 Until the time of his death , reports of his having been a ringer angered Schulz . While he did work in a steel mill , Schulz insisted that he did not " come out " of the steel mill to play football . Instead , Schulz said he " went into " the mill to harden himself up for the football season . When asked years later how he got to Michigan , Schulz recalled that , in the summer of 1904 , he was working in the mill and had received several offers to play football . One day , his father called to say that Fielding Yost of Michigan was in his office . Schulz ran down the street and rushed into his father 's office , where he was introduced to Yost . His father promptly told him , " Adolph , this is Mr. Yost . You are to play football for him at Michigan . We have made all the arrangements " . 
