The University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor,[1] founded in 1978,[2] recognizes University of Michigan athletes, coaches, and administrators who have made significant contributions to the university's athletic programs.[3] To qualify for induction into the Hall of Honor, an individual must have been an All-American, set an NCAA, U.S., or world record, won an NCAA title, or made significant contributions to the university's athletic department as a coach or administrator.[3] The nomination and selection process is conducted by the Letterwinners M Club executive board.[3]
The first group inducted into the Hall of Honor in 1978 was Gerald R. Ford, Bill Freehan, Tom Harmon, Ron Kramer, Bennie Oosterbaan, Cazzie Russell, and Bob Ufer. The second induction class in 1979 consisted of Fritz Crisler, DeHart Hubbard, Ray Fisher, Charlie Fonville, Willie Heston, Chuck Kocsis, George Sisler, Germany Schulz, Rudy Tomjanovich and Fielding H. Yost.
The first women inducted into the Hall of Honor were Olympic diving gold medalist Micki King in 1986 and athletic administrator Marie Hartwig in 1989. The first African-American athletes inducted were Cazzie Russell (1978), Charlie Fonville (1979) and DeHart Hubbard (1979).
The first players inducted by sport are:
For alphabetical listing of inductees, see footnote[4] For listing of inductees by induction year, see footnote[5]
| Name | Sport | Position/Event | Induction Year | Start Year | Finish Year | Key Accomplishments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1985 | 1988 | Led Michigan to two Big Ten championships; won the 1987 James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States | ||||
| Faculty representative | Faculty representative | 1982 | 1917 | 1955 | Faculty representative led U-M return to Big Ten and negotiated Big Ten contract with Rose Bowl | ||
| Third base Pitcher | 2008 | 1987 | 1990 | Big Ten Player of the Year; head coach at Harvard since 1995 | |||
| Football | 2019 | ||||||
| Water polo | 2018 | ||||||
| Springboard | 2009 | 1978 | 1981 | Won national titles in 1978 on the one-meter and three-meter springboards | |||
| Golfer | 1987 | 1947 | 1947 | NCAA individual golf champion, 1947 | |||
| Wide receiver | 1994 | 1954 | 1956 | ||||
| 2010 | 1961 | 1964 | Two-time Big Ten wrestling champion who never lost a Big Ten dual meet; All-American in 1963 | ||||
| Baseball Baseball coach | Shortstop Coach | 1994 | 1953 | 1979 | |||
| 1983 | 1960 | present | All-American, 1962; 43 goals, 1962; head coach, 1984–present; NCAA Championships, 1996, 1998; U-M coaching record, 699-328-68 | ||||
| Football, Baseball | 1987 | 1922 | 1924 | All-American center, 1923 | |||
| Football | Defensive back | 2010 | 1971 | 1974 | First-team All-American in 1973 and unanimous choice in 1974 | ||
| Swimming | Freestyle | 2013 | 1992 | 1995 | Four Olympic medals | ||
| Baseball | Infielder | 1996 | 1955 | 1957 | |||
| Football | 1982 | 1923 | 1925 | All-American, 1925 | |||
| 2002 | |||||||
| Hurdles, high jump | 2010 | 1980 | 1983 | Set four Michigan records and two Big Ten records, received four All-America honors. | |||
| 1980 | 1963 | 1965 | U-M record with 58 double-doubles; 1,037 rebounds ranks 2nd in U-M history; All-American, 1964, 1965 | ||||
| Basketball | 1988 | 1956 | 1959 | First Big Ten player to lead conference in both scoring and rebounds, with 460 points and 379 boards | |||
| Cain, Sarah | Gymnastics | 2020 | |||||
| Field hockey | 2006 | 1976 | 1979 | ||||
| Baseball | First baseman | 2009 | 1962 | ||||
