on to become "one of the best individual players who was ever a member of a Tiger team." McLean paid Akerson $250 out of his own pocket, and several alumni from Kansas City were to have shared the expense. However, the others "welched," and when McLean wrote to them requesting that they pay their share, they turned over the correspondence to the university's athletic director. The news created "a real sensation" that resulted in McLean's being "dismissed in disgrace." A Nebraska newspaper called it "the biggest scandal in the history of Missouri athletics," and some even called for the abolition of football at the school. Head coaching record References External links 1878 births 1955 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football halfbacks American male hurdlers Knox Prairie Fire football coaches Michigan Wolverines baseball players Michigan Wolverines football players Michigan Wolverines men's track and field athletes Missouri Tigers football coaches Athletes (track and field) at the 1900 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field People from Menominee, Michigan Coaches of American football from Michigan Players of American football from Michigan Baseball players from Michigan Track and field athletes from Michigan