Quentin Brian "Quent" Sickels was a former American football player.
24 Facts About Quentin Sickels
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Quentin Sickels played college football for the University of Michigan in 1944 and from 1946 to 1948.
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Quentin Sickels played on Michigan's undefeated 1947 and 1948 national championship teams.
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Quentin Sickels played three years of varsity football for Benton Harbor High School and led his team to the state championship as senior in 1943.
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Quentin Sickels enrolled at the University of Michigan in June 1944 with plans to major in marine architecture.
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Quentin Sickels played four years of varsity football for the Michigan Wolverines football team under head coaches Fritz Crisler and Bennie Oosterbaan.
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Quentin Sickels was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Michigan.
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Quentin Sickels graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
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Quentin Sickels played at the guard position as a 17-year-old freshman in 1944.
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On December 21,1944, the day before his eighteenth birthday, Quentin Sickels joined the United States Coast Guard.
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Quentin Sickels served in the Coast Guard for a year-and-a-half and missed the 1945 season.
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Quentin Sickels was discharged in the spring of 1946 after tours in Europe and the far east.
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Quentin Sickels returned to the University of Michigan in time for summer football training in August 1946.
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In February 1947, Quentin Sickels underwent knee surgery at the University of Michigan Hospital.
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In November 1947, Quentin Sickels was selected by the Associated Press as "the outstanding guard of the nation" for two consecutive weeks.
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Quentin Sickels was recognized as an "honorable mention" on the United Press All-American team for 1947.
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Quentin Sickels played every minute on defense until he was knocked unconscious by a kick to the head late in the second quarter.
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Quentin Sickels played like a 'mad man,' and indeed he was, for he remembers nothing of the fray from his injury until midway through the last quarter.
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Quentin Sickels was rushing passers unmercifully, making innumerable tackles in the Southern California backfield.
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Quentin Sickels carried out his assignments with the same adeptness and fervor as in previous games.
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Quentin Sickels was selected by the Detroit Lions as the 147th pick in the 1948 NFL draft, but he chose a career in business.
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From 1953 to 1958, Quentin Sickels was employed in Florida by Corporate Groups Service, Inc.
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Quentin Sickels remained with that company as they were acquired by Thomson McKinnon Securities in 1984.
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In 1963, Quentin Sickels was elected as the president of the University of Michigan's "M" Club.