The 23rd best athlete in Michigan History is...

Submitted by ItsHarambe on August 10th, 2016 at 12:45 PM

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

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The Mad Hatter

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.

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ItsHarambe

August 10th, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^

They dont have spell-check in this simian afterlife.

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Kapitan Howard

August 10th, 2016 at 1:01 PM ^

#DicksOut

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Muttley

August 10th, 2016 at 2:51 PM ^

until we beat MSU & Ohio State.

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1989 UM GRAD

August 10th, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^

I'm so digging this meme. I chuckle every time I see one of these comments. Is someone compiling a master list of things we shouldn't be doing until we beat MSU and OSU? (And I swear I'm not being sarcastic. I'm from the school of thought that something like this becomes funnier the more you repeat it.)

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The Mad Hatter

August 11th, 2016 at 12:21 AM ^

and I'll create a thread. After we beat OSU and MSU.

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copacetic

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

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