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===Sports===
[[Image:Gerald Ford on field at Univ of Mich, 1933.jpg|right|thumb|Ford as a University of Michigan [[American football|football]] player, 1933]]
▲ was a star athlete, rising to become [[captain (sports)|captain]] of his high school [[American football|football]] team. In 1930, he was selected to the All-City team of the [[Grand Rapids City League]]. He also attracted the attention of college recruiters.<ref name="kunhardt"> {{cite book | last = Kunhardt, Jr. | first = Phillip | authorlink = | coauthors = | origyear = 1999 |title = | url = http://www.americanpresident.org/history/geraldford/biography/resources/ArticlesCopy1/KunhardtFordBio.article.shtml | title = Gerald R. Ford "Healing the Nation" |pages=pp. 79-85 | publisher = Riverhead Books | ___location = New York | id = | accessdate = 2006-12-28}}</ref>
Attending the [[University of Michigan]] as an undergraduate, Ford played [[center (football)|center]] and [[linebacker]] for the school’s football team and helped the [[Michigan Wolverines football|Wolverines]] to undefeated seasons and [[NCAA Division I-A national football championship|national titles]] in [[1932 in sports|1932]] and [[1933 in sports|1933]]. The team suffered a steep decline in his 1934 senior year, however, winning only one game. Ford was the team’s star nonetheless. During the same season, in a game against the [[University of Chicago]], Ford also “became the only future U. S. president to tackle a future [[Heisman Trophy]] winner when he brought down running back [[Jay Berwanger]], who would win the first Heisman the following year.”<ref>{{cite news | title = Ford one of most athletic Presidents | publisher = [[Associated Press]] via [[Sports Illustrated]] | date = [[2006-12-27]] | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/12/27/ford.athletics.ap/index.html | accessdate = 2006-12-31}}</ref>
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