John "Johnny" Wangler was born on c 1958 and is a former American football quarterback.
41 Facts About John Wangler
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John Wangler played for the University of Michigan from 1977 to 1980.
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John Wangler attended Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he starred in both football and basketball.
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In 1977, John Wangler made two brief appearances as a substitute for Leach.
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John Wangler missed the 1978 season due to a pinched nerve in his neck or shoulder.
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Dickey won the starting assignment, though John Wangler was given substantial playing time as a backup and was the starting quarterback in four games.
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Dickey started the season opener against Northwestern, but John Wangler played in the second half.
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John Wangler replaced Dickey in the final two minutes of the game.
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John Wangler completed three passes for 29 yards and took the Wolverines from their own 42-yard line to the Notre Dame 20-yard line before Michigan running back, Stanley Edwards, was thrown for a five-yard loss.
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John Wangler completed 9 of 21 passes for 210 yards, including a 58-yard pass to Doug Marsh.
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Against Minnesota in the sixth game, John Wangler came into the game as a substitute for Dickey and completed three of five passes for 39 yards, including a one-yard touchdown pass to Lawrence Reid.
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In Michigan's eighth game against an unranked Indiana team, John Wangler had his most replayed moment in a Michigan uniform.
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Dickey started the game, and John Wangler entered the game as a substitute.
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John Wangler dropped back to pass from his own 45-yard line, and his pass hit Anthony Carter at the 23-yard line.
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John Wangler completed 10 of 14 passes for 163 yards in the Indiana game.
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Butch Woolfolk rushed for 190 yards and three touchdowns, and John Wangler completed 10 of 13 passes for 219 yards, including a 71-yard touchdown pass to Doug Marsh.
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John Wangler was intercepted four times in the game, twice in the first quarter.
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Late in the third quarter, John Wangler led a 69-yard drive that was capped by a touchdown pass to Doug Marsh.
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Purdue responded with a field goal, and on Michigan's first drive in the fourth quarter, John Wangler gave up his fourth interception.
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John Wangler's passing led the Wolverines to the Purdue three-yard line, and Woolfolk scored with 5:34 left.
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John Wangler completed 14 of 28 passes in the game for 159 yards.
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The strategy did not work, and John Wangler was brought into the game with 3:48 left in the first half.
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John Wangler completed four of nine passes for 133 yards and added 25 rushing yards.
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John Wangler started for Michigan in the Gator Bowl and got the Wolverines off to a quick start.
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John Wangler opened the game with a 47-yard pass completion to Carter.
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John Wangler reported that two cross ligaments in Wangler's knee were completely ruptured, and there was torn cartilage.
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John Wangler started the game and completed 8 of 14 passes for 109 yards, as Michigan kept the ball on the ground most of the day and tallied 388 rushing yards.
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John Wangler completed a second touchdown pass to Craig Dunaway in the fourth quarter.
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John Wangler threw for a personal-high 227 yards on 16-for-22 passing, and Carter caught nine passes for 149 yards and two touchdowns.
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Carter and John Wangler did not play in the second half.
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John Wangler threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Carter in the first quarter, but he threw two interceptions.
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John Wangler drew praise for his handling of the crowd noise on a fourth down play at the Wisconsin four-yard line facing the student section at the north end of Camp Randall Stadium.
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The penalties took the ball to the one-yard line, and on the eight attempt John Wangler handed the ball to Butch Woolfolk who ran for the touchdown.
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John Wangler completed 12 of 20 passes for 165 yards, including touchdown passes of 22 and 20 yards to Carter.
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John Wangler won the Big Ten Medal of Honor as the Michigan student in the graduating class of 1981 who had best demonstrated proficiency in scholarship and athletics.
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The Associated Press ran a feature story on John Wangler's coming back from adversity to lead Michigan to the Rose Bowl.
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John Wangler completed 12 of 20 passes in the Rose Bowl for 145 yards, including a seven-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Carter in the third quarter.
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In 1988, John Wangler was engaged to Suzanne Marie Pagella, a former Ohio State cheerleader who became a television news anchor in Detroit, Lansing and other Michigan cities.
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John Wangler has been in the sports apparel and footwear business for 25 years.
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Since approximately 2000, John Wangler has owned and operated Top Cat Sales, a wholesale distributor of licensed apparel and footwear for Reebok and Adidas.
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John Wangler's company printed several hundred championship T-shirts for the Detroit Red Wings during the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals.