1. Jack Leonard Blott was an All-American football center and place kicker for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1922 to 1923.
26 Facts About Jack Blott
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Jack Blott was a baseball catcher for the Wolverines from 1922 to 1924.
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In 1922, Blott succeeded All-American and College Football Hall of Famer Ernie Vick as Michigan's center.
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Jack Blott's performance was all the more unique [sic] in that he passed the ball for Kipke's attempted drop kick and then raced down the field ahead of any of the other players in time to drop on the leather as it bounded across the final chalk mark after having grazed an Iowa uniform.
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Jack Blott was the only All-American selected from the 1923 team and the fourth Michigan center to be named All-American.
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Jack Blott starred as the catcher for the Michigan baseball teams from 1922 to 1924.
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In June 1923, Jack Blott was selected to be the captain of the baseball team for the 1924 season.
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Jack Blott received his degree from Michigan's "literary school" on June 16,1924, and immediately signed with the Cincinnati Reds.
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Jack Blott chose the Reds after turning down a contract offered by former Michigan coach Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinals.
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Jack Blott had only one plate appearance and failed to get on base, for a career.
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In February 1925, Jack Blott announced that he was giving up professional baseball and would not be reporting to spring training with the Reds.
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Jack Blott has decided to forsake the diamond pastime to become assistant line coach at Michigan.
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Jack Blott evidently prefers football coaching to the rather uncertainty of making good in the big leagues.
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Jack Blott initially signed with Michigan on September 24,1924, as an assistant football coach responsible for line candidates, concentrating on the center and guard positions.
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Jack Blott served as a line coach at Michigan from 1924 through 1933, including the Wolverines' National Championship teams of 1932 and 1933.
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Jack Blott was the line coach during the freshman, sophomore, and junior years of Michigan's most famous center, US President Gerald R Ford.
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In January 1934, rumors spread that Michigan assistants, Bennie Oosterbaan and Jack Blott, had interviewed for positions at Yale and other eastern schools.
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Jack Blott was the head football coach at Wesleyan from 1934 to 1940.
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In 1938, following the resignation of Harry Kipke as Michigan's head football coach, there were press reports that Jack Blott was being considered for the head coaching job at Michigan, but the job went to Fritz Crisler from Princeton.
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Jack Blott worked in Ford's personnel department for six years from 1940 until 1945.
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In February 1946, Jack Blott was hired as Michigan's line coach, this time working under Coach Fritz Crisler.
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Jack Blott replaced Biggie Munn, who accepted the head coaching job at Syracuse.
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Jack Blott was the line coach for the undefeated 1947 and 1948 National Championship teams.
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In June 1964, Jack Blott died of a heart attack while mowing the lawn of his Ann Arbor home.
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Jack Blott was survived by his widow, Helen, and his daughter, Joanne.
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In 1987, Jack Blott was posthumously inducted into the University of Michigan Hall of Honor for baseball, football and coaching.