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PLAYER HONORS AND LETTERWINNERS EMU ALL-AMERICANS 1930 1935 ANDY VANYO CHARLES HANNEMAN Walter Camp All-American Second Team New York Sun All-American Second Team Andy Vanyo lettered at Eastern Michi- Charles Hanneman earned three let- General gan for four seasons and was named ters each in football and basketball and Information to Walter Camp’s All-American Team as captained the 1935-36 basketball team. a second team selection. In addition, Hanneman was named to the second Vanyo was selected by Knute Rockne as team All-American squad picked by the a member of his Midwest All-Star team. New York Sun. He went on to become He played for Illinois coach Bob Zuppke a two-way end for the Detroit Lions and in the 1930 Midwest-Southwest All-Star was named to the second team All-Pro game on New Year’s Day in Dallas, Texas. squad in 1940. He also was the Lions’ EMU Vanyo was elected to EMU’s Athletic Hall captain that year. Hanneman was elected Football of Fame in 1978. to EMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977. EMU Coaching Staff 1954 1968 BOB MIDDLEKAUFF GARRY GRADY Small College All-American Associated Press-College Division All-American Second Team; Bob Middlekauff was named small col- NAIA All-American Team lege All-American quarterback for East- Garry Grady was named to the National 2008 ern Michigan in 1954. In three years as Association of Intercollegiate Athletics’ Opponents the starting signal-caller for the Hurons, (NAIA) All-American Team and received he set all of the passing and total offense second team honors on the Associ- marks and was sixth in the nation in ated Press-College Division All-American passing in 1954. Middlekauff was also Team. Grady was named the recipient named MVP in the Interstate Intercol- of the James M. “Bingo” Brown Award legiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) that in 1968 for his selection as the team’s year. His 14 touchdown passes in 1954 MVP. He played one season of pro ball 2007 was an EMU single-season record and In Review with the Miami Dolphins and then joined his 33 career touchdown passes was also the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian an EMU record when he graduated. Mid- Football League. dlekauff was elected to EMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978. Conference Mid-American 1968 JOHN SCHMIDT 1969 American Football Coaches Association-College Division ROBERT LINTS American Football Coaches Association-College Division All-American Team All-American Team; NAIA All-American Team John Schmidt was named to the Ameri- Bob Lints received first-team hon- can Football Coaches All-American team University ors on both the American Football as first team offensive center. In addi- Coaches Association College Division Eastern Michigan tion, Schmidt won the Elton J. Rynearson All-American Team and the National Award in 1968 for his combined excel- Association of Intercollegiate Ath- lence in athletics and academics. letics All-American Team. He was also named winner of the James M. “Bingo” Brown Award in 1969 as the team’s most valuable player. Lints was a third round draft choice of the Letterwinners Player Honors & Green Bay Packers but chose not to play pro football. Records All-Time 144 EMU ALL-AMERICANS 1970-71 1973 DAVID PUREIFORY JAMES PIETRZAK Information American Football Coaches Association-College Division American Football Coaches Association College Division I All- General All-America Team, 1970-71; NAIA All-American Team, 1970; American Team; Football News College Division All-American Associated Press-College Division All-American Second Team, 1970-71 Team; Associated Press Little All-American Team David Pureifory was the first EMU football Jim Pietrzak was named to three All- player to receive mention on three All- American teams in 1973 as an offensive America teams in one year and first to win All- tackle. He was named to the Kodak America honors for two seasons. He was a College Division I first team by a vote first-team selection of the American Football of members of the American Foot- Coaches Association-College Division Team Football in 1970 and 1971, and first team top pick ball Coaches Association. The former EMU of the National Association of Intercollegiate University of Detroit High School star Athletics in 1970. He was also a second and Hamtramck, Mich. native was also team All-American on the Associated Press- named to the Football News-College College Division teams of 1970 and 1971. Division First Team and the Associated Pureifory, drafted by Green Bay in the sixth Press Small College Third Team. He was round of the 1972 NFL draft, was a Packer drafted and signed by the New York Coaching Staff standout until 1978 when he was traded to Giants of the National Football League. the Detroit Lions. He was named the Lions’ EMU Pietrzak was elected to EMU’s Athletic “Most Valuable Defensive Player” of 1980 and was a regular at defensive end until his Hall of Fame in 2002. retirement in 1983. Pureifory was elected to EMU’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981. 