from an option-based offense to more of a balanced attack when he had John Wangler at QB and Anthony Carter at receiver in the early '80s, and I benefited from that greatly. . . . Once quarterbacks saw that they would have a chance to throw the ball, the best started going to Michigan from all over the country." Professional football After graduating from Michigan, Wangler attended training camps with the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, and New York Jets, but never made an NFL roster. In January 1983, he was signed by the Michigan Panthers in the United States Football League (USFL). As the Panthers also drafted Anthony Carter, the signing led to interest in the Wangler-Carter pass combination being reunited. However, the Panthers cut Wangler before beginning training camp. Later years In the 1983 Academy-Award nominated film, The Big Chill, Wangler is featured briefly on television during a game against Michigan State. A pass of his is completed, but is called back due to a clipping penalty, much to the consternation of Tom Berenger's character, Sam Weber. In the mid-1980s, Wangler formed John Wangler Association, a subcontractor for the sporting goods and athletic apparel company, Nutmeg Mills. In 1988, Wangler was engaged to Suzanne Marie Pagella, a former Ohio State cheerleader who became a television news anchor in Detroit, Lansing and other Michigan cities. Wangler and his wife divorced in 2001. Wangler has been in the sports apparel and footwear business for 25 years. Since approximately 2000, Wangler has owned and operated Top Cat Sales, a wholesale distributor of licensed apparel and footwear for Reebok and Adidas. Wangler's company printed several hundred championship T-shirts for the Detroit Red Wings during the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals. When the Red Wings lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Wangler said that, in those circumstances, the losing team usually sends the shirts back to Wangler, and "we end up sending them to a third-world country." John's son, Jack, will be walking onto the Michigan Wolverines for the 2013 season, and is in the graduating class of 2017. Jack chose Michigan over Harvard, and will be wearing the #16 at Michigan, which was the number of former Michigan player Denard Robinson. References Year of birth missing (living people) 1950s births Living people American football quarterbacks Michigan Wolverines football players Sportspeople from Royal Oak, Michigan Players of American football from Michigan