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Born in Menominee Upper Peninsula Michigan. -
His Father was Scottish and Irish and his Mother was German -
He helped create the Menominee High School Football Team in 1894. -
Enjoyed Riding Logs and Iceboating in the river. At the time everyone his town rode logs from the Lumber Mill down the rivers filled with ice. Normally someone died each year. -
He didn't like the tough conditions and having to be inside all day. This Persuaded him to go to college. -
His father gave him a loan to afford it but it was forgiven when he graduated -
He was a reserve for his freshman and sophomore years in football. Was on the Freshman Sophomore team for his first two years on the Track Team. Played Baseball as well. -
He Played right halfback and returned kickoffs and punts. The team had gone 6-1-1 the year before. -
Michigan beat Chicago University 12-11 in the Big Ten Championship in Chicago. He had a kick return to the 50 yard line, and 35 yard kick return. In total he ran for 90 yards. -
Luis Elbel wrote Michigan Fight song about the teams win against Chicago. The song was inspired by his kick return. -
Michigan were crowned Big Ten Champions after the win. This was their first Big Ten Championship. Team finished undefeated and won all ten of their games. -
He was the track and field captain for his junior and senior years. In addition to being one of the Longest serving track captains in Michigan history. -
Also at the BIG Ten Championship he jumped 23 feet. This broke the Michigan and BIG Ten record and was very close to world record at the time. -
AT the BIG Ten Championship he ran a time of 16.2 seconds. He won the race and also broke the record for 110 hurdles for Michigan History. -
Named first team All American by The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Fort Wayne News -
Michigan Lost 10-11 but he got national attention. He was mentioned in New York Times for how well he played. He was also given an ovation by Penn Fans. At the time Penn was one of the best teams in America. -
The Michigan Track Team led by him won the Big Ten title. This allowed them to go to the 1900 Stockholm olympics to repersent team USA. It also meant he finished his career without loosing a hurdles race.
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The Michigan track team and other college track teams were sent to repersent America in the Stokholm olympics. -
He ran a time of 15.5 seconds. The First Place runner Alvin Kraenzlein ran a 15.4 meaning he lost by 0.1 seconds. The other two medalists were both American from Minnesota and Illinois. Kraenzlein also won gold in the 200m hurdles. -
The long jump was his second best event. He got sixth in the qualification. However he and other American Athletes did not compete in the finals because they were on Sunday. -
He also competed in the Triple jump and Standing Triple jump. However he wasn't able to make the finals with these times. -
On the Ship back from Europe his medal was stolen. -
Knox is a Small Liberal Arts in Illinois. Its team was formed in 1891 and was not considered a strong team. -
The Final Score was 12-5. The game was played in Rock Island Ilinois and Notre Dame was 19nth ranked in the country. After the win and season the team was Crowned Champion of West. Notre Dame is currently the college football team with the fourth most wins in College Football History and has been national champions 11 times. Therefore its considered the greatest win in Knox history. -
Finished with a 9/2 record with wins against Notre Dame, Northwestern and Kansas. Only losses were to the third and fifth ranked teams in the country. -
He Finished with a 15-5-3 record over two years, with a 76% win percent. This is the highest win percentage in Knox History. Considered the best period in Knox Football History -
Missouri University at Columbia is the largest school in Missouri and has football team currently in the SEC which is one of the best confernaces in College Football. -
Henning Ackerson had played for Knox as well and was 25 at the time. Other Missouri alumni had helped him pay. -
It was revealed he had payed players and he was fired. He was the first college football coach to be fired for paying players. Called the biggest scandal in history of Missouri athletics. Coached at Missouri for three years for a 9/17/1 record. -
He stayed a bond salesman until the Great Depression when he went out of business. -
She was From Minnesota. They stayed married their whole lives and had 3 kids. Two girls and a boy. -
last game between Chicago and Michigan whole team from 1899 honored. Michigan blew them out -
He was Buried in his home town of Menominee Michigan.He died at 77. -
He was inducted for his contributions to the Knox Football Team.