Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

Tom Harmon, Guest Speaker

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

0304

Description

Tom Harmon, the 1940 Heisman Trophy winner as a halfback for the University of Michigan, autographed his picture address to the T.A.C. (Tacoma Athletic Commission). Harmon was the guest speaker at TAC's inaugural Sports Hall of Fame ceremony on February 28, 1957. Harmon was a consensus All-American in 1939 and 1940 for the Wolverines and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Harmon was the play-by-play announcer for the first televised Rose Bowl Game in 1952 between Stanford and Illinois.

Made/Created

Date made

1957

Lexicon

Search Terms

Hall of Fame, College, High School, Recreational

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Harmon, Tom

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University of Michigan

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Tacoma Athletic Commission

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Sports Hall of Fame

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College Football Hall of Fame

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1952 Rose Bowl

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Stanford University

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University of Illinois