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Bennie Oosterbaan. Benjamin Oosterbaan ( / ˈoʊstərbɑːn / OH-stər-bahn; February 24, 1906 – October 25, 1990) was an American football end and head coach for the University of Michigan. He was a three-time All-American college football player, a two-time All-American basketball player, and an All- Big Ten Conference baseball player for ...
Bennie Oosterbaan was an American collegiate football player and coach for the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), who was the first of the great collegiate pass receivers. His coaching record was 63 games won, 33 lost, and 4 tied.
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Bennie Oosterbaan. Benjamin G. "Bennie" Oosterbaan was born February 24, 1906, in Muskegon, Michigan. He became a freshman at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1924, and that was his hometown the rest of his life. He died October 25, 1990, at age 84.
Oct 25, 1990 · Bennie Oosterbaan was a multi-sport star and coach at the University of Michigan. He won three national championships in football, two in basketball and one in baseball, and was named to the College Football Hall of Fame and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.
Benjamin G. "Bennie" Oosterbaan became a freshman at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1924, and that was his hometown the rest of his life. He was at the university as a student, as assistant football coach 1928-47, head basketball coach 1938-46, head football coach 1948-58, and director of alumni relations 1959-72.
Bennie Oosterbaan was a three-sport star and a national champion football coach at Michigan. He played and coached football, basketball and baseball, and was inducted into the National Football Hall of Fame and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame.
Bennie Oosterbaan, a gridiron legend at the University of Michigan, was arguably the finest athlete produced by the Muskegon area. A three time football All-American at U of M from 1925-27, Bennie, along with Alabama’s Don Hutson, was selected by renowned sportswriter Grantland Rice in 1950 as one of the two ends on his all-time All-American ...
