Tony Momsen played college football at the University of Michigan in 1945,1949 and 1950, and is most remembered for scoring the winning touchdown in the 1950 Snow Bowl game between Michigan and Ohio State.
16 Facts About Tony Momsen
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Tony Momsen was the son of Rose and Anton Momsen, Sr.
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Tony Momsen attended Toledo's Libbey High School where he was a star athlete in football, basketball and track.
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Tony Momsen diagnoses plays rapidly, is extremely fast and a terrific tackler.
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In November 1945, when Michigan's starting center, Harold Watts, was transferred for additional Navy training, Tony Momsen became a starter at center for the 1945 football team.
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Tony Momsen played center and linebacker for the 1949 and 1950 Michigan football teams.
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Tony Momsen is most remembered for his role in the famed 1950 Snow Bowl game against Ohio State.
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The game matched Tony Momsen against his younger brother, Robert "Buckeye Bob" Tony Momsen, who was a starter for Ohio State.
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The Buckeyes scored when Vic Janowicz kicked a field goal after Robert Tony Momsen recovered a blocked Wolverine kick.
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Tony Momsen was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the fifth round of the 1951 NFL Draft.
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Tony Momsen signed with the Rams in July 1951, but he was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers before the 1951 NFL season started.
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Tony Momsen appeared in 11 games, all as a backup for the 1951 Steelers.
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Tony Momsen appeared in two games for the 1952 Redskins before being released on October 7,1952.
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In 1953, Tony Momsen played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Western Interprovincial Football League.
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Tony Momsen quit the Argonauts in August 1954 after being told he would play for the Argonauts' farm team.
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Tony Momsen lived in Sunrise, Florida for the last 25 years of his life.