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[edit]Created in 2011
[edit]The following shows articles created in 2011 with the most page views. Page views are from the period 7/1/15 to 9/11/22.
Rank | Title | Creation date |
Article Size |
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Description |
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1 | Ronnie Hillman | 2011-10-30 | 17,747 | 832,161 | Running back at San Diego State (2010-11) and in NFL (2012-16) |
2 | Casey Close | 2011-01-13 | 17,139 | 814,197 | UM baseball player (1983-86) and sports agent |
3 | Giovani Bernard | 2011-10-20 | 41,831 | 828,921 | Running back at North Carolina 2010-12, and for Cincinnati Bengals 2013-2020 |
4 | Robert Turbin | 2011-10-20 | 26,821 | 557,885 | Running back at Utah State 2007-11 and NFL (2012-19) |
5 | List of college women's basketball coaches with 600 wins | 2011-04-06 | 23,934 | 561,679 | Women's basketball coaches with 600 wins |
6 | Chandler Harnish | 2011-10-16 | 19,859 | 369,907 | Northern Illinois quarterback (2008-11) and in NFL (2012-14) |
7 | Fitzgerald Toussaint | 2011-09-09 | 35,353 | 273,082 | UM running back 2011-13 and in NFL 2014-17 |
8 | A. J. Jenkins | 2011-10-16 | 10,238 | 271,361 | Wide receiver at Illinois 2008-11 and in NFL 2012-14 |
9 | Bryn Renner | 2011-10-15 | 19,021 | 548,471 | North Carolina quarterback 2010-13 and in NFL 2014-16 |
10 | Cody Fajardo | 2011-10-16 | 19,147 | 311,053 | Quarterback for Nevada 2011-14 and in CFL 2015-present |
11 | Silas Redd | 2011-10-23 | 12,794 | 173,821 | Running back for Penn State and USC 2010-13 |
12 | Joanne Siegel | 2011-02-24 | 9,380 | 197,614 | Wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and model for Lois Lane |
13 | Blake Countess | 2011-07-03 | 25,841 | 168,840 | Michigan cornerback 2011-13 and in NFL 2016-21 |
14 | Keith Price | 2011-10-16 | 18,585 | 149,613 | Washington Huskies' quarterback 2010-13 and in CFL 2014-17 |
15 | Chris Givens | 2011-10-18 | 15,457 | 128,909 | Wake Forest wide receiver (2009-2011) and professionally (2012-2019) |
16 | Marquess Wilson | 2011-10-16 | 15,205 | 123,306 | Washington State wide receiver 2010-2012 and in NFL 2013-2018 |
17 | Olson House (Cushing, Maine) | 2011-07-29 | 8,157 | 131,903 | National Historic Landmark in Maine made famous by depiction in Wyeth's Christine's World |
18 | Jeremy Gallon | 2011-09-25 | 24,598 | 116,210 | UM wide receiver (2010-2013) and professionally (2014-2019) |
19 | Matt Wile | 2011-10-18 | 22,216 | 71,081 | UM kicker 2011-2014 |
20 | List of vacated and forfeited games in college basketball | 2011-07-10 | 31,857 | 65,926 | |
21 | Vincent Smith (American football) | 2011-10-29 | 9,630 | 63,271 | UM running back 2009-2012, famous for tackle by Jadeveon Clowney in 2013 Outback Bowl |
22 | List of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins | 2011-04-07 | 11,518 | 64,036 | |
22 | Watson Spoelstra | 2011-08-16 | 9,346 | 55,852 | Sportswriter for The Detroit News 1945-1973 |
23 | Henry Josey | 2011-09-28 | 13,623 | 41,861 | Running back for Missouri 2010-2013 and professionally 2014-2017 |
24 | Detroit Titans football | 2011-11-12 | 40,740 | ||
25 | Sue Enquist | 2011-04-08 | 5,667 | 39,440 | UCLA softball player (1975-78) and head coach 1997-2006 |
27 | Mike Keller | 2011-07-25 | 12,407 | 33,689 | UM linebacker (1969-1971) and with Dallas Cowboys (1972-1973) |
28 | Max Kase | 2011-08-10 | 36,646 | 32,020 | New York sports writer who won Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for exposing CCNY Point Shaving Scandal |
20 | Todd Schlopy | 2011-07-23 | 6,661 | 25,045 | UM placekicker 1981-84 |
30 | Charley Feeney | 2011-08-06 | 8,633 | 23,542 | Sportswriter in NYC and Pittsburgh 1946-1986 |
31 | Robbie Rouse] | 2011-10-18 | 7,111 | 27,780 | Running back at Fresno State 2009-2012 |
32 | List of college women's volleyball coaches with 750 wins | 2011-04-09 | 8,613 | 22,293 | |
33 | Westlake Theatre | 2011-06-16 | 6,956 | 22,279 | Historic theater in Los Angeles |
34 | Corey Robinson (quarterback) | 2011-10-15 | 7,496 | 21,604 | Quarterack for Troy 2010-2013 |
35 | Angelus Funeral Home | 2011-06-16 | 5,353 | 20,727 | Historic funeral home in South Los Angeles |
36 | 28th Street YMCA | 2011-06-16 | 6,043 | 17,029 | |
37 | Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30 | 2011-06-17 | 4,784 | 16,152 | |
38 | Victor Martinez (author) | 2011-03-03 | 7,129 | 15,945 | Won National Book Award for Young People's Literature for Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida |
39 | Tak Shindo | 2011-01-09 | 20,812 | 20,283 | Japanese American composer and musician |
40 | Mike Hoban | 2011-07-23 | 3,288 | 15,478 | UM football guard 1971-1973 |
41 | Arthur Matsu | 2011-08-13 | 15,366 | 24,372 | First Asian American student at William & Mary, QB of football team 1923-26, also played in NFL |
42 | Josh Williams (American football) | 2011-07-21 | 2,996 | 14,867 | UM defensive tackle 1996-1999, also played in FL 2000-2005 |
43 | Second Baptist Church (Los Angeles) | 2011-06-16 | 36,655 | 27,782 | Historic church in South LA, hosted NCAA national conventions in 1928, 1942, 1949, and site of speeches by MLK and Malcolm X |
44 | Chris Zurbrugg | 2011-10-23 | 8,305 | 13,825 | UM quarterback 1984-1986 |
45 | Alex Carder | 2011-11-27 | 17,563 | 15,700 | Western Michigan quarterback 2009-2012 and professionally 2013-2016 |
46 | Bruce McLenna | 2011-07-25 | 9,101 | 13,362 | UM fullback 1961 and with Detroit Lions 1966, died in car crash 1968 |
47 | List of college women's soccer coaches with 300 wins | 2011-04-09 | 12,884 | 12,696 | |
48 | List of U.S. college men's soccer coaches with 400 wins | 2011-04-09 | 11,563 | 12,312 | |
40 | Matthew Whaley School | 2011-06-14 | 4,779 | 12,042 | Historic Georgian Revival school in Williamsburg, Virginia |
50 | 27th Street Historic District | 2011-06-17 | 19,796 | 12,042 | Historic black neighborhood in South LA with Victorian and Colonial Revival houses |
51 | Chaino | 2011-01-18 | 9,781 | 15,079 | Bongo player popular in exotica genre with fictional biography as orphan from lost African tribe |
52 | Brockman Building | 2011-06-17 | 8,296 | 11,951 | Beaux Arts, Romanesque building in Downtown LA, built 1912 |
53 | Bob Callahan (American football) | 2011-07-19 | 4,713 | 11,478 | UM center 1943 and 1945-46 |
54 | Charles Dryden | 2011-08-03 | 24,596 | 13,355 | Baseball writer and humorist known as the Mark Twain of baseball |
55 | Doug Skene | 2011-07-21 | 7,254 | 16,307 | UM offensive lineman 1989-1992 |
56 | Jerry Green (writer) | 2011-07-29 | 13,618 | 30,464 | Detroit sportswriter 1956-2004, attended each of first 56 Super Bowls |
57 | Bud Middaugh | 2011-03-28 | 3,521 | 9,902 | UM baseball coach 1980-1989 |
58 | Lincoln Theater (Los Angeles) | 2011-06-15 | 13,799 | 9,458 | Historic theater in South LA known as the "West Coast Apollo |
59 | James Whitley (American football) | 2011-07-21 | 7,566 | 9,355 | UM defensive back 1997-2000 and professionally 2001-2008 |
60 | Orienta (album) | 9,913 | |||
60 | Harry Allis | 2011-07-17 | 12,961 | 8,929 | UM end and kicker 1948-1950 |
61 | Dana Evans | 2011-12-19 | 4,885 | 8,846 | Basketball coach at Indiana and Northwestern (1917-1922) |
62 | Grace Hospital (Richmond, Virginia) | 2011-06-14 | 3,798 | 8,482 | Historic hospital in Richmond, built 1911 |
63 | Frank Graham (writer) | 2011-08-06 | 26,065 | 8,455 | NYC sportswriter 1915-1965 |
64 | Carl Ward | 2011-07-17 | 8,196 | 10,024 | UM back 1964-1966 |
65 | 52nd Place Historic District | 2011-06-17 | 5,898 | 7,783 | Historic district in South LA with many American Craftsman style homes |
66 | Central Press Association | 2011-08-14 | 12,778 | 9,511 | Newspaper syndication service 1910-1971 |
67 | Bill Keating (American football) | 2011-07-22 | 5,849 | 7,567 | UM defensive tackle 1963-1965 |
68 | Asher Clark | 2011-10-14 | 9,578 | ||
70 | 1973–74 Detroit Pistons season | 7,288 | |||
71 | Marvin Lane | 2011-10-06 | 7,173 | ||
72 | Ryan Radcliff | 2011-10-23 | 8,641 | ||
73 | Frank G. Menke | 7,938 | |||
74 | Brian Townsend (American football) | 8,716 | |||
75 | Tom Seabron | 6,419 | |||
76 | Gordon Cobbledick | 8,805 | |||
77 | Tom Dohring | 7,605 | |||
78 | Harry Grayson | 5,449 | |||
79 | Joe S. Jackson | 6,032 | |||
80 | John Drebinger | 6,156 | |||
81 | Earl Lawson (sportswriter) | 4,985 | |||
82 | Edward A. Batchelor | 7,368 | |||
83 | Sam Greene | 5,248 | |||
84 | Alan J. Gould | 5,922 |
Expanded in 2011
[edit]Rank | Title | Creation date |
Article Size |
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Description |
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1 | Eddie Lacy | AfD rescue | 46,883 | 2,789,343 | Alabama running back (2009-2012), NFL (2013-2017) |
2 | Brady Hoke | 1,041,681 | |||
3 | Michigan Wolverines women's ice hockey | 346,025 | |||
4 | Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story | 16,779 | 112,403 | Autobiograpy of Jerry Sandusky | |
5 | Terrence Toliver | 25,679 | 79,166 | LSU wide receiver (2007-2010), NFL (2011-2013) | |
6 | Frank Lary | 19,953 | 68,052 | MLB pitcher (1954-1965), 3x All-Star, known as the "Yankee Killer" | |
