Jack Blott

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Jack Blott
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Blott from 1925 Michiganensian
Biographical details
Born(1902-08-24)August 24, 1902
Girard, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 1964(1964-06-11) (aged 61)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater Michigan
Playing career
1922–1923 Michigan Wolverines
Position(s) C/K
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1924–1933 Michigan (Football-Asst.)
1934–1940 Wesleyan (Football/Baseball)
1946–1958 Michigan (Football-OL)
Head coaching record
Overall31–24–1 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  1. "Ernie Vick Is Succeeded By Jack Blott". Oakland Tribune. November 12, 1922.
  2. "University of Michigan 1922 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  3. "University of Michigan 1923 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  4. "Michigan Victor in Badger Game By Use of Head". Capital Times (Madison, Wisc.). October 8, 1923.
  5. "Michigan Squad Not Ready as Game Looms". Capital Times (Madison, Wisc.). October 8, 1923.
  6. "Michigan-Vanderbilt". The Lima News. December 18, 1923.
  7. "Center Scores Touchdown in Most Unusual Manner". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 26, 1923.
  8. Kipke, Harry (October 7, 1934). "Lauds Officials for Rulings in Football". The Tyrone (Penn.) Daily Herald.
  9. "Hot Off the Grid". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. November 19, 1923.
  10. "Blott Is Twelfth Yostman to Get Place on Camp's All-American: He's Also the Fourth Michigan Center Slated for Mythical Team". The News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan). December 18, 1923.
  11. "Three Westerners On Camp's All-American Team". The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin). December 18, 1923.
  12. "Five Stars on Yost's Eleven: Kipke, Steger, Blott, Muirhead and Uteritz Among Best in Big Ten". Iowa City Press-Citizen. November 6, 1923.
  13. 1 2 "Jack Blott Is Most Versatile Center In Game". The Bismarck Tribune. October 14, 1923.
  14. "Michigan Names Two". Iowa City Press-Citizen. June 5, 1923.
  15. "Michigan Baseball Captains". The Regents of the University of Michigan. Retrieved December 16, 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  16. 1 2 3 "Major Leagues Calling Blott: Cards, Yanks, and Reds Make Offer to Michigan's Great Athlete". Iowa City Press-Citizen. June 6, 1924.
  17. "Jack Blott Hits Two Homers in Final Game". Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan). April 22, 1924.
  18. 1 2 "Jack Blott to Reds". San Antonio Express. June 16, 1924.
  19. "N.Y. Yankees and Cards After U. of M. Captain and Catcher". Daily Kennebec Journal (Maine). April 11, 1924.
  20. 1 2 "Signs With Reds". Nebraska State Journal. June 20, 1924.
  21. Perry, Lawrence (June 27, 1924). "Jack Blott, Sought by Stars but Landed by Cincinnati, Stands Out as Best Catcher in Years". Syracuse Herald.
  22. "Jack Blott". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  23. 1 2 "Gridiron Stars Fizzle in Big League Baseball". Iowa City Press-Citizen. October 27, 1924.
  24. "Cincinnati Reds Mystery Team as Hot Stuff Develops: Club May Become Strong Contender for 1925 Pennantl". The Port Arthur News. December 31, 1924.
  25. 1 2 3 "Billy Evans Says". The Lima News. December 7, 1924.
  26. "Billy Evans Says". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. February 7, 1924.
  27. "Reds Lose Blott; Will Assist Yost". San Antonio Light. February 12, 1925.
  28. "Billy Evans Says". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. February 17, 1925.
  29. "With the Reds at Orlando". Zanesville Time Signal. March 15, 1925.
  30. "Blott Is Added to Coach Staff at Michigan U.". September 1924.
  31. "Michigan Holds to Coaching Staff". Reno Evening Gazette. January 30, 1934.
  32. "Oosterbaan and Blott to Quit Michigan for Yale Staff". Syracuse Herald. January 26, 1934.
  33. "Says Wolves' Staff Intact: Yost Confident Coaches Will Remain". Evening Independent (Masillon, Ohio). January 30, 1934.
  34. "Jack Blott Still Pondering Coaching Job at Wesleyan". The News Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan). February 8, 1934.
  35. "Need Yost's Approval to Clinch Line Coach Position for Bernard: Local Athlete Expected to Replace Jack Blott". The News Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan). February 27, 1934.
  36. "Wesleyan University Football History". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on September 11, 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  37. Feder, Sid (January 31, 1938). "Around the Circuit". Kingsport Times (Tenn.).
  38. "Casualty List of Coaches Out". The News (Frederick, Maryland). December 31, 1937.
  39. "Wes Fesler Named Coach at Wesleyan". San Antonio Light. December 6, 1940.
  40. 1 2 "Michigan Line Will Be Coached by Jack Blott". The Port Arthur News. February 24, 1946.
  41. "Contract with Ford Asked by UAW-CIO Union". Circleville, Herald (Ohio). June 2, 1941.
  42. "Blott on his Escutcheon". The Gettysburg Times. May 10, 1949.
  43. "Accent on Youth in UM Staff". The News Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.). December 26, 1958.
  44. 1 2 3 "Jack Blott, Line Coach At Michigan and 1923 All-American, Dies". Appleton Post-Crescent. June 13, 1964.
  45. "University of Michigan Hall of Honor". The Regents of the University of Michigan. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  46. Butzback, O.K. "Sigma Man Heads Publication" Purple Green and Gold. June 1924.
Jack Blott
Catcher
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 30, 1924, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
September 3, 1924, for the Cincinnati Reds

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