When interviewed by the Detroit News in 2004 , brother Alvin Wistert said , `` And if I 'm not mistaken I think this is unprecedented in the annal of college football : that three brothers all would go to the same school , all played football . Interviewed by the Detroit News in 2004 , brother Alvin Wistert recalled : `` And if I 'm not mistaken I think this is unprecedented in the annals of college football : that three brothers all would go to the same school , all played football .