Red Shirts Helped Michigan Shine Behind The Stars
The article honors eight background players known as the Red Shirts who trained with Michigan football, contributing unseen work from September through the season. It notes their efforts, positions, and key roles in practice drills that supported star players like Tom Harmon, with details on several players and their backgrounds.
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Tom Harmon
Forest Evashevski
Michigan
Frank Day
Detroit
Frank
George Manalakas
Paul Gannatas
Michael Megregian
Megregian
Marshall Strenger
Lake Forest
Ill
Harry Anderson
Chicago
George Hildebrandt
Hamburg
N. Y
Louis Woytek
Johnson City
Flying Cadet Board to Inspect in Wausau Wisconsin
U S Army Air Corps examining board will be in Wausau December 9 10 11 and 19 20 21 to accept applications and give physical examinations for Flying Cadets. Lieut A C Tisdelle Jr recruiting officer said the site will save trips to Chicago and exams will be at the post office building eight thirty to four thirty weekdays and eight thirty to noon Saturday. Applicants should be unmarried US citizens 20 to 27 with two years college or educational exam pass and bring birth certificate transcripts and three community references.
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U. S. Army Air Corps
Walsau
Wison Mon
Tues
Army Air Corps
A. C. Tisdelle Jr
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Wausau
Chicago
Army Air Field
United States
Westfall Chosen Leader of Michigan Wolverines Backfield
Bob Westfall selected by Michigan football lettermen to lead the Wolverine backfield next season. A famed fullback and Ann Arbor High School graduate, Westfall posted 1940 season gains of 834 yards on 190 carries with 26 yards lost and a net 808 yards, plus one completed pass for 10 yards.
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Michigan
Bob Westfall
Wolverines
Michigan State
Bob
Wolverine
Westfall
Ann Arbor
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