August "Mike" Michalske

 

 August "Mike" Michalske

 "Mike" Michalske, with his wife Doris and
daughters Lee Ann and Linda ("Melinda") c. 1945
 

 "Mike" Michalske's illustrious career as a football player began at Penn State, where he was an All-American. After graduating in 1926, he joined the New York Yankees of the American Football League (yes, there was once a Yankees football team!) which joined the National Football League in 1927. In 1929 he joined the Green Bay Packers, who were then coached by "Curly" Lambeau, where he played at guard position during the Packers' championship seasons of 1929 - 1931. At the end of the 1937 season, Mike retired from professional play.

Mike went on to coach at St. Norbert College, The Lafayette School for Boys, Iowa State University, Baylor University, Texas A&M University, and The University of Texas.

In 1963, Mike was inducted into the Green Bay Packers' Hall of Fame. In 1964, its second year, he was the first guard inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, and was honored with the Red Smith Award.


For more information, see:
http://www.packattack.com/hof.htm
http://www.packattack.com/all_time_teams.htm

http://www.packernet.com/packernet/HTML/history.cfm
http://www.fansonly.com/schools/iast/sports/m-footbl/archive/iast-m-footbl-ironmike.html
http://cyclones.fansonly.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/iast-m-footbl-ironmike.html

http://www.healingforest.com/memorials/michm010.htm
http://grave-expectations.com/digital_icarus/sport/nationalfootballleague/halloffame/michalske,mike.htm

http://www.fansonly.com/schools/iast/sports/m-footbl/archive/iast-m-footbl-ybycoaching.html
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/6925/apfa.html
http://www.profootballhof.com/histories/packers.html
http://www.packers.com/team/players/michalske_mike/
http://olympia.fortunecity.com/white/225/glory.html
http://www.jsonline.com/packer/sbxxxii/history/hallfame.html

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