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发帖数: 11198 | 1 一位与中国有关的是Tom Harmon，是密歇根大学第一位获得橄榄球Heisman Trophy（
1940年）得主。他在二战中参加著名的“飞虎队”，网上是这么描述有关他的事迹：
During World War II Tom Harmon enlisted as a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He
was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for his actions in China
with the 449th Fighter Squadron including having his plane shot down. He
saved the silk parachute and it was later used as the material for his wife'
s wedding dress.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOlFohKjJaE
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/013111aab.html
Jan. 31, 2011
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The University of Michigan football team's first Heisman
Trophy winner Tom Harmon (1938-40) has been named Big Ten Icon No. 5.
Presented by Discover and hosted by Keith Jackson, Harmon will be featured
on the Big Ten Network on Sunday, Feb. 6, at 9 p.m.
The episode includes one-on-one interviews with U-M athletic director Dave
Brandon, award-winning sportscaster and former Wolverine standout Jim
Brandstatter, journalist John Bacon and others.
A native of Gary, Ind., Harmon enrolled at Michigan in 1937 after earning 14
letters in football, basketball and track at Horace Mann High School. He is
still revered as one of the most complete athletes to play Michigan
football, excelling as a rusher, passer and kicker while also contributing
on defense. As a junior, Harmon seized national attention after leading the
nation with 102 points to earn All-America first team.
During his senior season, Harmon ran for 852 yards and 14 touchdowns to
repeat as the national scoring leader. His jersey No. 98 was retired after
he won the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell and Walter Camp Awards as the
nation's most outstanding college player. During three seasons in Ann Arbor,
Harmon rushed for 2,134 yards and scored 33 touchdowns, including 16 on 1,
304 yards passing. He also kicked 33 extra points and two field goals,
accounting for a total of 237 career points.
After serving four years as a pilot during World War II, in which he won a
Silver Star and the Purple Heart, Harmon emerged as one of the nation's top
sports broadcasters and directors, reporting live on major sporting events
from the Olympics to the Rose Bowl. In 1954, he was elected to the College
Football Hall of Fame and became a charter member of Michigan's Hall of
Honor in 1978.
In an essay for www.BigTenIcons.com, former Chicago Tribune sports editor
Dan McGrath wrote, "Tom Harmon transcends the overused term 'football hero.'
He was a hero in most every sense of the word."
To read the essay on Harmon and learn more about his accomplishments, visit
his Big Ten Icons locker at www.BigTenIcons.com.
Harmon is the second Wolverine to be profiled among the top 20 Big Ten Icons
following fellow Heisman Trophy winner Charles Woodson (1995-97), who
checked in at No. 20.
The No. 1 Big Ten Icon will be revealed in March 2011 in conjunction with
the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament. Big Ten Icons counts down the top
50 student-athletes in conference history, based solely on their collegiate
playing careers. All student-athletes from current Big Ten schools are
eligible for the network's list.
Fans can visit www.BigTenIcons.com to see a complete roster of Big Ten Icons
, which also features essays, video and other key facts about each Icon's
career.
BIG TEN ICONS COUNTDOWN
No. 20 -- Charles Woodson, Michigan football (1995-97)
No. 19 -- Suzy Favor Hamilton, Wisconsin track and field (1987-91)
No. 18 -- Jack Nicklaus, Ohio State golf (1959-61)
No. 17 -- Steve Alford, Indiana basketball (1983-87)
No. 16 -- John Cappelletti, Penn State football (1971-74)
No. 15 -- Dave Winfield, Minnesota baseball/basketball (1970-73)
No. 14 -- Otto Graham, Northwestern football/basketball/baseball (1940-44)
No. 13 -- Ron Dayne, Wisconsin football (1996-2000)
No. 12 -- John Wooden, Purdue basketball (1930-32)
No. 11 -- Mark Spitz, Indiana swimming (1968-72)
No. 10 -- Isiah Thomas, Indiana basketball (1979-81)
No. 9 -- Rick Mount, Purdue basketball (1967-70)
No. 8 -- Jerry Lucas, Ohio State basketball (1959-62)
No. 7 -- Nile Kinnick, Iowa football/basketball (1937-39)
No. 6 -- Dick Butkus, Illinois football (1962-64)
No. 5 -- Tom Harmon, Michigan football (1938-40)
• Icons 20-50
http://www.bigtenicons.com/openlocker.cfm?id=5&name=TOM-HARMON
THE STORY
Michigan’s Harmon "was a man for his times---all of them."
DAN MCGRATH
Tom Harmon transcends the overused term “football hero.” He was a hero in
most every sense of the word.
Seventy years after he last performed as a single-wing tailback for the
University of Michigan, “Old 98” is still remembered as perhaps the most
talented player in Wolverines history, a true triple threat on offense and a
standout on defense. He was also the punter and the place-kicker. He
probably would have taped ankles and passed out the orange slices at
halftime had he been asked.
“Tom Harmon does more things than Red Grange,” Hall of Fame coach Amos
Alonzo Stagg once observed. “He’s my halfback.”
Harmon grew up in Gary, Ind., and enrolled at Michigan after winning 14
letters in football, basketball and track at Horace Mann High School. At 6
feet and 195 pounds, he had good size for a 1930s running back, and he
complemented his power with blazing speed and nifty open-field moves.
Harmon began establishing his triple-threat bona fides as a Wolverines
sophomore, running for 398 yards on 77 carries (a 5.2-yard average) and
completing 21 of 45 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns. As a junior
he ran for 884 yards and 13 touchdowns and passed for 538 yards and six
scores, leading the nation with 102 points and making first-team All-America.
