Trivia

Father of Mark Harmon, Kristin Harmon and Kelly Harmon.

All-star football player at the University of Michigan. Played halfback/defensive back for the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams (1946-1947).

Won the Heisman Trophy in 1940, signifying him as the top player in college football for that season.

Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1962.

A member of The Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.

Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.

Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame 1992.

Inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1878 (inaugural class).

Ex-father-in-law of Ricky Nelson, Mark Tinker and John DeLorean.

Father-in-law of Pam Dawber.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 375-376. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

Inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1975.