| Track coach, Athletic director | 1987 | ||||||
| Football | Head coach | 2015 | 1980 | 2007 | Led Michigan to five Big Ten titles, 1997 National Championship | ||
| Football | 2002 | 1979 | 1981 | ||||
| Baseball | 1982 | 1940 | 1942 | Later formed B.F. Chamberlain Real Estate in Oakland County, Michigan | |||
| Football, Baseball | 1984 | 1947 | |||||
| Wrestling | 1996 | ||||||
| Football | 1992 | ||||||
| Football, Baseball | 2007 | ||||||
| Baseball | 2011[6] | 1983 | 1986 | 1986 Baseball America National Player of the Year; set Michigan records for home runs (46) and runs scored (190) | |||
| 2008 | |||||||
| Wrestling | Wrestler | 1986 | 1940 | 1941 | All-American wrestler, 1940 and 1941; Killed on Iwo Jima (February 19, 1945) | ||
| Softball | First baseman | 2015 | 1996 | 1999 | Set Big Ten record with 345 career hit; 2× NFCA All-American and 2× Big Ten Player of the Year | ||
| Swimming | 2006 | ||||||
| Football | Football Coach, Athletic Director | 1979 | 1938 | 1947 | National Championship, 1947; Introduced winged helmet, 1938; Pioneer of separate offensive and defensive units | ||
| Tennis, Golf | 1996 | ||||||
| Soccer | 2022 | ||||||
| Football | 2007 | ||||||
| Hockey | 1996 | 1975 | 1977 | Set Michigan records for most assists in a season (56), most points in a season (99), career assists (120) and career points (222) | |||
| Diving | 3 metre springboard | 1980 | 1931 | 1934 | Gold medal, 3 metre springboard, 1936 Olympics; Bronze medal, 3 metre springboard, 1932 Olympics; 14 national indoor and outdoor diving titles | ||
| Football | 1987 | ||||||
| Football | 1996 | ||||||
| Basketball | 1996 | ||||||
| Swimming | 2018 | ||||||
| Donahue, Harold | Wrestling | 1988 | |||||
| Football | 2016 | ||||||
| Downes, Hal | Hockey | 2019 | |||||
| Swimming | 2007 | ||||||
| Football | 2006 | ||||||
| Football, Hockey | 2010 | 1973 | 1976 | ||||
| Tennis | Coach | 2011 | 1969 | 1999 | Led men's tennis teams to 18 Big Ten Conference team championships and six top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships | ||
| Football | 1986 | ||||||
| Football | Offensive tackle | 2015 | 1984 | 1987 | |||
| Football | 1986 | ||||||
| Golf | Golfer | 1989 | |||||
| Football, Baseball | 1990 | ||||||
| Softball | 2022 | ||||||
| Fischbach (Bailey), Mary | Diving | 2017 | |||||
| Golf | Golfer | 1980 | 1932 | 1935 | NCAA individual champion, 1932; Big Ten champion, 1932, 1933, 1935; US Amateur Golf Champion, 1936 | ||
| Fisher, John | Wrestling | 2018 | |||||
| Baseball | Baseball Coach | 1979 | 1921 | 1958 | 14 Big Ten championships; 1953 College World Series championship; record of 636-295-8 | ||
| Basketball, Baseball | Guard, Pitcher | 2002 | 1935 | 1938 | All Big Ten guard; 0.86 ERA in 1936 set Big Ten record; founder of Camp Michigama | ||
| Track | 1979 | 1947 | 1950 | Set world record in the shot put, 1948 http://mywebpages.comcast.net/fonville/shotput.htm | |||
| Football | 1978 | 1932 | 1934 | MVP of 1934 football team; President of the United States | |||
| Football | 1996 | ||||||
| Cross Country, Track | Runner, Coach | 2004 | |||||
| Football | 1982 | 1941 | 1942 | All-American, 1942 | |||
| Wrestling | 2006 | ||||||
| Baseball | 1978 | 1959 | 1961 | Set Big Ten batting record of .585, 1961; U-M Baseball Coach, 1989–95 | |||
| Football | 1980 | 1925 | 1926 | All-American, 1925–26; College Football Hall of Fame; Pro Football Hall of Fame | |||
| Football | 1988 | ||||||
| Hockey | 2007 | Played on 1948 NCAA championship team | |||||
| Gymnastics | 1992 | Big Ten All-Around gymnastics champion, 1957; Big Ten vault and parallel bars champion, 1956–57; | |||||
