University of Michigan Football All-American

Tom Harmon

Halfback, 1939, 1940

Tom Harmon

"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

Rushing

Year
Games
Carries		 Yards
Gained		 Yards
Lost		 Net
Gain		 Ave.
Gain
tds
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
Passing

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 Returns
Kick Offs Punt Returns
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
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
Pass Interceptions
Year No. Yards tds
1938 1 16
1939 3 98 1
1940 4 30 1
Career 8 144 2

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