University of Michigan Football All-American
Tom Harmon
Halfback, 1939, 1940
"Old 98" literally blazed across the football skies in 1939 and 1940 after a fast start in 1938. He was one of the country's greatest backs of his era. He became Michigan's first Heisman Trophy winner following the 1940 season and also received the Chicago Tribune's Silver Football as the Big Ten's MVP. During the three seasons he rushed for 2,134 yards, scored 33 touchdown and kicked the same number of point-after-touchdown, and booted two field goals for 237 career points. He also threw sixteen touchdown passes. After a thrilling career as a pilot in WW II, he married film star Elyse Knox and became one of the nations top sports broadcasters and directors.
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CAREER STATISTICS
Year |
Games |
Carries |
Yards Gained |
Yards Lost |
Net Gain |
Ave. Gain |
tds |
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1938 | 8 | 77 | 405 | 7 | 398 | 5.17 | 3 | |||||||
1939 | 8 | 130 | 956 | 72 | 884 | 6.80 | 13 | |||||||
1940 | 8 | 191 | 977 | 125 | 852 | 4.46 | 14 | |||||||
Career | 24 | 398 | 2338 | 204 | 2134 | 5.36 | 30 |
Year |
Games |
Att. |
Comp |
Pct. |
Int. |
Yards |
tds | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1938 | 8 | 45 | 21 | .466 | 1 | 310 | 3 | |||||||
1939 | 8 | 94 | 37 | .394 | 8 | 538 | 6 | |||||||
1940 | 8 | 94 | 43 | .457 | 11 | 506 | 7 | |||||||
Career | 24 | 233 | 101 | .433 | 20 | 1354 | 16 |
Kick Offs | Punt Returns | ||||||||
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Year | No. | Yards | Ave. | tds | No. | Yards | Ave. | tds | |
1938 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | ||
1939 | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | ||
1940 | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 1 | 19 | 234 | 12.3 | ||
Career | 10 | 296 | 29.6 | 1 | 22 | 255 | 12.5 |
Punting | Scoring | |||||||
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Year | No. | Yards | Ave. | tds. | PAT | F. Goals | Total | |
1938 | 3 | 0-1 | 18 | |||||
1939 | 2 | 110 | 55.0 | 14 | 15-22 | 1 | 102 | |
1940 | 42 | 1557 | 37.0 | 16 | 18-28 | 1 | 117 | |
Career | 44 | 1667 | 37.9 | 33 | 33-51 | 2 | 237 |
Year | No. | Yards | tds |
---|---|---|---|
1938 | 1 | 16 | |
1939 | 3 | 98 | 1 |
1940 | 4 | 30 | 1 |
Career | 8 | 144 | 2 |
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