| Football | 2018 | ||||||
| Field hockey | 2020 | ||||||
| Track, Baseball | High hurdles, outfield, first base | 1983 | 1936 | 1939 | Tied the world record in the 70-yard (64 m) high hurdles | ||
| Swimming | 2009 | 1990 | 1993 | 11-time All-American, 13-time Big Ten champion and won the 400-yard individual medley national title as a senior | |||
| Wrestling | Wrestler | 1981 | 1926 | 1929 | AAU heavyweight champions, 1928–29;http://www.wrestlingmuseum.org/people/george_ed_don.html Placed 4th at 1928 Olympics | ||
| Baseball | 1980 | 1923 | 1925 | William B. "Buck" Giles; Counsel for Michigan Sports Hall of Fame; M Club President | |||
| Swimming | 2004 | ||||||
| Football | End | 1981 | 1920 | 1922 | All-American, 1922; U-M Regent, 1962–70 | ||
| Track Track coach | 1994 | ||||||
| Basketball | Point guard | 2014 | 1984 | 1988 | Big Ten Player of Year and Consensus All-American, 1988 | ||
| Hockey | 1987 | Helped Michigan win the first Frozen Four in 1948; inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1994 | |||||
| Basketball | 1994 | ||||||
| Wrestling | Wrestler | 1989 | Later played for the Detroit Lions, 1944–1950 | ||||
| Softball | Pitcher | 2011 | 1995 | 1998 | First Michigan softball to be selected as a first-team All-American three times | ||
| Track | 1984 | ||||||
| Football | 1978 | 1938 | 1940 | Heisman Trophy, 1940; All-American, 1939–40; College Football Hall of Fame | |||
| Basketball | 1989 | ||||||
| Administration | Administration | 1989 | |||||
| Equipment Mgr. | 1992 | ||||||
| Baseball | 1988 | 1951 | 1953 | All-American shortstop, 1953 | |||
| Football | 1987 | ||||||
| Football | Halfback | 1979 | 1901 | 1904 | All-American, 1903–04; College Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Football | 2008 | ||||||
| Swimming | Backstroke | 1988 | NCAA champion in 150-Yard Backstroke, 1941 | ||||
| Hockey | 1980 | 1935 | 1938 | All-American player; Head coach, 1944–1957; U-M record with 116 goals; U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame | |||
| Football | 1992 | Captain of undefeated 1947 Michigan Wolverines football team | |||||
| Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track | 1984 | ||||||
| Swimming | Backstroke | 1981 | 1943 | 1947 | NCAA backstroke champion, 1943, 1947; Set 7 world records, 18 American records; Won 6 NCAA swimming championships | ||
| Swimming | 2019 | ||||||
| Football | 2008 | ||||||
| Hockey | 2016 | ||||||
| Track | 1979 | 1922 | 1925 | First African-American athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event; Gold medal, long jump, 1924 Olympics | |||
| Wrestling | 2004 | NCAA Wrestling Champion (150-pound), 1973 and 1974 | |||||
| Basketball | 1992 | ||||||
| Track | 1990 | NCAA champion, mile(outdoor), 1944 and 1945, and in 880-yard run, 1945 | |||||
| Track | 1990 | Tied with his brother Ross Hume for the NCAA champion in the mile in 1944 | |||||
| Swimming | Backstroke | 2011 | 1992 | 1995 | 1995 NCAA champion in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke and 12-time NCAA All-American | ||
| Football | 2018 | ||||||
| Hockey | 1990 | US Hockey Hall of Fame; Head hockey coach at Edina High School for 33 years. | |||||
| Rowing | 2016 | ||||||
| Football | 1989 | All-American | |||||
| Wrestling | Wrestling Coach | 1980 | 1925 | 1970 | 13 Big Ten championships; Coached 68 All-Americans; National Wrestling Hall of Fame | ||
| Football | 1992 | 1947 | 1949 | Most valuable player, 1948 | |||
| Diving | Diving coach | 1985 | 1958 | 2005 | |||
