Greg's Toledo Reference

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Arthur Hills - golf course designer

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Byron Nelson - World Golf Hall of Fame Member, PGA Tour Golfer, and former Inverness Club pro

Richard Vick (Scott) (Michigan, National Champions 1923) (brother of Ernie Vick) Rick Volk (Wauseon, born Toledo) (Michigan, All-American 1966, UM Hall of Honor, 1965 Rose Bowl champions) (Baltimore Colts, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, 1967-78, 3 Pro Bowls, 2-time all-pro, Super Bowl III, Super Bowl V Champs) (Cover Sports Illustrated, 12/16/68) Marty Huff (St. Francis) (Michigan, led team in interceptions 1970, All-Big 10 1969, 1970, All-American 1970, Hula Bowl 1971, East-West Shrine Game 1971, 1970 Rose Bowl) (San Francisco 49ers 1972, New York Stars/Charlotte Hornets (WFL) 1974-75, Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) 1973-74) Jim Harbaugh (born Toledo, Palo Alto (CA) HS) (Michigan, team captain 1986, led NCAA in passing 1985, All-American, 3rd Heisman voting 1986, Starting QB 1987 Rose Bowl, UM Athlete of the Year 1987) (Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts, San Diego Chargers, Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, 1987-2001, 1 Pro Bowl, led NFL passing 1995) (Assistant Coach, Oakland Raiders, 2003) (Cover Sports Illustrated, September 14, 1992) (Head Coach, University of San Diego, 2004-06, Stanford, 2007-present) Willis Barringer (Scott) (Michigan, 2004, 2005 Rose Bowl, starter 2007 Rose Bowl, leading tackler 2005 Alamo Bowl, East-West Shrine game 2007) Thom Darden (Sandusky) (Michigan, All-American 1971, Hula Bowl 1972, 1970 and 1972 Rose Bowls) (Cleveland Browns, 1972-81, led NFL in interceptions 1978, all-pro 1978, 1 Pro Bowl) Rob Lytle (Fremont Ross) (Michigan, team captain 1976, All-American 1976, 3rd Heisman voting 1976, Hula Bowl 1977) (Denver Broncos 1977-83, Super Bowl XII) (first player to score a touchdown in both the Rose Bowl and the Super Bowl) B.J. Dickey (Ottawa-Glandorf) (Michigan, starting quarterback 1979, threw touchdown pass in 1979 Gator Bowl, scored touchdown in 1981 Bluebonnet Bowl) Edward Usher (Scott) (Michigan, National champs 1918) (Buffalo All-Americans, Rock Island Independents, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Blues, 1921-25) Henry “Ernie” Vick (Scott) (Michigan, All-American 1921, UM Hall of Honor) (College Football Hall of Fame) (Detroit Panthers, Chicago Bears, Detroit Wolverines 1925, 1927-28) (also MLB)

James Wilfred “Bill” Orwig (Scott, born Cleveland) (Michigan 1928, UM Hall of Honor) (Head Coach U Toledo, 1946-47) (Athletic Director, Nebraska 1954-61, Indiana 1961-75, Indiana HOF, NACDA Jim Corbett Award 1978) Francis “Whitey” Wistert (Chicago Schurz (HS), executive with Auto-Lite in Toledo after he played) (Michigan, All-American 1932-33, UM Hall of Honor, National champs 1932, 1933) (College Football Hall of Fame) (see also baseball) Bob Chappuis (DeVilbiss) (Michigan, All-American 1946, 1947, 2nd Heisman voting 1947, Big Ten record for single-season passing efficiency 1947, National champs 1947, 1948 Rose Bowl Player of the Game (two touchdown passes), Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, UM Hall of Honor, College Football Hall of Fame, cover Time magazine 11/3/47) (Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Hornets 1948-49 AAFC) Ed McNeill (Libbey) (Michigan, National champs 1947, 1948, 1948 Rose Bowl, EastWest Shrine game 1949, honorable mention All-Big Ten 1948) (Washington Redskins 9th round draft pick 1949) Irv Wisniewski (Woodward) (Michigan, National champs 1947, 1948, 1948 Rose Bowl) (also basketball) Charles Lentz (Woodward) (Michigan, National champs 1948, 2nd all-time Michigan single season interceptions 1949, led Big Ten interceptions 1949) Tony Momsen (Libbey) (Michigan, winning touchdown in 1950 “Snow Bowl,” 2nd team All-Big Ten 1950, 1951 Rose Bowl Champions) (Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins, 1951-52, Calgary Stampeders (CFL) 1953, CFL All-Star 1953) Merritt Green II (DeVilbiss) (Michigan, team captain 1952, honorable mention All-Big Ten 1952) Robert Timm (Waite) (Michigan, All-Big Ten 1952, 1951 Rose Bowl champions) Jon Giesler (born Toledo, Woodmore HS) (Michigan, All-Big Ten 1978, 1977, 1978 and 1979 Rose Bowls) (Miami Dolphins, 1979-88, Super Bowl XVII, XIX) Horace Prettyman (Bryan) (Michigan, scored first home-field touchdown for UM, team captain 1884, 1885, 1886, 8-time letterwinner)

Gary Moeller (Lima Senior) (Ohio State, National champs 1961, team captain 1962, 2nd team All-Big Ten 1962, Senior Bowl 1963) (San Francisco 49ers 5th round draft choice 1963) (Head Coach, Illinois 1977-79, Michigan 1990-94, Big Ten champs 1990, 1991, 1992, Rose Bowl champs 1993, Big Ten Coach of the Year 1992, Detroit Lions 2000) Bo Rather (Sandusky) (Michigan, 1972 Rose Bowl) (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears, 1973-78)

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Joe Tiller - Purdue University Head coach

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Jim Leyland - manager of Detroit Tigers major league baseball team

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Eugene F. "Gene" Kranz - retired NASA flight director who served during the Gemini & Apollo space programs, known for his role in the rescue of Apollo 13

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Anita Baker - R&B singer

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The Eddie Rabbit song "Rocky Mountain Music" contains a reference to Toledo.

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Kenny Rogers recorded a song entitled "Lucille" in 1977 that included the lines: "In a bar in Toledo, across from the depot, on a barstool she took off her ring."

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John Denver sang a disparaging song about visiting Toledo entitled "Saturday Night In Toledo, Ohio" which was composed by Randy Sparks. The song was allegedly written because a concert venue refused to change their schedule to accommodate Denver.

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Toledo Gold Toledo Spain Toledo Mud Hens Toledo Rockets Ohio Lucas County Battle of Toledo Holy Toledo The Glass City Frog Town Jamie Farr 5th 3rd Bank Toledo Speedway Jam

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Chanson Pour Les Petits Enfants We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About

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Railroad Lady Gypsies In The Place Off To See The Lizard Bank of Bad Habits Scarlet Begonias

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Fruitcakes The Night I Painted the Sky Holiday Desdemona’s Building A Rocket Ship Beach House On The Moon Oysters And Pearls

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Gypsies in the Palace When the Coast is Clear Quietly Making Noise Piece of Work Window on the World by John Hiatt

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Brown Eyed Girl Far Side of the World

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Delaney Talks To Statues Caribean Amphibean

[Greg also included 26 pages of lyrics for reference, but these have been removed here]