"Bill" Melzow – started 2 games at right guard David M. Nelson – started 1 game at left halfback Merv Pregulman – started 6 games at right guard Don Robinson, Detroit – halfback Joe Rogers – started 5 games at right end Philip E. Sharpe – started 2 games at right end Rudy Smeja – started 1 game at right end Bob Westfall – started 8 games at fullback Paul White – started 3 games at right halfback Albert Wistert – started 8 games at left tackle Other players Other players included on Michigan's 1941 roster include the following: John G. Allerdice, halfback, Indianapolis Ralph H. Amstutz, guard, Oak Park, Illinois Harry F. Anderson, guard, Chicago James J. Brown, halfback, St. Ignace, Michigan Norman D. Call, halfback, Norwalk, Ohio Harrison H. Caswell, tackle, Ann Arbor, Michigan Otto E. Chady, end, Highland Park, Mich. Fred Dawley, quarterback, Detroit, Michigan Theodore E. Denise, tackle, Lansing, Michigan Walter B. Freihofer, end, Indianapolis John J. Greene, quarterback, Pittsburgh James Grissen, fullback, Holland, Michigan John F. Harrigan, quarterback, Detroit MI Charles J. Haslam, quarterback, Duluth, Minnesota George H. Hildebrandt, tackle, Hamburg, New York Joseph Joseph, fullback, Highland Park, Michigan Charles F. Kennedy, halfback, Van Wert, Ohio William E. Kuyper, tackle, Newtonville, Massachusetts William M. MacConnachie, end, Upper Mt. Clair, New Jersey William J. MacDougall, tackle, Highland Park, Michigan Robert L. McFaddin, center, Detroit Austin S. Miller, fullback, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Robert L. Morrison, halfback, Minocqua, Wisconsin Jack Petoskey, end, Dearborn, Michigan Bill Pritula, center, Detroit Reino J. Romo, halfback, Bessemer, Michigan Vincent C. Secontine, tackle, Detroit Robert W. Shemky, end, Crystal Falls, Michigan Ray B. Sowers, halfback, Bay City, Michigan Robert P. Stenberg, fullback, Chicago Alfred S. Thomas, halfback, Detroit Angelo E. Trogan, guard, Saginaw, Michigan Clifford C. Wise, halfback, Grand Haven, Michigan Louis K. Woytek, center Awards and honors All-Americans: Bob Westfall All-Conference: Robert Ingalls, Bob Westfall Most Valuable Player: Reuben Kelto Meyer Morton Award: Merv Pregulman Coaching and training staff Head coach: Fritz Crisler Assistant coaches: Backfield: Earl Martineau, assisted by Hercules Renda Linemen: Biggie Munn, assisted by Archie Kodros Freshmen: Wally Weber, assisted by former Michigan fullback Howard "Jeep" Mehaffey Other assistant coaches: Cliff Keen (head wrestling coach and asst. football coach), Ernest McCoy (head basketball coach and asst. football coach), and Bennie Oosterbaan (head basketball coach and asst. football coach) Manager: William L. Hurley, assisted by Edward K. Aldworth, James D.