| Diving | Springboard, Platform | 1986 | 1961 | 1965 | Won ten NCAA championships in platform and springboard diving, 1965–1972; Won gold medal in 3-meter springboard at 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
| Football, Basketball, Baseball | 1981 | 1921 | 1933 | Three-time football All-American, 1921–23; Football coach, 1929–37; National Championships, 1932–33 | |||
| Golf | Golfer | 1979 | 1934 | 1936 | NCAA individual champion, 1936 | ||
| Football | End | 1978 | 1954 | 1956 | All-American, 1955–56; College Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Swimming | 2015 | 1987 | 1990 | ||||
| Baseball | Shortstop | 2007 | 1982 | 1985 | 2-time All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year, 1984 & 1985; 12-time MLB All-Star; 1990 World Series champion; 1995 National League MVP; National Baseball Hall of Fame | ||
| LaRose, Gil | Gymnastics | 2017 | |||||
| Track/Cross Country | 2017 | ||||||
| Football | 2020 | ||||||
| Tennis | 2008 | NCAA Singles Tennis Champion 1982 | |||||
| Football | Quarterback | 2009 | 1976 | 1979 | |||
| Basketball | 1983 | 1957 | 1959 | ||||
| Swimming | 1994 | ||||||
| Gymnastics | Gymnastics coach | 1981 | 1948 | 1983 | Coaching record: 250-72-1; NCAA championships in Gymnastics, 1963, 1970, and Trampoline, 1969, 1970 | ||
| Football, Baseball, Basketball | Baseball coach | 1984 | |||||
| Football | Running back | 2013 | 1973 | 1976 | Broke Michigan's career rushing record; finished 3rd in 1976 Heisman voting | ||
| Hockey | 2009 | 1955 | 1956 | Captain of Michigan teams that won back-to-back NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956; later president of WHA | |||
| Football | 2006 | ||||||
| Tennis | Singles | 1980 | 1955 | 1957 | NCAA singles champion, 1957; Five-time Big Ten champion (2 singles, 3 doubles) | ||
| Hockey | Goalie | 1994 | 1950 | Goalie for Michigan's 1950 NCAA championship team; later played for Bruins and Red Wings; coach at Michigan Tech, 1956–82 | |||
| Football | 1994 | ||||||
| Football | 1994 | ||||||
| Swimming | Swim Coach | 1980 | 1926 | 1954 | Overall record of 201-25-3 as coach; 13 NCAA team titles; 16 Big Ten team titles | ||
| Gymnastics | Gymnast | 2010 | 1993 | 1996 | NCAA second-team All–American on vault and all-around, All-Big Ten, and two-time Michigan co-MVP | ||
| Hockey | 2015 | 1950 | 1953 | Led Michigan to three consecutive NCAA championships from 1951 to 1953 | |||
| Cross-country | 2011 | 1991 | 1994 | Three-time All-American; Big Ten Athlete of the Year | |||
| Basketball | 2006 | ||||||
| Basketball, Baseball | Basketball coach, Assoc. A.D., Asst.Football Coach | 1986 | |||||
| Track | 1988 | Held 55 year record for fastest two-mile time in a dual meet between Michigan and Ohio State (9:04.6). | |||||
| Track, Cross-country | Distance | 2014 | 1995 | 1999 | 1998 NCAA champion in cross-country, 3000m-run, and Distance Medley (1600m leg); 8-time All-American; 2005 USATF champion in 10000m-run; 2005 & 2006 USTAF champion in 10 km road race; 2007 USATF champion in 25 km road race | ||
| Football | 2004 | ||||||
| Hockey | 1992 | 1945 | 1949 | Scored 175 points, and played on the first Frozen Four championship team | |||
| Football, Track | 2002 | ||||||
| Football | Defensive tackle | 2014 | 1985 | 1988 | Consensus All-American, 1988 | ||
| Track, Cross-country | 2010 | 1973 | 1977 | Three-time cross-country All-American (1974–76), 1976 track and field All-American, winner of the 1983 Boston Marathon | |||
| Director of Intramural Sports | 2002 | ||||||
| Baseball | 2002 | ||||||
