Remembering University of Michigan Football
The first football team at the University of Michigan was established in 1879. From winning the first ever Tournament of Roses game, to back-to-back national championships, Michigan football created an unparalleled tradition during its first century.
With a selection of fine historic images from her best-selling book Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football, Michelle O’Brien provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of this champion team. Selected from the extensive collection at the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library, the dramatic photos in this volume include rarities from games in the early 1900s, classic showdowns between Michigan and Ohio State, and All-American athletes such as the first Michigan Wolverine to win the Heisman Trophy. In vivid black-and-white, the first hundred years of Michigan football unfold in these remarkable images of gridiron action, and the players, coaches, and fans who made it all possible.
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Book details
- Text by
- Michelle O'Brien
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 134
- Formats
- Paperback
- Series
- Remembering
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Sports & Recreation › History
Sports & Recreation › Football - Topics
- Michigan Wolverines · college football history · historic photography · Tournament of Roses · national championships · Midwest sports
- ISBN-13
- 9781683369004
About the author
MICHELLE O'BRIEN is a contract researcher at the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library and the author of her debut book.
O'Brien holds a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
When she’s not writing, O'Brien draws on her background as a former college soccer player and as a third-generation University of Michigan football fan, with family ties to the university through her father, James, and her brother, Daniel, both alumni.