1986 and 1987 1977 GARY PATTON Opponents RON JOHNSON Associated Press-Division I All-American Honorable Mention 2008 Associated Press-Division I All-American Third Team Gary Patton earned honorable mention Ron Johnson was a two-time All-Mid- Division I All-American honors by the American Conference performer who Associated Press in both the 1986 and gained third-team All-American honors on 1987 seasons. He rushed for 1,058 yards the 1977 Associated Press team. Johnson and caught 37 passes for 371 yards in was a four-year starter in the defensive 1986 and was a unanimous first-team All- In Review backfield and accounted for 339 total Mid-American Conference pick. He came 2007 tackles in his career. After finishing his senior season, Johnson played in both the back in 1987 to help lead the Hurons to a East-West Shrine All-Star Game and also school-record 10-2 record, the first-ever in the Senior Bowl post-season all-star MAC football title, and a 30-27 win over game. He was voted the North squad’s San Jose State in the ‘87 California Bowl. defensive MVP in the Senior Bowl. He was Patton was named EMU’s Most Valuable Player in the California Bowl in a vote by Mid-American the first Huron ever drafted in the first Conference round of the National Football League ESPN after leading all rushers with 130 draft when he was the 22nd player in the yards on 21 carries and one touchdown country picked in the 1978 spring draft. run. He gained 1,242 yards and scored 13 Johnson was elected to EMU’s Athletic Hall touchdowns in ‘87. Patton was drafted in of Fame in 1986, and also was a member the seventh round of the 1988 NFL draft in the inaugural class of the Mid-American by the New York Jets. Conference Hall of Fame in 1988. Eastern Michigan 1986 University 1979 BRETT PETERSMARK TOM PARM Associated Press-Division I - All-American Honorable Mention Associated Press-Division I All-American Honorable Mention Brett Petersmark was named hon- Tom Parm received honorable mention orable mention All-America by the All-American honors by the Associated Associated Press for his outstand- Press for his outstanding play during 1979. Player Honors & ing play during the 1986 season. Letterwinners Parm caught 41 passes for 701 yards, a 17.1-yard reception average, and was 11th He joined teammate Gary Patton in the nation in kickoff returns with 19 for on that squad. Petersmark was 472 yards – an average of 24.8 per return. EMU’s starting offensive center Parm was a four-year letterman and when for three straight seasons, 1984, he graduated he held EMU career records 1985, 1986 and was a first-team for passes caught (101), receiving yardage (1,711), as well as the single-season yard- All-Mid-American Conference center age record (701). Parm was also awarded in 1986 after being selected as the All-Time first-team All-Mid-American Conference honorable mention All-MAC center Records honors in 1979. in 1985. After graduation he went on to play for the Houston Oilers of the NFL in 1987. 145 EMU ALL-AMERICANS 1987 1987 RON ADAMS BRIAN CLOUSE Associated Press-Division I - All-American Honorable Mention Associated Press-Division I - All-American Honorable Mention Ron Adams earned honorable mention Brian Clouse earned honorable mention General Division I All-American honors by the Division I All-American honors by the Information Associated Press for helping lead the Associated Press for helping lead the 1987 EMU football team to the Mid- 1987 EMU football team to the Mid- American Conference championship and American Conference championship and a victory in the California Bowl. A senior a victory in the California Bowl. A senior quarterback from Taylor, Mich., Adams offensive guard, Clouse was one of the finished the ‘87 season with 107 comple- key members of a line that enabled the tions in 202 attempts for 1,527 yards Hurons to roll up 4,275 yards in total EMU and six touchdown passes to help direct offense in 1987 as well as scoring 343 Football the Hurons to a 10-2 record, the best points, the second-best output in EMU in school history. He was a unanimous history. Clouse was chosen as the 1987 first-team All-Mid-American Conference Mid-American Conference Lineman of quarterback selection and was also EMU’s the Year in an award jointly sponsored James M.