1889 Michigan Wolverines football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1889 Michigan Wolverines football 1889 Michigan Wolverines football team.jpg 285 Independent 1–2 None Edgar W. McPherran Ann Arbor Fairgrounds The 1889 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1889 college football season. The Wolverines played their home games at Ann Arbor Fairgrounds. Schedule November 9 w 1889 Albion Albion Ann Arbor Fairgrounds Ann Arbor, MI 33–4 November 16 2:30 p.m. l y Cornell Olympic Park Buffalo, NY 0–66 2,000 "Wolverines Worsted.," The Cornell Daily Sun, November 18, 1889. Cornell vs. Michigan https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51799201/democrat-and-chronicle/ Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York November 17, 1889 1 May 21, 2020 Newspapers.com November 28 l y Chicago University Club West Side Park Chicago, IL 0–20 The Courier-Journal Louisville, KY November 29, 1889 5 Chicago Beats Michigan https://www.newspapers.com/article/132688300/ Newspapers.com Players Varsity letter winners Howard Abbott, Minneapolis, Minnesota - quarterback William D. Ball, Ann Arbor, Michigan - substitute Benjamin J. Boutwell,Benjamin J. Boutwell was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, on September 19, 1861. He was engaged in mining in 1901 at Hillsdale, Michigan. At the time of the 1910 Census, he resided in Alameda County, California, and was identified as a miner in a quartz mine. By 1912, he was practicing law at Livermore, California. At the time of the 1920 Census, he lived in Alamaeda County, California, and was identified as a poultry farmer. As of 1921, he stated in a passport application that he lived in Los Angeles and was employed as a mining engineer. He died at San Bernardino, California, March 24, 1927. Hillsdale, Michigan - center James E. Duffy, Ann Arbor, Michigan - left halfback Stephen Clifton Glidden,Stephen Clifton Glidden was born February 6, 1870, in La Grange, Tennessee. In 1901, he was a surgeon practicing at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville, Illinois. He died at Danville, February 20, 1917. Glanville, Illinois - right end George Malcolm Hull,George Malcolm Hull was born in 1865 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He became a doctor. He died December 30, 1923, at Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti, Michigan - left guard Edgar Withrow McPherran,Edgar Withrow MacPherran, born January 27, 1868, in Marquette, Michigan; died July 29, 1947, in St. Louis County, MN. After graduating from Michigan, he practiced law in Michigan Upper Peninsula and in Duluth, Minnesota. He married Alice "Mabel" Wilkinson, October 25, 1899. Marquette, Michigan - right halfback William C. Malley, Chicago, Illinois - right tackle Horace Prettyman, Bryan, Ohio - left tackle Horace Burton Strait, Jr.,Horace Burton Strait, Jr., was born in Shakopee, Minnesota, in approximately 1870. His father, Horace B. Strait, was a U.S. Congressman from Minnesota. He graduated from Michigan in 1891. He received a B.L. degree from Cornell in 1893. He became a banker and manufacturer in Minneapolis. He died August 3, 1934, in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Shakopee, Minnesota - left end John R. Sutton, Hillsdale, Michigan - substitute at left tackle David W. Trainer, Jr.,David W. Trainer was born January 16, 1866, in New York, New York. As of 1903, he was the general purchasing agent for the International Nickel Company in New York, New York. Thurlow, Pennsylvania - right guard James Van Inwagen, Chicago, Illinois - fullback Others Archibald Warren Diack Frank Burton Graves Harry Samuel Haines William W. Harless, Chicago, Illinois - rusher Metcalfe Bradley Hatch Harry Dwight Smith - quarterback Clark J. Sutherland, Oxford, Michigan Horace T. Van Deventer, Knoxville, Tennessee - substitute Coaching staff Coach: no coach Captain: Edgar W. McPherran Manager: Thomas L. Wilkinson References External links 1889 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History The Chronicle, 1889-1890 The Michigan Argonaut, 1889-1890 Michigan Category:Michigan Wolverines football seasons Michigan Wolverines football