Mercury Hayes, John Navarre, Ricky Powers among 106 players slated for Michigan's alumni flag football game
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com
Former Michigan center John Morrow will relive the glory days when he takes the Michigan Stadium field on Saturday for the annual alumni flag football game.
He might have to shake off a little rust first, though. He played for the Wolverines from 1953-55.
Better keep the ice handy.
Morrow is the oldest of the 106 players slated to play in the alumni game, which kicks off at 10 a.m. at the Big House. The Wolverines' spring game follows at noon.
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com
The Blue Team's roster has a pair of former All-Americans in center Rod Payne (1996) and defensive tackle Mark Messner (1987, 1988).
Some other notable entrants include quarterbacks John Navarre, John Wangler and Don Moorhead, running back Ricky Powers, receiver Mercury Hayes, safety Cato June and defensive back Chuck Winters, among others.
The 2011 alumni game MVP, Elijah Bradley, is not back to defend that title.
All told, it's a solid collection of players from the 350 or so who are expected to be in town this weekend for the spring game festivities. Coach Brady Hoke said he would meet with them Friday night, as he did last year on the eve of the spring game.
BLUE TEAM ROSTER
John Morrow (1953-55)
Dave Glinka (1960-62)
Mike Gorte (1962-64)
Tom Brigstock (1962-65)
Bruce Allison (1962-66)
Dave Fisher (1964-66)
Paul Staroba (1968-70)
Geoff Steger (1970-74)
Doug Troszak (1971-73)
William Hoban (1972-75)
Bill Heneveld (1973-75)
Jim Bolden (1973-76)
John Wangler (1976-80)
Gaspare Calandrino (1977-78)
Dan Hogan (1978-79)
Duke Haynes (1979-83)
Jerry Diorio (1980-83)
Ed Hood (1982-85)
Dieter Heren (1982-1986)
David Dever (1984-88)
Rick Stites (1984-87)
Anthony Mitchell (1985-89)
Patrick Olszewski (1985-89)
Mark Messner (1985-88)
Jeff Brown (1985-89)
Allen Jefferson (1986-91)
Ken Sollom (1987-91)
Brian Townsend (1987-91)
Barry N. Kelley (1988-92)
Dorian Taylor (1990-91)
Ricky Powers (1990-94)
Shawn Collins (1992-93)
Mercury Hayes (1992-95)
Rod Payne (1992-96)
Jeffrey Springer (1993-96)
Chris Floyd (1994-97)
Darren Petterson (1994-98)
Terrence Quinn (1994-98)
Eric Brackins (1997-2001)
Aaron Richards (1997-2001)
Tad Van Pelt (1998-2001)
Phil Brabbs (1999-03)
John Navarre (1999-03)
Dwight Mosley (1999-2001)
Andy Mignery (1999-2003)
Jeff Gaston (2000-04)
Zia Combs (2000-05)
Chris Matsos (2001-2004)
Joe Leoni (2002-04)
Mark Bihl (2002-06)
Brad Cischke (2003-06)
Ohene Opong-Owusu (2005-10)
Adam Patterson (2005-10)
MAIZE TEAM
Mike Dupay (1957-58)
Neil Williston (1958-59)
Joe O'Donnell (1959-63)
Jim Conley (1961-64)
Jeff Hoyne (1962-66)
Thomas H. Parkhill (1963-65)
Pat O'Donnell (1963-66)
Don Moorhead (1968-70)
Fritz Seyferth (1969-71)
Jim Lyall (1970-73)
Rick White (1973-78)
John Fox (1974-77)
Mark DeSantis (1975-78)
Michael Harden (1976-80)
Jim Breaugh (1977-80)
Jeffrey Reeves (1978-1981)
Ali Haji-Sheikh (1979-1982)
Milton Carthens (1980-83)
Clay Miller (1981-85)
Greg Randall (1982-86)
Gilvanni Johnson (1982-86)
Phil Webb (1983-87)
Donald Lessner (1984-87)
Bob Stites (1984-87)
Dave Knight (1986-89)
Marc Ramirez (1986-90)
Steve Zacharias (1986-89)
Chris Bohn (1987-90)
Doug Cohen (1988-89)
David Dobreff (1989-93)
Walter Smith (1990-94)
Lasker Smith (1991-92)
Chad Petterson (1992-94)
Chuck Winters (1992-96)
Colby Keefer (1993-97)
Dave Crispin (1994-97)
DiAllo Johnson (1995-99)
Ben Mast (1997-2001)
Bob Fraumann (1997-2001)
Todd Howard (1998-2002)
Cato June (1998-2002)
Tommy Jones (1998-2000)
Travis DeMeester (1998-2002)
Joe Denay (1998-2002)
Shawn Lazarus (1998-2002)
Phillip Brackins (1999-2003)
Ron Bellamy (1999-2002)
Mike Williams (2000-01)
Derek Bell (2001-04)
Jason Eldridge (2004-05)
Chris McLaurin (2005-08)
Andre Criswell (2005-09)
Ankit Kachhal (2006-07)
Kyle Meinke covers Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2588, by email at kylemeinke@annarbor.com and followed on Twitter @kmeinke.
Comments
burton163
Sat, Apr 14, 2012 : 2:39 a.m.
Where the heck are Jim Harbaugh, Mike Hart, Tyrone Wheatley (favorite Wolverine of all time...he single handedly carried UM on his back to victory in that Rose Bowl game). I'm sure they're "busy", but c'mon...this is Michigan fer chrissakes! Very cool tradition and kudos to the old geezers that show up to play in this annual ritual. Must be a gas to relive the glory days of playing in the Big House!
Steve McQueen
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 : 11:55 p.m.
What a great couple of rosters. My money is on the Maize team because they have Don Moorhead. BTW did anyone invite Anthony Carter? would be awesome to see him in that game... props to all of the guys from the 50s who are playing...that is amazing.
HeimerBoodle
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 : 11:09 p.m.
I'm thrilled to see Phil Brabbs on the roster - he's a wonderful guy and an inspiration. Good luck and great fun to all!
heartbreakM
Fri, Apr 13, 2012 : 9:45 p.m.
Thanks for posting that list. Takes me back in time, and now I get to thank you for making me feel old that I recognize way too many names on that list!!!