Michigan Union - Pendleton Room / unknown / Fielding Harris Yost

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Subject Name: Fielding Harris Yost
Artist: unknown
Year Painted: unknown
Location: Michigan Union - Pendleton Room
Materials: Oil on Canvas
Caption: In his 25 years as head coach of the Wolverines, Yost's accomplishments rank among the mos legendary in collegiate football history. Beginning with his inaugural club of 1901, Yost led the Michigan football program on an unprecedented victory run over a five year period. Known as the "Point-a-Minute" teams, those Yost led squads played 56 consecutive games without a loss fro1901-1905, which remains the longest winning; streaks in school history In those five season the Wolverines outscored their opponents 2,821 to 42 an averagee Michigan victory of 50-1. In his first season, 1901, Yost led the Wolverines to a perfect 10-0 record, a Big Ten Championship, a 49-0 victory over Stanford in the the First Rose Bowl game and the school's firt national championshiop. The Wolverines went on to win the national title again in 1902, 1903, and 1904. Under Yost, the maize and blue won ten Big Ten championships and 20 of his players earned AllAmerican recognition. Along with his accomplishments as the head football coach, Yost served as Michigan's Director of Athletics from 1921-41. For his leadership of the athletic department, Yost is viewed by many as the consummate pioneer and visionary of the field. As athletic director, Yost continued Michigan's tradition of accepting only the highest personal, academic, and athletic standards, while spreading that ideal to the facilities which support Michigan's athletic pursuits. Yost conceived and engineered today's modem athletic campus in Ann Arbor. Among the projects constructed under Yost's direction were Michigan Stadium, the university's 18-hole golf course, the nation's first Intramural Sports Building and the nation's first multi-purpose field house-now known as Yost Ice Arena. ; 16

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Collection: University of Michigan Ann Arbor Campus Paintings and Portraits
Image Size: 344 x 474
File Size: 17 KB
Record: 16
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Full citation: "Michigan Union - Pendleton Room; unknown; Fielding Harris Yost." In the digital collection University of Michigan Ann Arbor Campus Paintings and Portraits. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hist265painting/x-16/4.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2025.