7 | Marquis Maze | 17,062 | 61,343 | Alabama wide receiver (2008-2011) | |
8 | Lorenzo Washington | 8,969 | 51,336 | Alabama defensive end (2008-2009) | |
9 | Luke Matheny | 40,400 | |||
10 | Dummy Taylor | 48,650 | |||
11 | Bobby Lowe | 31,754 | |||
12 | Damien Berry | 29,449 | |||
13 | Chris Todd (American football) | 25,565 | |||
14 | Tom Curtis (American football) | 23,447 | |||
15 | Cleveland Rosenblums | 22,359 | |||
16 | Glenn Presnell | 21,802 | |||
17 | 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team | 21,648 | |||
18 | Fred Dunlap | 20,326 | |||
19 | Nate Costa | 20,306 | |||
20 | Glenn Doughty | 19,944 | |||
21 | Joe Falls | 19,458 | |||
22 | Lowell Perry | 19,095 | |||
23 | Frank Crawford | 18,581 | |||
24 | Heinie Wagner | 16,897 | |||
25 | Leslie Mann (athlete) | 15,550 | |||
26 | Carl Lundgren | 13,747 | |||
27 | Osborne Cowles | 12,965 | |||
28 | Don Coleman (linebacker) | 12,586 | |||
29 | Adrian Battles | AfD rescue | 12,192 | ||
30 | Alvin Wistert | 11,233 | |||
31 | [[Pete Conway] | 10,645 | |||
32 | Heine Meine | 10,375 | |||
33 | William Ward (American football) | 10,372 | |||
34 | Frank Barbour | 9,807 | |||
35 | Chick King | 9,665 | |||
36 | Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House | 9,288 | |||
37 | Zane Taylor (American football) | 8,977 | |||
38 | Ryan Winterswyk | AfD rescue | 8,933 | ||
39 | Steve Aponavicius | 8,576 | |||
40 | Charles Dvorak | 8,267 | |||
41 | D. M. Balliet | 7,892 | |||
42 | Garrett Chisolm | AfD rescue | 7,567 | ||
43 | Steve Collins (American football) | 7,522 | |||
44 | Dave Tobik | 7,513 | |||
45 | Bill Morley | 7,107 |
American football
[edit]Michigan
- 1891 Michigan Wolverines football team
- 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team
- List of Michigan Wolverines football trainers*
- Michigan Wolverines football statistical leaders
- List of historically significant Michigan Wolverines football games
- Harry Allis*
- George Babcock
- James Baird
- Ted Bank*
- Frank Barbour
- Roy Beechler*
- Rolla Bigelow*
- Thomas A. Bogle Jr.*
- Jim Brieske*
- Bob Callahan*
- Charles H. Campbell*
- Otto Carpell*
- John Chase*
- William D. Cochran*
- Abe Cohn*
- Don Coleman
- Blake Countess*
- Frank Crawford
- Tom Curtis
- Bill Dague
- Donald R. Deskins Jr.*
- Tom Dohring*
- Glenn Doughty
- David L. Dunlap*
- Horace Dyer*
- William P. Edmunds
- Obi Egekeze
- Douglas Farmer*
- Jeremy Gallon*
- John Garrels
- Joe Gembis*
- Cecil Gooding*
- Herb Graver
- George W. Gregory*
- Harry S. Hammond*
- Clint Haslerig
- Mike Hoban*
- Brady Hoke
- John W. Hollister
- Herbert Huebel*
- Tommy Hughitt
- Emory J. Hyde*
- Efton James*
- Harry James*
- Ferris Jennings*
- Collins H. Johnston*
- Mike Jones*
- Arthur Karpus*
- Bill Keating*
- Mike Keller*
- John Kowalik
- Paul Kromer*
- Oscar Lambert*
- Jesse R. Langley*
- James E. Lawrence*
- George M. Lawton
- Jerry Marciniak*
- Bruce McLenna*
- Frank Millard*
- Charles S. Mitchell*
- Bill Morley
- Meyer Morton*
- Lowell Perry
- Tom Pullen*
- Fred Rehor*
- Andrew G. Reid*
- Lewis Reimann*
- Art Renner*
- Thomas J. Riley*
- Lawrence Roehm*
- Craig Roh
- Rocky Rosema
- Todd Schlopy*
- Tom Seabron*
- Henry M. Senter
- Quentin Sickels*
- James Simrall
- Doug Skene*
- Andrew W. Smith*
- Vincent Smith*
- Willie Smith*
- Benjamin H. Southworth*
- Ernest Sprague*
- Norman Sterry
- Theodore M. Stuart*
- Milo Sukup*
- Roy Torbet*
- Fitzgerald Toussaint*
- Brian Townsend*
- Fred Townsend*
- Joseph Truskowski*
- Jerome Utley*
- Carl Ward*
- William Ward
- Dwight Watson
- Jack Weisenburger*
- James Whitley*
- Matt Wile*
- Josh Williams*
- Eben Wilson
- Alvin Wistert
- Whitey Wistert
- Chris Ziemann*
- Chris Zurbrugg*
All-Americans
2011 collegiate leaders
- Giovani Bernard*
- Alex Carder*
- Asher Clark*
- Cody Fajardo*
- Chris Givens*
- Chandler Harnish*
- Ronnie Hillman*
- A. J. Jenkins*
- Henry Josey*
- Keith Price*
- Ryan Radcliff*
- Silas Redd*
- Bryn Renner*
- Corey Robinson*
- Robbie Rouse*
- Robert Turbin*
- Marquess Wilson*
Coaches
- Eli Abbott
- D. M. Balliet
- Lynn Bell
- George B. Chadwick*
- Fred Cozens
- Duffy Daugherty
- George Denman
- John Field*
- Andrew Bird Glaspie
- Curry Hicks
- J. W. Knibbs
- James Knight
- William F. Knox*
- Bill Lange
- Joseph McCulloch
- Edward Moulton
- Charles D. Rafferty*
- James O. Rodgers*
- Joseph Rockwell Swan*
- George S. Stillman*
- Albert Wittmer*
- Western Michigan: Bill Doolittle, John Gill, Tubby Meyers,Milton Olander, Merle Schlosser
AfD rescue
- 1891 VMI Keydets football team
- Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story
- Steve Aponavicius
