#OnThisDay
145 years ago,
@UMichFootball
played their first official game! 🏈 U-M’s first team, shown here, defeated Racine College 1-0.
According to the U-M Chronicle, they felt “splendidly” after the match!
#GoBlue
📸: U-M Photo Vertical File, 1879 football team
Catch up with Director of Track and Field, Cross Country Kevin Sullivan on this week’s episode of Conqu’ring Heroes with Jon Jansen!
#GoBlue
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Full episode:
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#MemorialDay
, we honor, remember and celebrate 1st Lt. Billy Burk Combs, a Tulsa native, Michigan team captain and 2x All-American, who was killed during the assault wave on Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945.