The 23rd best athlete in Michigan History is...
Dan Dierdorf
At Michigan, Dierdorf earned consensus All-Big Ten honors in 1969 and 1970 and earned second team All-American honors in 1969 and was a first team All-American in 1970.
Dierdorf assisted the team to a 25–6 record and a Big Ten Championship in his three years as a starter at Michigan.
Dierdorf was selected 43rd overall by the Cardinals in the 1971 NFL draft. During his 13 years in the NFL, Dierdorf was selected to 6 Pro Bowls, had 5 first team All-Pro selections, 1 second team All Pro selection, 3 selections as the NFC offensive lineman of the year, and was named to the NFL's 1970's All-Decade team.
In 2000, Dierdorf was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame and in 1996 he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Previous Rankings:
24-Benny Friedman-http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/24th-best-athlete-michigan-history
25-Anthony Thomas-http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/25th-best-athlete-michigan-history
August 10th, 2016 at 12:54 PM ^
But you're a dead gorilla posting this thread from what I'm assuming is some sort of simian afterlife, so I can forgive a few spelling and grammar errors.
August 10th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^
They dont have spell-check in this simian afterlife.
August 10th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^
#DicksOut
August 10th, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^
until we beat MSU & Ohio State.
August 10th, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^
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August 10th, 2016 at 1:32 PM ^
I may have mentioned this here before, but about 6 or so years ago I was working as a caterer at the Michigan League. This particular event was a football alumni event or reunion type thing. Before the dinner there was a cocktail hour and during it Dan Dierdof's wife came up to me and asked if I could get a chair for him, since it was hard for him to stand for long periods of time due to a knee injury.
I go back into the kitchen and radio for maintenence to bring one up, I carry it out and I inform his wife that we have the chair. She was so thankful that she gave me a $20 tip, which was a big deal since I was a poor college student and we usually didn't get tips at a catering job.
/cool story bro
August 10th, 2016 at 3:28 PM ^
I like having the links to previous days' athletes. Is there a way to make their name a hyperlink so you dont have to have the full URL there?
August 10th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
I'm sure there is... but I dont know how.
August 10th, 2016 at 3:40 PM ^
August 10th, 2016 at 4:09 PM ^
Time to give Wikipedia credit for much of your posts.
A great source for Michigan athletics is bentley.umich.edu/athdept
August 10th, 2016 at 4:21 PM ^
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August 10th, 2016 at 5:34 PM ^
can't please everyone...
August 10th, 2016 at 10:33 PM ^
First two were only off by one each. I had DD ranked no. 19. There are two other OLmen to follow.