'BUMP'
(Continued from Preceding Page) members of his family treat each Bump teamed at Michigan in
PERHAPS Bumps attractive other." 1947. J. Norman Elliott, who
wife, Barbara, explains his Bump still keeps in close con- helped coach Northwestern's line
personality best, tact with his brother Pete, a fast- I for a time and once starred for
"His own family is very close., rising head coach at California. Illinois Wesleyan, made sure his
I think the reason why he gets All the Elliotts, i n c I u d i n g buartet of sons was well-trained
lone with people so well is that Bump's two other brothers and his;
he treats everyone the way the father, played football. Pete and
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thiough the ruggedest of practices
and drills continually on funda-j
mentals.
FLOWERS Probably the most annoying
thing to the little blond is a back
Otttj AND G I FTS alho won't block or tackle. In 1957,
he continually pushed Jimmy Pace
ocso the speedster would polish his
blocking techniques and improve
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American and a number one (now Ann Arbor High's coach) got
draft choice of the professionals. out to practice way ahead, of
Bob Hollway, the Wolverines' everyone else and started work-
assistant line coach and a team- ing on tackling."
mate of Bump's for a season, sug- The work payed off, though.
geats that one reason Bump em- Bump earned All American honors
phasizes technique is that his size from the annual Coaches Poll and
required diligent work to perfect was named Most Valuable Player
his own. in the Big Ten. The MVP award
was especially eye-catching since
BUMP RARELY weighed more he won it over teammate Bob
than 165 pounds in his playing Chappuis, one of Michigan's all-
days and came out of the 1948 time great halfbacks.
Rose Bowl game (which Michigan
won, 49-0) tipping the scales at a N HIS senior year, he led the
in re 150. 1 Big Ten in scoring with 36
"He was always meticulous about points, rushed 68 times for a
technique," recalls Hollway. "The 6.7-yard average, and paced con-
best example I remember was after ference pass catchers with 303
the '47 Illinois game, which we yards on 14 catches.
won, 14-7. He also was the only man on
"He squatted to make a tackle the 1947 team to be both an of-
and missed his man. The next fensive and defensive regular.
Monday, Bump and Hank Fonde Bump still doesn't know why
- - ip Taylor signed him as an un-
tried assistant in 1949 when the
former became head coach at
Oregon Sitate. "Evidently he must
have talked to some people," says
Bump who was a history major
as an undergraduate and never
took a physical education course.
After three years with the
Beavers, Elliott joined up with
Forest Evashevski when the latter
was appointed to the Iowa post.
With Bump coaching his backs,
"Evy" guided the Hawkeyes into
mt\T m their first Rose Bowl in 1957.
BOU T~ ? "He's the finest young coach in
the country," Evashevski told Tom
Harmon when Bump was beckoned
back to Ann Arbor.
BUMP was an ardent recruiter
at Iowa, and expects to get
Ion the "banquet circuit" for the
University soon. He helped "steal"
such Michigan prep stars as Kevin
Furlong, Willie Flemming and
Don Horn away from the Wol-
verines and Michigan State.
The football season and the im-
mediate banquet tour combine to
f]make a "fatherless household" for
Barbara and the three children.
"' The Mrs. calls it "the longest
.season of the year."
"Coaching is a sunrise to sun-
down job," Bump agrees but says
he does get some free time later
in the week when game plans are
:set.
The likable couple met while
Bump was attending Purdue in
1943. They were married six years
later.
Bill, named after his father, is
the oldest of the children and is
the "least blond" blond. Bob, age
five, whose namesake was uncle
w ' Pete (Peter Robert) is the "tow-
head blond," while Betsy, age
four, is rated "a reddish blond"
?by her parents.
FOOTBALL consumes most of
Bump's thoughts-but so far
there still has been time for golf.
("But it's diminished more every
time he got a new appointment,"
HBarbara said.)
"I'm just a hamburg at the
game," jokes Bump. "But the exer-
cise helps keep my weight down.
I haven't gained too much (only
five pounds) from my playing
weight-although I have lost a
little hair."
Bump didn't mention the many
~ times he steps into the defense at
practice to hold blocking dum-
e; mies. More than once his husky
backs have swept him off his feet.
'THIS, THEN, is the man who
will guide Michigan. He is a
man who will be better known to
the public than President Harlan
'Hatcher. He is a man who can
make or break 80 years of a great
tradition.
How long he will have to ac-
complish his plans no one knows.
(One student, a math major, has
it "figured" though: Bump will
be here 12 years since his im-
mediate predecessors Harry Kipke,
1 H. 0. Crisler and Oosterbaan
IJk.I were here nine. ten and eleven
~..It~iLseasons, respectively.)
But Michigan followers can be
sure of one thing: they have a
}'UL /or, man who will earn respect of those
V who preceded him ... Yost .. .
Wieman. . .Kipke .. . Crisler .. .
Oosterbaan .. . all of whom were
elected to the Football Hall of
Fame as players or coaches.
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