1. John Regeczi played at the fullback, halfback positions for the University of Michigan teams from 1932 to 1934, including the undefeated national championship teams of 1932 and 1933.
17 Facts About John Regeczi
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John Regeczi was the captain of the football and basketball teams at Muskegon Heights High School.
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John Regeczi set school records in the 100-yard dash, the 220-yard dash and the javelin throw.
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John Regeczi enrolled at the University of Michigan where he won letters in football, basketball and baseball.
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John Regeczi played in Harry Kipke's offense that won back-to-back national championships in 1932 and 1933.
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John Regeczi gained the majority of his yards against Cornell on an 85-yard touchdown run from punt formation in the first quarter.
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John Regeczi played an important role in the 1933 Michigan-Ohio State game.
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John Regeczi kept Ohio State at bay with his punting and playing at the fullback position.
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John Regeczi suffered a knee injury at the start of the 1934 season and had difficulty regaining his speed after the injury.
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John Regeczi was kept in the lineup in 1934 mostly due to his punting ability.
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John Regeczi was teammates with Gerald Ford, who later served as the US President, on the Michigan teams from 1932 to 1934.
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In 1994 interview, Ford praised John Regeczi's punting in discussing the "Punt, Pass and Prayer" offense:.
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Our punter, John Regeczi, was the greatest college punter I ever saw and he ruined his knee.
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John Regeczi later taught and coached at Burton Junior High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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John Regeczi coached junior high school athletics for 36 years and retired in 1973.
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John Regeczi was inducted into the Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.
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John Regeczi died in 2003 in Aurora, Colorado at age 90.