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.
Schedule
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 Henry Killilea 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
Coaching staff Coach: No coach Captain: William J. Olcott Manager: Horace Prettyman
Notes
References
External links 1883 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History The Michigan Argonaut, 1883-1884 The Chronicle, 1883-1884