- Adrian Battles
- Damien Berry
- Matt Bosher
- Tommie Campbell
- Greg Carter (deprod)
- Garrett Chisolm
- Steve Collins
- Nate Costa
- Dowayne Davis
- Arthur S. Herman
- Andre Holmes
- Joe Iacone
- Wade Koehl
- Eddie Lacy
- Marquis Maze
- Eric Mensik
- Rylan Reed
- Buster Skrine
- Zane Taylor
- Terrence Toliver
- Chris Todd
- Lorenzo Washington
- Ryan Winterswyk
Miscellaneous
Baseball
[edit]- Pug Cavet
- Bud Chamberlain*
- Henry Clarke
- Casey Close*
- Pete Conway
- Fred Dunlap
- William B. "Buck" Giles*
- James Gronninger (AfD rescue)
- Paul Jata
- Marvin Lane*
- Steve Larkin
- Frank Lary
- Razor Ledbetter
- Mickey Lolich
- Bobby Lowe
- Billy Lush
- Dummy Lynch*
- Don Leshnock*
- Carl Lundgren
- Heine Meine
- Scat Metha
- Bud Middaugh*
- Slicker Parks
- Heinie Peitz
- Skel Roach
- Heinie Sand
- Heinie Scheer
- Henry Sexton
- Red Snapp
- Dummy Taylor
- Dave Tobik
- Heinie Wagner
- Bill Watkins
- Charles F. Watkins*
Basketball
[edit]- 1973–74 Detroit Pistons season*
- List of vacated and forfeited games in college basketball*
- Charles Bemies
- Arthur Berndt*
- Cleveland Rosenblums
- Ed Cook*
- George Corneal*
- Osborne Cowles
- Fred Cozens
- Dana Evans*
- Robert Harris*
- Chris Harrison*
- Arthur Karpus*
- James Kase*
- Chick King
- Leslie Mann
- William Perigo*
- Oscar Rackle*
- Allan Williford*
Historic sites
[edit]Architects
Historic sites - CA
- 27th Street Historic District*
- 28th Street YMCA*
- 52nd Place Historic District*
- Angelus Funeral Home*
- Brockman Building*
- Fire Station No. 14*
- Fire Station No. 30*
- Lincoln Theater*
- Masonic Hall (MS) (AfD rescue)
- New Era Building (Maquoketa, Iowa)*
- Olson House (Cushing, Maine)*
- Prince Hall Masonic Temple
- St. Anselm's (Lafayette)
- Second Baptist Church*
- Westlake Theatre*
Historic sites - VA/DC
Sportswriters
[edit]- Edward A. Batchelor*
- Norman E. Brown
- Paul H. Bruske*
- Gordon Cobbledick*
- John Drebinger*
- Charles Dryden*
- Joe Falls
- Wilton S. Farnsworth*
- Charley Feeney*
- Dick Gordon
- Alan J. Gould*
- Frank Graham*
- Harry Grayson*
- Jerry Green*
- Sam Greene*
- James Isaminger
- Joe S. Jackson*
- Max Kase*
- Earl Lawson*
- Leo Macdonnell*
- Frank G. Menke*
- Paul Purman*
- H. G. Salsinger
- Lyall Smith*
- Watson Spoelstra*
- Jack Veiock*
Other
[edit]Coaching leaders
- List of college women's lacrosse coaches with 250 wins*
- List of college women's ice hockey coaches with 250 wins*
- List of U.S. college men's soccer coaches with 400 wins*
- List of college field hockey coaches with 300 wins*
- List of college women's soccer coaches with 300 wins*
- List of college softball coaches with 1,000 wins*
- List of college women's volleyball coaches with 750 wins*
- List of college women's basketball coaches with 600 wins*
Hockey
- Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey
- 1950–51 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season*
- Joseph Barss*
- Dan Farrell*
- John Giordano*
- Wilf Martin*
Music
Softball
Tennis
Track/field
2011 deaths
Miscellaneous
DYKs
[edit]Article (DYK date) | Image | DYK views | DYK hook |
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814. Theodore M. Stuart (12/20/11) | ... that Theodore M. Stuart, an end and halfback for the "Point-a-Minute" football teams at the University of Michigan in 1904 and 1905, was also the university's tennis champion? | ||
813. Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House (12/13/11) | 1,400 | ... that the Frank Kameny House in Washington, D.C., was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in the gay rights activism of its namesake? | |
812. Red Snapp (11/3/11) | 2,800 | ... that Red Snapp was considered the "king of the minor leagues"? | |
811. Cleveland Rosenblums (10/10/11) | 1,200 | ... that the Cleveland Rosenblums, owned by department store owner Max Rosenblum, won the first championship of the newly formed American Basketball League in 1926? | |
810. Brian Eisner (10/9/11) | ... that Brian Eisner led the University of Michigan men's tennis team to 18 Big Ten Conference championships in 30 years as the head coach? | ||
809. Bill Lange (10/9/11) | 400 | ... that Bill Lange led the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball program to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1941? | |
808. Ryan Winterswyk (9/7/11) | 1,750 | ... that after joining the Boise State football team as a walk-on, Ryan Winterswyk appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and was named to the school's All-Decade team? | |
