Tom George Kuzma was an American football player for the University of Michigan.
11 Facts About Tom Kuzma
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Tom Kuzma was the starting left halfback for Fritz Crisler's Michigan teams in 1941 and 1942.
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Tom Kuzma was 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighed 195 pounds while at Michigan.
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Tom Kuzma attended the school of business administration at Michigan and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta.
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Tom Kuzma followed Harmon as Michigan's principal running back in 1941, and comparisons to Harmon were inevitable.
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Tom Kuzma lacked Harmon's speed and was instead a power-runner who ran through and over the opposition.
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Tom Kuzma was considered the Wolverines' best punter since Harry Kipke had played for Michigan 20 years earlier.
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In 1949, Tom Kuzma returned to Michigan and went into the steel business in Detroit.
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Tom Kuzma next co-founded a chemical coatings company where he worked until his retirement in 1987.
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Tom Kuzma served as president of the University of Michigan's "M" Club.
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Tom Kuzma died at age 74 on May 19 1996 in Cape Coral, Florida.