| Hockey | Center | 2013 | 1993 | 1997 | Hobey Baker Award, 1997; played in NHL 1997–2012 | ||
| Football | Fullback/center | 1983 | 1929 | 1931 | First-team All-American in 1931 | ||
| Softball | 2004 | ||||||
| Tennis | Coach | 1983 | 1948 | 1969 | His teams won 11 Big Ten championship and the NCAA championship in 1957 | ||
| Nalan, Norvard "Skip" | Wrestling | 2017 | |||||
| Basketball, Softball, Track | 2002 | ||||||
| Football, Baseball | 1986 | ||||||
| Football | Quarterback | 1983 | 1930 | 1932 | |||
| Wrestling | 145-pound weight class | 1983 | 1938 | 1939 | 1939 NCAA champion, 145-pound weight class; coach at Iowa State, 1957–1983 | ||
| Football, Baseball | 1989 | ||||||
| Football, Basketball, Baseball | End, Football coach, Basketball coach | 1978 | 1925 | 1958 | Three-time All-American in football 1925–27; All-American in basketball; Football Coach, 1948–58; National Championship, 1948; College Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Basketball | Coach | 2011 | 1968 | 1980 | Winningest coach in Michigan men's basketball program history with a 209-113 overall record | ||
| Football | Quarterback | 2004 | |||||
| Football, Basketball | Basketball coach | 1984 | |||||
| Track | High hurdles | 1983 | 1935 | 1937 | Set a world record in 120-yard high hurdles, 1937 | ||
| Baseball | 2020 | ||||||
| Football | 1989 | ||||||
| Faculty representative | Faculty representative | 1982 | Faculty representative to Big Ten; President of the NCAA; Law School professor; Member, U.S. Olympic Committee | ||||
| Football, Wrestling | 1985 | ||||||
| Football | 1988 | ||||||
| 2009 | 1980 | Played for Canada in the 1984 and 1996 Olympics | |||||
| Gymnastics | 2015 | 2001 | 2005 | Most decorated female gymnast in Michigan history | |||
| Hockey | Hockey coach, Ticket mgr. | 1986 | Won NCAA championships at U-M as player (1948) and coach (1964) | ||||
| Basketball | 2010 | 1985 | 1989 | Leading scorer in Michigan basketball history, led the 1989 team to an NCAA championship, jersey retired in 2005 | |||
| Richardson, Jim | Swimming and Diving | Coach | 2022 | ||||
| Baseball | Baseball coach | 1985 | |||||
| Softball | 2018 | ||||||
| Track | 1985 | Represented Bahamas in four Summer Olympics; gold medalist in the 100 meters at 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games | |||||
| Football, Baseball | Baseball coach | 1984 | |||||
| Basketball | 2002 | ||||||
| Basketball | 1978 | 1964 | 1966 | Oscar Robertson Trophy, 1966; All-American, 1964–66 | |||
| Golf | 1982 | 1947 | 1949 | Big Ten individual champion, 1947, 1949 | |||
| Football | Head coach | 1992 | |||||
| Golf | 1992 | ||||||
| Football | 1979 | 1904 | 1908 | All-American, 1907; Center on AP All-Time All-American Team, 1951; College Football Hall of Fame | |||
| Softball | 2006 | ||||||
| Tennis | 1996 | ||||||
| Diving | 2007 | 1978 | Bronze medalist, 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Hockey | 1981 | 1933 | 1936 | Leading scorer in Big Ten, 1936 (33 goals, 10 assists in 17 games); first U.S. citizen to play for Stanley Cup champion | |||
| Simmons, Red | Track & Field | Coach | 2022 | ||||
| Football | 2019 | ||||||
| Baseball | Pitcher | 1979 | 1914 | 1915 | Baseball Hall of Fame; No. 33 on The Sporting News' list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players" | ||
| Swimming | 1990 | ||||||
| Golf | 1985 | ||||||
| Swimming | 2020 | ||||||
| Swimming | Swimming Coach | 1982 | 1954 | 1982 | Four NCAA team championships, 1957–61 | ||
| Track | 2018 | ||||||
| Basketball | Basketball coach | 1984 | |||||
