1. Allan McNab Renfrew was a hockey player at the University of Michigan in the late 1940s and a college hockey coach with Michigan Technological University, the University of North Dakota, and the University of Michigan.
13 Facts About Al Renfrew
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Al Renfrew had a storied career as a player, coach and administrator at the University of Michigan, including NCAA championships as both a player and coach.
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Al Renfrew was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1986.
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Al Renfrew played four years with the Michigan hockey team, and was selected as the team captain as a senior.
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Al Renfrew was the leader of the Wolverines 1948 team that won the NCAA hockey championship.
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Al Renfrew finished his playing career as the second leading point scorer in the history of Michigan hockey.
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Al Renfrew graduated from the School of Education in 1950 and later married the sister of his coach, Vic Heyliger.
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Al Renfrew made two flags, with a neighbor, and the Block M was designed by Bob Hoisington, an engineering dean, to make sure it was correct.
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In 1986, Al Renfrew was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.
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Al Renfrew has received the 1990 Hobey Baker Legends of College Hockey Award, presented each year to an individual who has made great contributions to college hockey, and the 1992 John "Snooks" Kelley Founders Award, given each year to a person in the coaching profession who has contributed to the overall growth and development of the sport of ice hockey in the United States.
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The "Friends of Al Renfrew" have established an endowed room and board scholarship at Michigan for an ice hockey player.
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On November 10,2014, Al Renfrew died in Michigan at the age of 89.
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Al Renfrew had a heart attack three weeks prior and was due to be released from a rehabilitation facility.