807. Joe Iacone (9/5/11) | ... that American footballer Joe Iacone gained 3,983 rushing yards in three years and set PSAC rushing and scoring records that remained unbroken for decades? | ||
806. Dummy Taylor (9/2/11) | ... that Dummy Taylor, once the highest salaried deaf person in the United States, was ejected from a baseball game for cursing out the umpire in sign language? | ||
805. Fred Dunlap (9/2/11) | ... that Fred Dunlap, who was once the highest paid player in professional baseball, died penniless at the age of 43? | ||
804. Heinie Meine (8/30/11) | 4,500 | ... that during the Prohibition era, the National League's leading pitcher Heinie Meine (pictured) operated a speakeasy known for "moose milk that would peel the paint off a battleship"? | |
803. Sam Greene (8/29/11) | 629 | ... that Sam Greene, who covered Detroit sports from 1922 to 1963, was called "one of America's best known sports chroniclers," "a gentlemanly patriarch" and one of sport's "most beloved figures"? | |
802. Heinie Peitz (8/28/11) | ... that Heinie Peitz was on the receiving end of the famed "Pretzel Battery" in the 1890s? | ||
801. Paul H. Bruske (8/25/11) | 911 | ... that Detroit sportswriter Paul Bruske drove a Flanders "20" roadster from Quebec to Mexico City in 1910 and later managed Eddie Rickenbacker's racing team? | |
800. Edward A. Batchelor (8/25/11) | ... that Detroit sportswriter E.A. Batchelor popularized a nickname for the Notre Dame football team by opening a 1909 game account, "Eleven fighting Irishmen wrecked the Yost machine this afternoon"? | ||
799. Joe S. Jackson (8/23/11) | 1,500 | ... that Joe S. Jackson founded the Baseball Writers Association after reporters at the 1908 World Series had "to climb a ladder to the roof of the first base pavillion and write in the rain and snow"? | |
798. Alan J. Gould (8/23/11) | 524 | ... that sports editor Alan J. Gould invented college football's AP Poll in 1936 as an "exercise in hoopla," to fill space between games, and "to keep the pot boiling"? | |
797. Wilton S. Farnsworth (8/22/11) | 468 | ... that sportswriter Bill Farnsworth teamed with Damon Runyon in promoting boxing bouts that raised more than $1 million for Hearst's Free Milk Fund for Babies? | |
796. Lyall Smith | ... that Lyall Smith successfully lobbied for the first post-bowl AP Poll in 1948 to settle competing championship claims by undefeated Notre Dame and Michigan football teams? | ||
795. Frank G. Menke (8/21/11) | 2,200 | ... that after debunking Abner Doubleday as the inventor of baseball, Frank Menke was placed in "the class that would belittle Washington, Lincoln and other men who have played their part in American history"? | |
794. Max Kase (8/20/11) | 1,400 | ... that Max Kase wrote in support of jazz and flappers in 1922, helped found the NBA in 1946, and won a Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for exposing college basketball point-shaving scandals? | |
793. Frank Graham (8/20/11) | 932 | ... that Hall of Fame sportswriter Frank Graham, once described as "psychopathically polite," loved the "shadowy figures and rogues that dwelt on the fringes of his favorite sports"? | |
792. Arthur Matsu (8/19/11) | 4,400 | ... that Arthur Matsu was the first Asian American student at The College of William & Mary, the first Asian American quarterback in the NFL and the first Japanese coach in American football? | |
791. Earl Lawson (8/18/11) | ... that after Baseball Hall of Fame sportswriter Earl Lawson had altercations with both Johnny Temple and Vada Pinson , he joked that Pinson was a harder puncher? | ||
790. Charles Dryden (8/17/11) | ... that baseball humorist Charles Dryden dubbed the 1906 White Sox the "Hitless Wonders" and said of the 1909 Senators: "Washington – first in war, first in peace and last in the American League"? | ||
789. Jerry Green (8/10/11) | ... that Jerry Green was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 and is one of four sports writers to cover each of the first 45 Super Bowls? | ||
788. Olson House (8/8/11) | ... that Olson House, made famous by its depiction in Christina's World, was designated a National Historic Landmark in June 2011? | ||
787. Dick Gordon (8/6/11) | 751 | ... that sportswriter Dick "Scoop" Gordon earned his nickname for reporting at The Daily Princetonian in 1930, and filed his last sports story for the Villager in 2008? | |
786. James E. Lawrence (8/5/11) | 6,400 | ... that James E. Lawrence (pictured) was once "considered the greatest place-kicker the University of Michigan ever had"? | |
