Editorial Review Product Description Chapters: Joe Curtis, Joe Germaine, Joe Klopfenstein, Roc Alexander, Jon Cooper, Cory Ross, Jesse Nading, Lorne Sam, Bill Frank, James Thrash, Adrian Cooper, Heath Irwin, Dustin Lyman, Orville Trask, Joel Dreessen, Kory Sperry, Paul Hubbard, Derrick Richardson, Mark Mullaney, Jeff Donaldson, Pete Schaffnit, James William Kaylor Iv, Ariel Solomon, Matt Slauson, David Tate. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 80. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Joseph S. "Big Joe" Curtis was an American football player and coach. While playing for the University of Michigan, he was selected as a first-team All-Western tackle three consecutive years from 19041906 and as an All-American in 1904 and 1905. In his four seasons as the starting left tackle for the Michigan Wolverines, the team compiled a record of 3721, won two National Championships and outscored opponents by a combined total of 1,699 to 60. Curtis later served as the head football coach at Tulane University from 19071908 and at the School of Mines in Golden, Colorado in 1909. A native of Pueblo, Colorado, Curtis played three years of high school football in Colorado. He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1903 to play football for Fielding H. Yost's famous "Point-a-Minute" football teams. He played tackle for the Michigan Wolverines from 19031906. As a freshman in 1903, Curtis was selected by Coach Yost to play on the varsity football team. He started all twelve games at left tackle for the Michigan team that finished the season with a record of 1101, outscored opponents 5656, and has been retrospectively declared National Champions. In 1904, Curtis started all ten games at left tackle for the Michigan football team that compiled a 100 record, outscored opponents 56722, and has been retrospectively declared National Champions. At th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=25042381 ... Read more |