Since I graduated from Mount Vernon High School, in Alexandria, Virginia, my vote goes to President George Washington.
But President Abraham Lincoln is definately an A+…
Going off topic (especially in the offseason) is within the realm of acceptable posting.
The best thing to do is make another “on topic” post.
What were we talking about again?
Oh yeah… TRANSFERS.
I could see Washington playing QB and Lincoln playing TE for the Coogs.
Do they have any eligibility?
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like sports…different eras…hand checking was not allowed during Lincoln…
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Washington and Lincoln were both large, athletic men, for their day.
Gerald Ford played Football for Michigan.
Good read…
Gerald Ford was a star college football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines, playing center on national championship teams in 1932 and 1933, earning MVP in 1934, and turning down pro offers to coach at Yale while attending law school, later becoming the 38th U.S. President. His athletic career, marked by leadership and resilience, prepared him for politics, and he remains a celebrated figure in Michigan football history, even having his #48 jersey retired (then re-issued)
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Key Football Highlights:
- National Championships: Played center on U-M teams that won national titles in 1932 and 1933.
- Team MVP: Voted the Wolverines’ Most Valuable Player in his senior year, 1934.
- Awards: Received the Meyer Morton Award for the most promising freshman in 1932.
- Professional Offers: Turned down contracts from the Detroit Lionsand Green Bay Packers.
- All-Star Game: Played in the 1935 East-West College All-Star Game.
- Legacy: His #48 jersey was retired by Michigan in 1994, then placed back into circulation in 2012 as part of the Michigan Football Legends program.
I’ve hijacked threads before. It happens.
But just create your own thread/topic. Or most will just ignore this one going forward
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You’re right.
Sorry.
Can the discussion be moved?
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Lincoln had more NIL
Ike may have been the best football player
dyk nixon turned down an offer to do a write up for esquire for the super bowl in 1973 ?
This thread would pass more time in the offseason if we expanded it to include Military Men who will played and coached football.
That list is long…
…and storied…
You could easily make a couple of All American Teams out of it…
Heck, the service academy’s alone produced a number of All-Americans…
Either Ike or Gerald Ford.
Ford was a Center and Linebacker for Michigan on a national title team, if memory serves me right. I believe he also had offers to go pro that he turned down in order to go to Yale law school.
Yeah, I posted the info on Gerald Ford about a half dozen posts earlier.
Scroll back a little…
Ah, yes!
I only saw the last post on this string!
My apologies!
I just did a little AI search. Apparently, a handful of Presidents played college football. AI is sometimes hit or miss when it comes to accuracy, but perhaps someone could dig into this more deeply:
Quote: Several U.S. Presidents played college football, with notable examples including Gerald Ford (Michigan, All-American Center/Linebacker), Dwight D. Eisenhower (Army, Halfback/Linebacker), Richard Nixon (Whittier, Reserve Tackle), Ronald Reagan (Eureka, Lineman), and John F. Kennedy (Harvard, Junior Varsity). Joe Bidenn also played freshman football at Delaware before focusing on academics.
One little known fact about Ike.
The legend of Notre Dame and Knute Rockne was largely born out of a ND v. Army football game during Ike’s time.
Ike was a star halfback for West Point, but as I recall, missed that game with injury.
That said, Army was HEAVILY favored in an early 1900s matchup with ND.
At that time, while forward passing was legal, it was seldom used, and most often consisted of little lobs to stationary receivers.
Army, being the far larger and stronger team, was supposed to dominate the old fashioned line smashing game.
But ND had secret weapons: QB Gus Dorias, and end Knute Rockne.
During the game, Dorias threw several times to Rockne, and connected with Rockne for several receptions ON THE FLY.
This style of play baffled the Cadets, who ended up losing the game in a stunning upset…a game that truly put ND on the map as a football school.
And…in the process…basically created passing as a major part of the game.
And Jimmy Carter was on the varsity “sprint football” team at the Naval Academy. I am not very familiar with sprint football (178 pound weight limit). Appears to be an East Coast thing. Anyone play sprint football in Texas?
I actually knew a guy in HS who didn’t play varsity HS football (he was maybe 150 lbs or so), who ended up going on to Princeton and playing on their sprint football team in the early 1990s.
As I understand, Princeton discontinued that program about a decade or so ago.
But yeah, it seems to be an East Coast thing.
Actually, I need to amend one thing.
I was correct that Dwight Eisenhower didn’t play in the Notre Dame game in question (1913), it was because he had been injured the previous season, and that injury had ended his football career.
Anyway, the 1913 Army team went 8-1, with its only loss to ND.
ND went a perfect 9-0 with victories over UT, Penn State, and Army.
Lincoln was a champion wrestler back in the days when wrestling was a premier sport. If he were around today his height might make him a stellar tight end.
Yeah…
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