785. Mike Keller (8/1/11) | ... that former Michigan linebacker Mike Keller has played in the NFL and held executive positions in the USFL, XFL and World League of American Football? | ||
784. Bruce McLenna (8/1/11) | ... that NFL halfback Bruce McLenna was killed in 1968 while riding in the rear of a military truck that crashed? | ||
783. Jim Brieske (7/29/11) | ... that Jim Brieske, who set multiple placekicking records, had his kicking foot amputated in 1967? | ||
782. Carl Ward (7/27/11) | ... that Carl Ward's 104-yard kickoff return in 1967 was the longest in the history of the Cleveland Browns? | ||
781. Glenn Doughty (7/24/11) | ... that Glenn Doughty rushed for 329 yards in his first two college football games for the 1969 Michigan Wolverines and later played eight years for the Baltimore Colts? | ||
780. Edward Moulton (7/20/11) | ... that "Dad" Moulton, a participant in Sherman's March to the Sea, was the U.S. sprint champion in the 1870s, and trained the "world's fastest human" in the 1880s? | ||
779. Collins H. Johnston (7/11/11) | ... that Collins H. Johnston, halfback on the first Michigan football team in 1879, later published papers on eclampsia, tuberculosis, cardiac murmurs, and pulmonary abscess? | ||
778. John Chase (7/10/11) | ... that ophthalmologist John Chase (pictured) commanded the Colorado National Guard in the Colorado Labor Wars, the arrest of Mother Jones, and the Ludlow Massacre? | ||
777. Charles S. Mitchell (7/8/11) | 4,700 | ... that Charles S. Mitchell (pictured), "goal-keeper" on the first Michigan football team, became the editor-in-chief of the Washington Herald? | |
776. Fred Townsend (7/6/11) | ... that despite failing eyesight, Fred Townsend played for the 1887 Michigan football team and became chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party? | ||
767-775. Multiple (7/4/11) | ... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including a lingerie manufacturer, "the phantom line cleaver", a manufacturer of machine guns, a victim of typhoid fever, a Harvard law student, the senior partner of Smith Barney & Co., the grandfather of a noted documentary filmmaker, the nephew of the U.S. Secretary of State, and the president of a historically black university? | ||
766. 27th Street Historic District (6/27/11) | ... that the 27th Street Historic District in Los Angeles includes a Gothic Revival church that since 1906 has housed white, Armenian, African-American and Hispanic congregations? | ||
765. Second Baptist Church (6/26/11) | ... that Second Baptist Church, once the largest African American–owned meeting space in the western U.S., hosted speeches by W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X? | ||
764. Lincoln Theater (6/24/11) | ... that the Lincoln Theater in Los Angeles was known as the "West Coast Apollo" and featured performances by jazz legends before being converted into a church? | ||
763. Charles M. Robinson (6/21/11) | 521 | ... that Charles M. Robinson was the College Architect for the College of William and Mary and designed more than 15 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places? | |
762. Fred Brinkman (6/19/11) | 400 | ... that more than ten works by Kalispell, Montana, architect Fred Brinkman have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places? | |
761. Paul Kromer (6/9/11) | ... that Paul Kromer and Tom Harmon formed a backfield duo for the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team that became known as the "Touchdown Twins"? | ||
760. Jack Weisenburger (6/3/11) | ... that Jack Weisenburger was the "spinning fullback" for the undefeated Michigan football team that became known as the "Mad Magicians"? | ||
759. George W. Gregory (5/30/11) | ... that Stanford University's president wrote in 1907 that the career of Michigan center George W. Gregory illustrated "the evils of football"? | ||
758. William Ward (5/20/11) | 9,300 | ... that Michigan football coach William Ward later became a physician who experimented with the surgical creation of artificial vaginas? | |
757. Charles Bemies (5/7/11 | ... that Charles Bemies organized the first college basketball team in the 1890s and later became a Presbyterian minister and evangelist? | ||
756. Curry Hicks (5/5/11) | ... that Curry Hicks was the head football coach for the Michigan State Normal Normalites in 1910 and the athletic director at UMass from 1911 to 1949? | ||
755. Milton Olander (5/3/11) | ... that Milton Olander, who led the Western Michigan football team to an unbeaten and unscored upon record in 1922, was later offered a position as Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor? | ||
