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Horace Greely Prettyman

American football player

Died when: 87 years 139 days (1048 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Horace Greely Prettyman

Horace Greely Prettyman (November 8, 1857 – March 27, 1945) was an American football player in the early years of the sport.Prettyman won a record eight varsity letters at the University of Michigan, playing for the school's football team from 1882 to 1886 and 1888 to 1890.

He was the team's captain in 1884, 1885, and 1886, and scored the first touchdown in the first game played at Michigan's first home football field in Ann Arbor.

Prettyman later became a successful businessman and civic leader, operating a boarding house, a laundry service, a power company and the Ann Arbor Press, and holding office as an Ann Arbor city councilman, postmaster and Washtenaw County, Michigan supervisor.


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