Having already graced the cover of Time Magazine, “Harmon of Michigan” was
clearly a marked man in his senior year. All he did was exceed expectations
, running for 852 yards and 14 touchdowns and repeating as the national
scoring leader with 117 points. He won the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell
and Walter Camp awards as the country’s outstanding player, as well as the
Chicago Tribune Silver Football as Big Ten MVP.
The season opener, a 41-0 victory over Cal, was a sneak preview: Harmon
brought the opening kickoff back 94 yards for a touchdown. He went 86 yards
for a touchdown on his first carry, and later scored on runs of 70 and 65
yards. Future President John F. Kennedy happened to be a spectator at Cal’s
Memorial Stadium that day, and he would later recall Harmon’s performance
as one of his favorite sports experiences.
One inebriated Cal fan had a different impression. Frustrated by the Bears’
inability to tackle Harmon, one Harold Brennan burst from the stands and
tried to do the job himself on Harmon’s final touchdown. He wound up face
down in turf in the Cal end zone … and in police custody.
The Wolverines’ season finale at Ohio State was a microcosm of Harmon’s
career … and of how he was received. He ran for two touchdowns, passed for
two and returned one of his three interceptions for a fifth score. He kicked
four PATs and averaged 50 yards on three punts. As he trotted off the field
with 38 seconds remaining in Michigan’s 40-0 victory, Ohio State fans gave
him a lengthy standing ovation. Somewhere in Ohio, 27-year-old Wayne
Woodrow Hayes was said to be outraged.
The Chicago Bears took Harmon with their first-round pick in the 1941
college draft, but he bypassed the NFL for military service. Enlisting in
the Army Air Corps, Harmon became a fighter pilot and made a life-altering
transition from football hero to war hero.
In 1943, he survived four days in the South American jungle after ejecting
from his plane in a tropical storm. Later that year, after blasting two
enemy planes out of the sky in a dogfight over Japanese-occupied China, a
badly injured Harmon bailed out of his severely damaged plane and spent 34
days working his way back to Allied lines. He was awarded the Silver Star
and a Purple Heart, and his bravery was acknowledged throughout the nation.
After the war, Harmon accepted an offer to play pro football with the Los
Angeles Rams. He retained some of his memorable open-field moves, reeling
off one 84-yard TD run, scoring on 88-yard punt return and averaging 19.2
yards on 15 pass receptions. But his war injuries continued to affect his
legs and limited him to two NFL seasons.
Harmon already had a second career as a broadcaster under way, and he would
take to the broadcast booth as effortlessly as he did the football field. As
one of the first athletes to make the transition, he distinguished himself
as an insightful, knowledgeable and fair commentator over many years on
radio and television.
After marrying actress Elyse Knox, Harmon became the patriarch of a noted
entertainment family. Son Mark, after a standout career as a UCLA
quarterback, is a leading-man television actor, married to actress Pam
Dawber. Daughter Kristin married actor/singer Ricky Nelson, of “Ozzie and
Harriet” fame; their twin sons Gunnar and Matthew formed the singing group
Nelson, and daughter Tracy is an accomplished actress.
Tom Harmon was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 and
became a charter member of Michigan’s Hall of Honor in 1978. He was 70 when
he died of a heart attack in 1990.
“He takes an era with him … he radiated dignity and reserve,” the Los
Angeles Times noted in its obituary.
Said the New York Times: “He was a man for his times---all of them.” | T*********s
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发帖数: 142 | 3 Jessie Owens should be #1 for sure.
【在 T*********s 的大作中提到】
: No.1 Magic Johnson?
| Y******e
发帖数: 20256 | 4 拿到紫心勋章，都是九死一生了。原来还帮过中国打日本鬼子的，呵呵。 | g*********d
发帖数: 8125 | 5 charles woodson is 20th????
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【在 G****e 的大作中提到】
: 一位与中国有关的是Tom Harmon，是密歇根大学第一位获得橄榄球Heisman Trophy（
: 1940年）得主。他在二战中参加著名的“飞虎队”，网上是这么描述有关他的事迹：
: During World War II Tom Harmon enlisted as a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He
: was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for his actions in China
: with the 449th Fighter Squadron including having his plane shot down. He
: saved the silk parachute and it was later used as the material for his wife'
: s wedding dress.
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOlFohKjJaE
: http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/013111aab.html
: Jan. 31, 2011
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发帖数: 2499 | 6 这个视频最后Tom达阵地时候，有个醉酒的Cal fan进场试图tackle他。
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wife'
【在 G****e 的大作中提到】
: 一位与中国有关的是Tom Harmon，是密歇根大学第一位获得橄榄球Heisman Trophy（
: 1940年）得主。他在二战中参加著名的“飞虎队”，网上是这么描述有关他的事迹：
: During World War II Tom Harmon enlisted as a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He
: was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star for his actions in China
: with the 449th Fighter Squadron including having his plane shot down. He
: saved the silk parachute and it was later used as the material for his wife'
: s wedding dress.
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOlFohKjJaE
: http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/013111aab.html
: Jan. 31, 2011
| Y******e
发帖数: 20256 | | Y******e
发帖数: 20256 | 8 看来Tom Harmon 的人生这是传奇，不但经历多，而且女人也多，最后还搞了个明星老
婆。看看他这个在AA上课的图片就知道，他又多popular了。估计现在的提包大帝都不
及他丰富人生的1/3。
他老婆照片： | g*********d
发帖数: 8125 | 9 如今的时代是术业有专攻的时代了
当年经常出现那种个方面都极其变态的个体，现在这个机会少了。
【在 Y******e 的大作中提到】
: 看来Tom Harmon 的人生这是传奇，不但经历多，而且女人也多，最后还搞了个明星老
: 婆。看看他这个在AA上课的图片就知道，他又多popular了。估计现在的提包大帝都不
: 及他丰富人生的1/3。
: 他老婆照片：
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