754. Joseph McCulloch (4/27/11) | ... that, in the 1918 season, Joseph McCulloch coached star American football players from multiple schools, including 1917 All-American Archie Weston? | ||
753. Dickshooter, Idaho (4/23/11) | ... that Dickshooter was named for Dick Shooter? | ||
752. Ferris Jennings (4/18/11) | ... that 140-pound quarterback Ferris Jennings ran 66 yards for the first of only two touchdowns scored all year by the 1934 Michigan football team that also featured future US President Gerald Ford? | ||
751. Carl Lundgren (4/6/11) | ... that Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren (pictured) had "speed to burn green hickory and an assortment of curves that would keep a cryptograph specialist figuring all night but he was wild as a March hare in a cyclone"? | ||
750. Bobby Lewis (4/4/11) | ... that Boston Beaneater Bobby "Link" Lowe (pictured) was the first Major League player to hit four home runs in a game and was selected in 1911 as the best utility player in baseball history? | ||
749. Frank Sexton (4/3/11) | ... that Michigan baseball coach Frank Sexton was confronted with a knife, a cane and an arrest warrant after declaring a forfeit when Indiana refused to continue play due to darkness? | ||
748. Skel Roach (3/30/11) | 1,347 | ... that during an eleven-year professional baseball career, German-born Rudolph "Skel" Roach played for teams known as the Prohibitionists, Omahogs, Orphans and Siwashes? | |
747. Henry Clarke (3/30/11) | ... that before becoming a state legislator and then railroad commissioner in Nebraska, Henry Clarke pitched with Cy Young for the Cleveland Spiders and coached Michigan Wolverines baseball? | ||
746. John Giordano (3/29/11) | ... that John Giordano, named 1981 collegiate Coach of the Year by The Hockey News, was fired three years later when all 22 of his players signed a petition listing their grievances against him? | ||
745. Pete Conway (3/26/11) | ... that Pete Conway won 30 games as a pitcher for the Detroit Wolverines in 1888, "snapped a cord in his arm" in 1889, later worked as a mule skinner, and was dead by age 36? | ||
744. Wilf Martin (3/26/11) | ... that Wilf Martin played for the 1964 NCAA championship Michigan Wolverines ice hockey team and later set the Denver Spurs' single-season and career records for goals, assists, and points? March 26, 2011 (72) | ||
743. Charles F. Watkins (3/25/11) | 10,800 | ... that Michigan Wolverines baseball player and coach Charles F. Watkins sustained severe burns from an X-ray machine, which ultimately resulted in his death? | |
742. Jerome Utley (3/24/01) | 1,060 | ... that Michigan baseball player and coach Jerry Utley was the owner of a luxury hotel in Baja California and the promoter of the 1933 Max Schmeling–Max Baer heavyweight championship fight? | |
741. Joseph Barss (3/23/11) | ... that Joseph Barss, the first head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team, was born in Madras, India, in 1892? | ||
740. Dan Farrell (3/23/11) | ... that Michigan ice hockey coach Dan Farrell later became the chairman and CEO of a uranium exploration company? | ||
739. Abe Cohn (3/22/11) | 2,030 | ... that Abe Cohn, son of immigrant parents identified as "Russian Yiddish" by U.S. Census-takers, played for the Michigan Wolverines football and basketball teams while attending law school? | |
738. Arthur Karpus (3/22/11) | ... that Michigan's Arthur Karpus (pictured) played for Big Ten championship teams in football, basketball and baseball? | ||
737. William Perigo (3/21/11) | ... that former Michigan coach William Perigo played professional basketball with John Wooden as a member of the Indianapolis Kautskys in the 1930s? | ||
736. George Corneal (3/21/11) | ... that George Durkin Corneal became the first coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team in 1909? | ||
735. Osborne Cowles (3/21/11) | ... that Ozzie Cowles of Carleton, Dartmouth, Michigan and Minnesota was among the Top 15 winningest college basketball coaches of all-time when he retired at 59 in 1959? | ||
734. Oscar Lambert (3/18/01) | 2,100 | ... that the Michigan football coach complained his "defense was in the law library" after law student Oscar Lambert was declared ineligible? | |
733. Fred Rehor (3/17/01) | 7,861 | ... that Fred Rehor (pictured), a 256-pound pharmacy student from the University of Michigan, helped lead the 1917 Massillon Tigers to the "world's professional football championship" against Jim Thorpe's Canton Bulldogs? | |
