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Go Blue: Competition, Controversy, and Community in Michigan Athletics
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    • The First Sport: Baseball at UM
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    • Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics
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    • Women's Funding
  • Values & Honors
    • The Student "Body"
    • Women and the 'M'
  • Key Players
    • Walker
    • Aigler
    • Bell
    • Hartwig
    • Federbush
    • Yost
    • Crisler
    • Canham
    • Schembechler
    • Szady
    • WAA & NCAA

Key Players

Moses Fleetwood Walker

Moses Fleetwood Walker

Ralph Aigler, UM Law School, Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics

Ralph Aigler

Dr. Margaret Bell, UM Dept. Phys. Ed. for Women

Margaret Bell

Marie Hartwig, UM Women's Athletic Director, 1973-1976

Marie Hartwig

Marcia Federbush Portrait

Marcia Federbush

Fielding Yost

Fielding Yost

Fritz Crisler, Portrait

Fritz Crisler

Don Canham, UM Athletic Director, at desk

Don Canham

Bo Schembechler, UM Football, on sidelines wearing headphones

Bo Schembechler

Sheryl Szady Headshot

Sheryl Szady

WAA 'M' Insignia

WAA and NCAA

  • Moses Fleetwood Walker
  • Ralph Aigler
  • Margaret Bell
  • Marcia Federbush
  • Marie Hartwig
  • Fielding Harris Yost
  • H.O. "Fritz" Crisler
  • Don Canham
  • Bo Schembechler
  • Sheryl Szady
  • WAA and NCAA



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