1. Benjamin Oosterbaan was an American football end and head coach for the University of Michigan.
27 Facts About Bennie Oosterbaan
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Bennie Oosterbaan was a three-time All-American college football player, a two-time All-American basketball player, and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the Michigan Wolverines.
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Bennie Oosterbaan is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players in Michigan history.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was selected by Sports Illustrated as the fourth greatest athlete in the history of the US state of Michigan in 2003, and one of the eleven greatest college football players of the first century of the game.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was the first University of Michigan athlete to become a first-team All-American in basketball and was the first three-time first-team All-American in football.
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Bennie Oosterbaan served as the football, basketball, and baseball coach for Michigan.
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Bennie Oosterbaan later served as the director of athletic alumni relations.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was an All-State baseball player and state champion discus thrower.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was briefly kicked off of the team during the year by an assistant coach for lining up incorrectly before coach Fielding H Yost brought him back.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was a skilled passer, once throwing for three touchdowns passes in the Michigan Stadium dedication game against rival Ohio State on October 22,1927.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was selected as an All-American for the third consecutive season.
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Bennie Oosterbaan led the Big Ten Conference in scoring in his senior year.
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Bennie Oosterbaan twice recorded double-doubles in this low scoring era.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was an All-Conference baseball player who won the Big Ten batting title in 1927.
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Bennie Oosterbaan began as an assistant football coach immediately after graduating, and he remained an assistant coach of the football team for twenty years before succeeding Fritz Crisler.
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Bennie Oosterbaan employed an uptempo style of play that differed from that of his predecessor Franklin Cappon.
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In 1948, Bennie Oosterbaan took over as head coach of the football team at Michigan.
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Bennie Oosterbaan's teams won Big Ten championships in each of his first three seasons but did not win another under his tenure.
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Bennie Oosterbaan coached without using a lot of yelling and screaming.
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Bennie Oosterbaan motivated his players without using sarcasm or losing his temper, and rarely used locker room pep talks.
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In 1959, Bennie Oosterbaan became Michigan's director of athletic alumni relations and held that position until he retired in 1972.
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Bennie Oosterbaan died in 1990, having spent his entire career associated with the University of Michigan.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was survived by his sister, Grace Hedner; his daughter, Anna Wilson; and two grandsons.
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Two of his brothers, Guy and Andy, died when Bennie Oosterbaan was a young man.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was a member of the fourth class of inductees into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1958.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was a member of the inaugural 1978 class of inductees into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor.
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Bennie Oosterbaan was the highest ranked football player, ahead of Michigan Wolverines Ron Kramer, Fielding H Yost, Rick Leach, Fritz Crisler, and Harry Kipke.