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The Paul, The George, and The Dickinson System (1892, 1932, 1953) | This Week In Michigan Football History

Related Topics: George Jewett, Fritz Crisler

We jump around a bit in Saturday’s edition of TWIMFbH starting with the 1892 match-up between Michigan and Northwestern which featured the first African-American to play for a future conference team – George Jewett. We then fast forward to 1932 and Fritz Crisler’s visit to the Big House and how my colleague, an Illinois Professor, devised a system to determine a national champion. Finally, the Paul Bunyan Trophy – we didn’t want it, why it’s odd, but we’ll take it!

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