1920 in Michigan

{{short description|none}}  {{Year in Michigan|1920}} {{Year in U.S. states and territories|1920}}

Events from the year '''1920 in Michigan'''.

== Office holders == [[File:Albert Edson Sleeper (December 31, 1862 – May 13, 1934) in 1916.jpg|right|thumb|135px|Gov. Sleeper]]

===State office holders=== * Governor of Michigan: Albert Sleeper (Republican) * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Luren D. Dickinson (Republican) * Michigan Attorney General: Alexander J. Groesbeck (Republican) * Michigan Secretary of State: Coleman C. Vaughan (Republican) * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Thomas Read (Republican) * Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court: Joseph B. Moore

===Mayors of major cities=== [[File:James Couzens.jpg|right|thumb|125px|Mayor Couzens]] * Mayor of Detroit: James J. Couzens (Republican) * Mayor of Grand Rapids: Christian Gallmeyer/John McNabb * Mayor of Flint: George C. Kellar/Edwin W. Atwood * Mayor of Lansing: Benjamin A. Kyes * Mayor of Saginaw: Ben N. Mercer * Mayor of Ann Arbor: Ernst M. Wurster

==Population== {{Population of Michigan cities and counties (1920 Census)}}

==Sports==

===Baseball=== [[File:Bobby Veach (crop).JPG|right|thumb|115px|Bobby Veach]] * 1920 Detroit Tigers season – Under manager Hughie Jennings, the Tigers finished seventh in the American League with a record of 61–93. The team's statistical leaders included Ty Cobb with a .334 batting average, Bobby Veach with 113 RBIs and 65 extra-base hits, and Howard Ehmke with 15 wins and a 3.25 earned run average.<ref name=DT>{{cite web|title=1920 Detroit Tigers Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=July 10, 2017|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1920.shtml}}</ref> * 1920 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Carl Lundgren, the Wolverines compiled a 17–6–2 record and won the Big Ten Conference championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 University of Michigan Baseball Record Book|publisher=University of Michigan|year=2012|accessdate=August 9, 2017|pages=22, 66|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120456/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mich/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/bsb-recordbook-2012.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Slicker Parks was the team captain.<ref>2012 U-M Baseball Record Book, p. 13.</ref>

===American football=== [[File:Ernie Vick.jpg|right|thumb|145px|Ernie Vick]] * 1920 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 5–2 record. Center Ernie Vick was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player.<ref>{{cite web|title=1920 Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|accessdate=July 11, 2017|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1920fbt.htm}}</ref> * 1920 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach Potsy Clark, the Aggies compiled a 4–6 record and outscored their opponents 270 to 166, including a 109 to 0 victory over Olivet College on October 30, 1920.<ref>{{cite news|title=2016 Football Media Guide|publisher=Michigan State University|pages=146, 152|accessdate=June 14, 2017|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf|archive-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117203046/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1920 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Normalites compiled a record of 6–2 and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 132 to 86.<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide|publisher=Eastern Michigan University Football|accessdate=June 30, 2016|pages=160, 170|url=http://www.emueagles.com/custompages/football/2015/2015EMUFBGuide_072215small.pdf}}</ref> * 1920 Detroit Titans football team – The Titans shut out six of ten opponents, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 279 to 32, and finished with an 8–2 record under head coach James F. Duffy.<ref>{{cite web|title=1920 Detroit Mercy Titans Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=November 23, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/detroit-mercy/1920-schedule.html}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 1920 Central Michigan Normalites football team – Under head coach Joe Simmons, the Central Michigan football team compiled a 4–3–1 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 166 to 41.<ref>{{cite web|title=Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide|publisher=Central Michigan University|accessdate=July 24, 2016|pages=100, 107|year=2015|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026171041/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1920 Western State Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 131 to 119.<ref>{{cite web|title=Football Records: Annual Results|publisher=Western Michigan University|accessdate=July 5, 2016|url=http://www.wmubroncos.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4600&ATCLID=204948424}}</ref>

===Basketball=== [[File:EdwinJMather.jpg|right|thumb|130px|E. J. Mather]] * 1919–20 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – The team compiled a record of 10–13.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michigan Wolverines|publisher=sports-reference.com|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/michigan/}}</ref> E. J. Mather was in his first year as the team's coach, and Ralph O. Rychener was the team captain.<ref name=Ensian>1920 Michiganensian, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/aag4364.1920.001/372?q1=BASKETBALL&view=image&size=200 page 363].</ref>

===Other=== * 1919–20 Michigan College of Mines men's ice hockey team – In the first season of college ice hockey in the state, the Michigan College of Mines (later renamed Michigan Technological University) team compiled a 1–2–1 record under head coach E. R. Lovel.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=College Hockey News|accessdate=August 8, 2017 |title=Michigan Tech Team History|url=http://www.collegehockeynews.com/reports/teamHistory/Michigan-Tech/33}}</ref>

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* November 27 - The Durant Building in Detroit, later renamed the General Motors Building and eventually Cadillac Place, was opened for business as the new headquarters for General Motors.<ref>{{cite news|title=G.M.C. Occupies New Building|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 25, 1920|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/12310786/gmc_occupies_new_building/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

