NBA to attend medical school?
234. Edward I. Schalon (1/12/09) 195 ... that Edward Schalon, inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor as a golfer, later became the president of a Fortune 500 company, SPX Corporation?
233. Dominic Tomasi (1/11/09)   398 ... that 180-pound (82 kg) guard Dominic Tomasi was selected as both captain and Most Valuable Player of the undefeated National Champion 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team?
232. Bob Osgood (1/11/09) 531 ... that University of Michigan track team captain Bob Osgood set a world record in the 120-yard (110 m) high hurdles in a "driving rain" that turned the track at Ferry Field into "a miniature lake"?
231. Kappe Residence (1/9/09) 5,019 ... that the Kappe Residence, described as "a virtual tree house poised over a steep hillside", was named one of the top ten houses in Los Angeles by an expert panel selected by the Los Angeles Times?
230. Walter L. Dodge House (1/8/09)   6,607 ... that the 1916 Early Modern Dodge House in West Hollywood, California, called one of the fifteen most significant houses in the United States, was demolished in 1970 to make way for apartments?
229. William Watson (1/3/09)   738 ... that Time magazine predicted "Big Bill" Watson, the first African-American to win the U.S. decathlon championship, would be America's No. 1 hero at the 1940 Olympics, later cancelled due to World War II?
228. ʻIolani Luahine (1/1/09) 2,694 ... that Iolani Luahine, considered the high priestess of the ancient hula, was said to be able to "call up the wind and the rain" and to "make animals do her bidding"?
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