1883 Michigan Wolverines football team

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Conference Independent Head coach no coach Home stadium Ann Arbor Fairgrounds		1883 record 1–4 Captain William J. Olcott

The 1883 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1883 college football season. The Wolverines played their only home game at the Ann Arbor Fairgrounds.

Roster

The following is the roster of the 1883 team as listed in the University of Michigan yearbook, The Palladium, for 1884.
Forwards

Elmer Beach (Treasurer of the Foot-Ball Association)

Harry Bitner

Horace Prettyman

Hugh P. Borden

Richard Dott

Halfbacks

Robert Campbell Gemmel, Salt Lake City, Utah

Albert I. Moore

Three-Quarter Back

William J. Olcott

Fullback

Thomas W. Gilmore (President of the Foot-Ball Association)

Substitutes

Raymond Walter Beach, from Atwood, Michigan

Henry S. Mahon (Secretary of the Foot-Ball Association)

Edgar B. Wright

Coach: No coach

Captain: William J. Olcott

Manager: Horace Prettyman

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