732. Frank Barbour (3/11/11) | ... that Frank Barbour, coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1892 to 1893, later led Beech-Nut into the chewing gum business? | ||
731. Joanne Siegel (3/4/11) | 13,600 | ... that Joanne Siegel was the original model for Lois Lane and later married Superman's co-creator? | |
730. Luke Matheny (3/4/11) | ... that Luke Matheny, whose hair was described as "a vast black bouffant that makes him look like an untidy microphone", began his Academy Award acceptance speech by joking, "I should've gotten a haircut"? | ||
729. John Garrels (3/3/11) | ... that University of Michigan fullback John Garrels won medals in both the 110 m hurdles and shot put at the 1908 Olympics in London? | ||
728. Charles Dvorak (2/28/11) | ... that Charles Dvorak (pictured) missed the pole vault finals at the 1900 Olympics after being told the event was postponed, but returned to win the gold medal at the 1904 Olympics? | ||
727. Lawrence Roehm (2/19/11) | ... that Michigan's 1915 quarterback Lawrence Roehm was called the "thinking type", "160 pounds of undaunted courage", and a "peppery" player who imbued his team with "do-or-die spirit"? | ||
726. Ted Bank (2/18/11) | ... that Michigan quarterback Ted Bank wore a specially constructed knee brace to allow him to play football after suffering a shrapnel injury in World War I? February 18, 2011 (235) | ||
725. Orienta (2/9/11) | ... that the exotica album Orienta by "Star Trek" composer Gerald Fried was said to resemble the dreams of a person who has fallen asleep during a Fu Manchu movie on television? | ||
724. Chaino (1/27/11) | ... that bongo player Chaino, whose albums included Jungle Mating Rhythms, claimed to be an orphan from a lost tribe in central Africa but was actually born in Philadelphia and raised in Chicago? | ||
723. Brady Hoke | ... that it had been said that the new Michigan Wolverines football coach Brady Hoke would "crawl on hot, broken glass to work inside Schembechler Hall as the head coach"? | ||
722. Tak Shindo (1/16/11) | ... that Manzanar internee Tak Shindo went on to become a "Giant of Jazz" for exotica albums like Mganga! and Brass and Bamboo? | ||
721. Casey Close (1/16/11) | ... that Casey Close was Baseball America's National Player of the Year, married former Miss America Gretchen Carlson and negotiated more than $350 million in contracts for Derek Jeter and Ryan Howard? | ||
720. Roy Torbet (1/14/01) | ... that The New York Times in 1912 wrote that the expert passing of "Squib" Torbet had placed the Michigan football team "on a higher plane than they have reached before"? | ||
719. Lewis Reimann (1/13/11) | ... that Michigan football player and author Lewis Reimann wrote in 1916 that post-game celebrations by students "filled with 'spirit'" were damaging the university's reputation? | ||
718. William D. Cochran (1/12/11) | ... that William D. Cochran, former Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, was known as "Pink Cheeks" as a Michigan Wolverines football player? | ||
716-717. Otto Carpell + Efton James (1/10/11) | ... that halfback Otto Carpell and ends Efton James and Curtis Redden were the three Michigan Wolverines football players killed while serving in the military during World War I? | ||
715. Steve Collins (1/9/11) | ... that Steve Collins was the first freshman in Oklahoma Sooners football history to start at quarterback in a season opener? | ||
714. Louis Gilbert (1/7/11) | ... that Louis Gilbert, who scored all 21 points in Michigan Stadium's dedication game, was described as "the campus sheik" who "wears bear grease on his hair and dances a mean black bottom"? |
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Dodgers vs. Tigers
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Jim Leyland
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John G. Jones Masonic Temple
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Charlotta Bass House
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Ivie Anderson House
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Fire Station 21
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Prince Hall Masonic Temple
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Bethlehem Baptist Church
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Dunbar Hotel
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Armenian Gethsemane
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Lincoln Theater
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Cocal Cola Bottling
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South Pasadena
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