UM: Football History

Greg of MVictors takes an in-depth look at the 1934 controversy when Georgia Tech came to Ann Arbor but refused to play if the Wolverines’ African American player, Willis Ward, was in the game. Though students protested in support of Ward, he did not play. ”Despite mentioning the story in a few places, I really haven’t taken a deep dive. I recently stopped by the Bentley Library and looked through some of the pages of The Daily in the days around the October 20, 1934 game against the Yellow Jackets. As a student paper should do, their words focused on the situation on campus and it’s a pretty interesting tale.” [Source]