Frank Bliss
... that Frank Bliss, the first Michigan Wolverine to play Major League Baseball, tucked his trousers into long boots for shin protection as a catcher in the early 1870s?
... that <b id="mwDV0"><a href="./Frank_Bliss" id="mwDV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Frank Bliss">Frank Bliss</a></b>, the first <a href="./Michigan_Wolverines_baseball" id="mwDV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Michigan Wolverines baseball">Michigan Wolverine</a> to play <a href="./Major_League_Baseball" id="mwDWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, tucked his trousers into long boots for shin protection as a catcher in the early 1870s?