By the 1940s, salaries had improved for players, as Edward ... in the middle of the Great Depression. Gerald Ford on the University of Michigan football team, 1933. In either case, Ford turned ...

Despite being an all-star player for the Michigan Wolverines ... on the University of Michigan's Wolverines football team in 1933. (Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library) 4. He Was Not a Typical ...

As I read a few introductory pages of “Inside the President’s Team: Family, Service, and the Gerald ... House. Ford grew up in middle America, emerging as an All-American football player ...

During a Aug. 9, 1974, ceremony at the White House, Vice President Gerald R. Ford — who ... A standout athlete, Ford went on to play football at the University of Michigan.