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Mike Michalske Date of birth: April 24, 1903 Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States Date of death: October 26, 1983, age 80 Career information Position(s): OG College: Penn State Organizations As player: 1926
1927-1928
1929-1935, 1937New York Yankees (AFL)
New York Yankees (NFL)
Green Bay PackersCareer highlights and awards Honors: NFL 1920s All-Decade Team Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1964 August Mike Michalske (April 24, 1903 - October 26, 1983) was an American football player and coach. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964.
Originally a member of the short-lived New York Yankees National Football League team from 1927 to 1928, Michalske arrived in Green Bay in 1929 for the first of what would be nine seasons with the team. An All-America fullback during his Penn State career, the 6-foot, 210 pound Michalske convinced Packers coach Curly Lambeau to try him on the offensive line, where he became the first great guard in pro football, known for his combination of speed, agility and power.
The first guard inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Michalske was a key blocker in the Packers' championship seasons in 1929, 1930, and 1931, opening holes for the likes of Johnny "Blood" McNally and Bob Monnett. Michalske also played on the defensive line and was dubbed "Iron Mike" because despite playing 60 minutes a game, he missed only 9 of 104 games during his Packers tenure, 5 of them in his final season. Moreover, throughout his football career he played with an unrepaired congenital abdominal hernia.
Michalske was a six time consensus first team All-Pro in 1927-1931 and 1935. He wore nine uniform numbers over his Packers career, the most by any one player in team history: 19 (1932), 24 (1934), 28 (1931), 30 (1932), 31 (1933), 33 (1935), 36 (1929-30, 37), 40 (1935) and 63 (1934). Following his Packers career, Michalske became a coach, including a head coaching stint at Iowa State from 1942 to 1946.
External links
- [1] Mike Michalske's Hall of Fame biography
Iowa State Cyclones head football coaches Ira C. Brownlie (1892) • W. F. Finney (1893) • Bert German & Pop Warner (1894–1898) • Joe Meyers & Pop Warner (1899) • C. E. Woodruff (1900) • Edgar N. Clinton (1901) • A. W. Ristine (1902–1906) • Clyde Williams (1907–1912) • Homer C. Hubbard (1913–1914) • Charles Mayser (1915–1919) • Norman C. Paine (1920) • Maury Kent (1921) • Sam Willaman (1922–1925) • C. Noel Workman (1926–1930) • George F. Veenker (1931–1936) • James J. Yeager (1937–1940) • Ray Donels (1941–1942) • Mike Michalske (1942–1946) • Emmett Stuber (1947–1953) • Vince DiFrancesca (1954–1956) • Jim Myers (1957) • Clay Stapleton (1958–1967) • Johnny Majors (1968–1972) • Earle Bruce (1973–1978) • Donnie Duncan (1979–1982) • Jim Criner (1983–1986) • Jim Walden (1987–1994) • Dan McCarney (1995–2006) • Gene Chizik (2007–2008) • Paul Rhoads (2009– )
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Head Coach Curly LambeauGreen Bay Packers 1930 NFL Champions Al Bloodgood | Jim Bowdoin | Boob Darling | Lavie Dilweg | Red Dunn | Jug Earp | Wuert Engelmann | Paul Fitzgibbon | Chief Franta | Duke Hanny | Ken Haycraft | Arnie Herber | Cal Hubbard | Bill Kern | Verne Lewellen | Cully Lidberg | Hurdis McCrary | John McNally | Mike Michalske | Bo Molenda | Tom Nash | Dick O'Donnell | Oran Pape | Claude Perry | Ken Radick | Red Sleight | Mule Wilson | Whitey Woodin | Dave Zuidmulder | Merle Zuver
Head Coach Curly LambeauGreen Bay Packers 1931 NFL Champions Frank Baker | Nate Barragar | Jim Bowdoin | Hank Bruder | Rudy Comstock | Boob Darling | Dale Davenport | Lavie Dilweg | Waldo Don Carlos | Red Dunn | Jug Earp | Wuert Engelmann | Paul Fitzgibbon | Milt Gantenbein | Roger Grove | Arnie Herber | Cal Hubbard | Ray Jenison | Swede Johnston | Verne Lewellen | Hurdis McCrary | John McNally | Mike Michalske | Bo Molenda | Tom Nash | Claude Perry | Ken Radick | Russ Saunders | Red Sleight | Dick Stahlman | Mule Wilson | Whitey Woodin | Dave Zuidmulder
Head Coach Curly LambeauGreen Bay Packers Hall of Famers Herb Adderley • Tony Canadeo • Willie Davis • Len Ford • Forrest Gregg • Ted Hendricks • Arnie Herber • Clarke Hinkle • Paul Hornung • Cal Hubbard • Don Hutson • Henry Jordan • Walt Kiesling • Curly Lambeau • James Lofton • Vince Lombardi • John McNally • Mike Michalske • Ray Nitschke • Jim Ringo • Bart Starr • Jan Stenerud • Jim Taylor • Emlen Tunnell • Reggie White • Willie WoodNFL's 1920s All-Decade Team Jimmy Conzelman | Paddy Driscoll | Red Grange | Joe Guyon | Curly Lambeau | Jim Thorpe | Ernie Nevers | Guy Chamberlin | LaVern Dilweg | George Halas | Ed Healey | Pete Henry | Cal Hubbard | Steve Owen | Hunk Anderson | Walt Kiesling | Mike Michalske | George Trafton |
Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1964 Jimmy Conzelman • Ed Healey • Clarke Hinkle • Link Lyman • Mike Michalske • Art Rooney • George TraftonNew York Yankees (NFL) Defunct American Football League club 1926 • Founded in 1926 · Based in New York, New York • Absorbed into the National Football League for the 1927–1928 NFL seasonsThe Franchise New York Yankees (NFL) · New York Yankees (NFL) PlayersStadiums Owner Head Coaches Ralph Scott · Dick RauchSeasons Pro Football Hall of Famers (3) League Affiliations Rivalries Lore Categories:- 1903 births
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