11 Facts About Arthur Valpey

Arthur Valpey enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1934, where freshman football coach Wally Weber moved him to the end position.

Arthur Valpey played end for the 1935,1936 and 1937 Michigan Wolverines football teams coached by Harry Kipke.

Arthur Valpey was next hired in April 1940 to serve as the head football coach and athletic director at Midland High School, where he remained for three years.

Arthur Valpey was hired as the freshman line coach at the University of Michigan at the end of the 1942 season and was on the school's coaching staff from 1943 through 1947.

In 1945 and 1946, Arthur Valpey became the chief scout and line coach under Michigan's legendary coach Fritz Crisler.

In 1947, Arthur Valpey served as the ends coach for the undefeated Michigan team that is considered the greatest football team in the school's history.

Arthur Valpey won his first game as the head coach at Harvard, becoming the last Harvard coach to accomplish that feat until 1994.

Art Arthur Valpey has managed to build up, through a fairly dismal two year period, a respect and affection in associates that has been remarkable.

When he left Harvard, Arthur Valpey still had a year remaining on his contract, and told the press that Harvard had given him permission to negotiate for a new job, though he had been told he could remain at Harvard for the 1950 season.

In July 1952, Arthur Valpey was replaced as Connecticut's head coach with Robert Ingalls.

Arthur Valpey worked for the Arab American Oil Company from 1952 until 1969, when he retired from his position as a company representative in Ras Tanura in eastern Saudi Arabia.