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Nevertheless, as Greenberg — a for- mer litigator and graduate of Brandeis University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism — demonstrates, Friedman made a transformative contribution to the way college and professional football is played; and during the 1920s and 1930s when there was a good deal of overt anti-Semitism in America, he and others — such as Benny Leonard and Barney Ross in boxing — contra- dicted the negative image of Jews as physical weaklings. They were heroes to American Jews of their generation just as were Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax to later sports fans. Friedman was born in Cleveland in 1905 to Orthodox Jewish parents who were working-class Russian immi- grants. He attended public school and afternoon Hebrew school. Impatient to stop going to the latter so he could devote the time to football and body- building, he left Hebrew school at age 12 and soon entered high school, where he tried out for the football team. Seen by the coach as too small for the team, Friedman transferred to another, mostly Jewish high school, where he led his team not only to a city-wide championship but to a vic- tory in one of several "national cham- pionship" games played each year. He then entered the University of Michigan, where he played his first full varsity game in 1924 against Wisconsin, in a 21-0 win. Elected captain of the Michigan Wolverines in 1925 — a time when college football ruled and pro teams drew crowds only in the hundreds — Friedman enjoyed enormous success as an All-Big Ten and All-American quarterback under Coach Fielding Yost, who came out of retirement to coach him. Then, football was a tough and often brutally dangerous running game in which the forward pass was a despera- tion measure; in fact, the rules severely discouraged passing. The ball was flat and roundish, almost impossible to grip and push more than a few short yards. But Friedman had developed excep- tionally strong hands stretched wide by exercises he performed as a teen; he was able to grip the ball, cock it behind his ear and hurl it downfield to receivers with unprecedented accuracy. His unique abilities stunned coaches, who created defensive formulas just to attempt to stop his passes. Practically every game Friedman played is detailed in Greenberg's book, featuring especially Friedman's prow- ess as a passer and his rivalry with Red Grange, star of the University of Illinois team. After graduating from U-M in 1927, Friedman began to play professional football with the Cleveland Bulldogs. A year later, the team, renamed the Wolverines, moved to Detroit. Soon enough, the owner of the New York Giants bought the team; he had noted the large turnout of Jews when Friedman played in New York and acquired the entire Wolverine roster for the Giants just so he could get Friedman. (Pro football didn't return to Detroit until 1934, when a Ohio team, renamed the Detroit Lions, was purchased and moved to the Motor City) Playing in New York and captain of the Giants, Friedman was a big hit; a sportswriter there called him the "greatest football player in the world!' During the 1928 season, he led the league in passing and in rushing, a feat never accomplished before or since. On Dec. 14, 1930, in a char- ity exhibition game between a Notre Dame all-star team and the New York Giants, Friedman led the Giants to vic- tory, the first time pro ball was able to trump college ball. In the off-season, Friedman worked on Wall Street and took a part-time job coaching the backfield at Yale. In 1931, he married Shirley Immerman, who came from a "patrician" German