Walter Henry "Wally" Teninga was an American football halfback and businessman.
22 Facts About Wally Teninga
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Wally Teninga played for the University of Michigan's undefeated national championship teams in 1947 and 1948 and later became the vice chairman and chief financial officer of the Kmart Corporation.
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Wally Teninga was the youngest of five children and grew up at 10718 Normal Avenue in the Roseland section of Chicago's south side.
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Wally Teninga attended Morgan Park High School where he was a starting halfback for three years on the varsity team.
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Wally Teninga enrolled at the University of Michigan where he played football for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1945 and 1947 to 1949.
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Wally Teninga was a member of the 1945 team that first employed the two-platoon system of football in a game against Army in Yankee Stadium.
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At age 17, Wally Teninga started seven games at left halfback for the 1945 Wolverines, and was the Wolverines' leading ground gainer.
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Wally Teninga missed the 1946 season while serving in the US Army.
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Wally Teninga returned to Ann Arbor in 1947 and was a member of the university's undefeated national championship teams of 1947 and 1948.
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In 1947, Wally Teninga was the team's punter, defensive right halfback, and second string offensive halfback behind Bob Chappuis and Bump Elliott.
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Wally Teninga, now taking reserve officer's training at Camp Lee, has had an odd career at Michigan.
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When Wally Teninga returned in '47, Fritz Crisler had his Magicians, Yerges, Bump Elliott, Bob Chappuis and Jack Weisenberger.
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Wally Teninga's punting is one reason Oosterbaan would like to have him a regular.
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Wally Teninga was drafted in the 17th round of the 1949 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.
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Wally Teninga elected instead to return to Michigan to play his fourth season of college football for the Michigan Wolverines.
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Wally Teninga graduated in 1950 with a degree in economics and returned to Chicago to work in his father's real estate business, Wally Teninga Real Estate Co.
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Wally Teninga later spent seven years in Los Angeles, during which time he became the company's western region manager.
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Wally Teninga lived for many years in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan with his wife, the former Nancy Anne Neumann of Birmingham, Michigan.
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Wally Teninga retired from Kmart in 1979, and went to work for Sol Price's company, Price Club, an innovator in the retail warehouse store concept.
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Wally Teninga later returned to Chicago where he started and ran Wholesale Club, Inc.
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Wally Teninga served on the board of directors of SITE Centers, a real estate investment trust, from the time of its initial public offering in 1993 until his retirement in 1998.
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In 1975, Wally Teninga was inducted into the Roseland-Pullman area Sports Hall of Fame.