===December===

==Births== * January 15 - Steve Gromek, Major League Baseball pitcher (1941–1957), in Hamtramck, Michigan * January 22 - Margaret Hillert, author of more than 80 children's books, including the ''Dear Dragon'' series, in Saginaw, Michigan * February 8 - Bob Bemer, computer scientist known for his work on the specifications for COBOL and the ASCII character codeset, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan * February 18 - Eddie Slovik, U.S. soldier executed for desertion during World War II, in Detroit * February 23 - Hall Overton, composer, jazz pianist and music teacher, in Bangor, Michigan * April 9 - Art Van Damme, jazz accordionist, in Norway, Michigan * April 22 - Alfred Burt, jazz musician who composed music for 15 Christmas carols, in Marquette, Michigan * April 29 - David M. Nelson, football coach and Secretary-Editor of the NCAA Football Rules Committee for 29 years who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, in Detroit * May 31 - Francis P. Hammerberg, U.S. Navy diver who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for rescuing two fellow divers, in Daggett, Michigan * July 13 - Don Ralke, prolific music arranger and composer for film and television and producer of the "Golden Throats" recordings, in Battle Creek, Michigan * July 20 - Dominic Jacobetti, longest serving Michigan state legislator, served in state house from 1955 to 1994, in Negaunee, Michigan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/legislator/LegislatorDetail/2050|title=Legislator Details - Dominic J. Jacobetti|publisher=Library of Michigan |accessdate=February 4, 2023}}</ref> * July 30 - Marie Tharp, geologist and oceanographic cartographer who discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which led to acceptance of the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift, in Ypsilanti, Michigan * August 19 - Ralph Story, television and radio personality best known as the host of The ''$64,000 Challenge'', in Kalamazoo, Michigan * September 1 - Charline White, first African-American woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature, in Atlanta, Georgia<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/legislator/LegislatorDetail/2959 |title=Legislator Details - Charline White |publisher=Library of Michigan |accessdate=February 4, 2023}}</ref> * September 13 - Charles Smith, actor (''The Shop Around the Corner'', ''The Major and the Minor'') in Flint, Michigan * October 11 - James Aloysius Hickey, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Washington, D.C. (1980–2000), in Midland, Michigan * October 21 - Ruth Terry, singer and actress, in Benton Harbor, Michigan * November 12 - Richard Quine, stage, film and radio actor, and television director, in Detroit

===Gallery of 1920 births=== <gallery> File:Steve Gromek.jpg|Steve Gromek File:Art Van Damme Billboard.jpg|Art Van Damme File:Owen F P Hammerberg.jpg|Francis P. Hammerberg File:Ralph Story 1956.JPG|Ralph Story File:His Eminence Cardinal James Aloysius Hickey.jpg|James Aloysius Hickey File:Ruth Terry.jpg|Ruth Terry File:Richard Quine (1942).jpg|Richard Quine </gallery>

==Deaths== * January 14 - John Francis Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, at age 55 in New York City<ref>{{cite news |title= John P. Dodge Dies at Ritz-Carlton. Detroit Manufacturer Was Stricken with Pneumonia at Automobile Show. His Brother Recovering as Minority Stockholders of Ford Company. They Won $60,000,000 Suit Against Henry Ford |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1920/01/15/archives/john-p-dodge-dies-at-ritzcarlton-detroit-manufacturer-was-stricken.html |quote= John F. Dodge, the Detroit automobile manufacturer, who had been ill for a week with pneumonia in his apartments at the Ritz-Carlton, failed to survive the crisis of the attack and died last night at half past 10 o'clock. For some time before the end he was unconscious and unable to recognize his wife and daughters, who were with him. |work= The New York Times |date= January 15, 1920 |access-date= February 4, 2023}}</ref> * January 21 - Ferris S. Fitch Jr., Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction (1891–1892), at age 66 in Detroit<ref>{{cite news|last=|first=|title=Once Prominent Oakland County Man Dies|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105617444/once-prominent-oakland-county-man-dies/|newspaper=Livingston County Daily Press and Argus|date=January 28, 1920|page=1|via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=July 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Alumni Association of the University of Michigan|date=1892|title=The Michigan Alumnus, Volume 27|trans-title= |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044083140830|language=English |location= |isbn=|page=638}}</ref> * February 4 - Ed Siever, Major League Baseball pitcher (1901–1908) and AL ERA leader (1902), at age 44 in Detroit * April 2 - Matty McIntyre, Major League Baseball outfielder (1901–1912) led AL in runs scored (1908), at age 39 in Detroit * July 21 - Otto Kirchner, Michigan Attorney General (1877–1880), at age 74 in Detroit<ref>{{cite book |last=Michigan Historical Commission|date=1924 |title= Michigan Biographies: Including Members of Congress, Elective State Officers, Justices of the Supreme Court, Members of the Michigan Legislature, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, State Board of Agriculture and State Board of Education, Volume 1 |trans-title= |page=474|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2jhAAAAMAAJ|language=English |location= |isbn=}}</ref> * December 10 - Horace Elgin Dodge, automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company, in Palm Beach, Florida * December 14 - George Gipp, Notre Dame football player and native of Laurium, Michigan, in South Bend, Indiana

==See also== * History of Michigan * History of Detroit

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