[Ed. In honor of Dutch Ferbert’s birthday on July 22 (1873), a repost. Originally posted Jan 28, 2012]
Today obviously the head coach of Michigan football team doesn’t have to look beyond campus to hit it big. This hasn’t always the case of course, especially in the early days of the program. While Fielding Yost’s contracts compensated him very competitively for the day, it definitely didn’t make him a wealthy man. Yost spent a good part of the year pursuing his private business interests out of town.
Do you know the story of Gustave “Dutch” Ferbert?