| Cross country | Athlete, coach | 2015 | 1993 | 2015 | 14 All-American honors and won 4 NCAA titles (one relay and 3 individual) | ||
| Basketball | 1990 | ||||||
| Basketball | 2019 | ||||||
| Synchronized Swimming | 2008 | ||||||
| Basketball | 1996 | ||||||
| Track | 100 metres | 1980 | 1928 | 1932 | Gold medals in 100 and 200 metres, 1932 Olympics; Set world record in 100 yard dash at 9.5 | ||
| Football, Baseball | 1994 | ||||||
| Rowing | 2022 | ||||||
| Basketball | 1979 | 1967 | 1970 | All-American, 1970; U-M record in rebounds; 2nd pick in 1970 NBA draft | |||
| Hockey, Baseball | 1982 | 1930 | 1932 | Captain of hockey and baseball teams; All-American in hockey, 1931–32 | |||
| Basketball | 1980 | 1936 | 1938 | All-American, 1938; All-Big Ten, 1936–38 | |||
| Golf | Golf coach | 1981 | 1921 | 1935 | Formed golf team, 1901; NCAA golf champions, 1934–35; Big Ten champions, 1932–36; 67 years as speech professor and debate coach | ||
| Hockey | 2017 | ||||||
| Track | 440 yards | 1978 | 1941 | 1943 | Set world indoor record of 48.1 in the indoor 440 yard; All-American, 1943; Once held eight U-M track records; Broadcaster of U-M football, 1944–81 | ||
| Swimming | Coach | 2016 | |||||
| Football | 1982 | 1918 | 1921 | All-American, 1921 | |||
| Football | 1989 | All-American | |||||
| Football | 2004 | ||||||
| Hockey | Center | 2006 | 1964 | 1966 | First-team All-American and MVP of the WCHA in 1966; played on 1964 NCAA championship team | ||
| Baseball | Outfielder | 1983 | 1941 | 1941 | Led Michigan to 1941 Big Ten championship; signed as "bonus baby" in 1941 | ||
| Track, Football | Multiple | 1981 | 1932 | 1935 | NCAA champion in high jump, long jump, 100-yard dash, 400-yard dash; 2nd in voting for AP Big Ten Athlete of the Year, 1933; 2nd African-American in football | ||
| Tennis | 2017 | ||||||
| Track | Multiple | 1982 | 1937 | 1939 | Big Ten champion in discus, 1937–39; broad jump, 1937–38; shot put, 1937–38; javelin, 1939 | ||
| Track, Cross Country | 2007 | ||||||
| Football | Fullback, Halfback | 1981 | 1925 | 1958 | Halfback and fullback, 1925–26; Assistant football coach, 1931–58 | ||
| Diving | 1989 | 1960 | 1964 | Two Olympic gold medals in 10m platform event, 1960 and 1964 | |||
| Diving | 2010 | 1978 | 1980 | Three-time 10-meter platform national champion (1976, 1979, 1980), four-time All-American | |||
| Football, Baseball | 1992 | ||||||
| Football | 2020 | ||||||
| Football | Fullback | 1982 | 1939 | 1941 | All-American, 1941 | ||
| Hockey | Defense | 2004 | Two-time All-American defenseman 1958 and 1959 | ||||
| Hockey | 1989 | 1961 | 1964 | Led Michigan to 1964 NCAA championship | |||
| Williams-Hoak, Debbie | Track & Field | 2022 | |||||
| Track/Cross Country | 2019 | ||||||
| Basketball | Guard/Forward | 2004 | 1970 | 1973 | Two-time All-American; two-time All-Big Ten First Team | ||
| Football | 1981 | 1940 | 1942 | All-American, 1942; College Football Hall of Fame | |||
| Football | Tackle | 1981 | 1947 | 1949 | All-American, 1948–49; College Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Football, Baseball | Tackle | 1981 | 1931 | 1934 | All-American; Big Ten Baseball MVP, 1934; College Football Hall of Fame | ||
| Football | 2017 | ||||||
| Gymnastics | 2006 | ||||||
| Football | Football coach, Athletic Director | 1979 | 1901 | 1941 | Football coach, 1901–23, 1925–26; athletic director, 1921–41; National Championships, 1901–04, 1918, 1923; record of 165-29-10; Outscored opponents 2,822 to 42, 1901–05 | ||
| Football | 1985 | ||||||
| Zimmerman, Lexi | Volleyball | 2020 |