Famous Yoopers
Beanee Weenee
celebrity. I can think of two from the Sports World
Steve Mariucci coach of the San Fransico 49ers
Tom Izzo coach of MSU basketball
Todd Lindemann, played Baskeball for Knight at Indiana
Dick Pole who played baseball and coached for the Cubs
John Hiller former relief pitcher of the Tigers lives in the UP.
Any others?
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walker
Uh, sportsfan, does the name "George Gipp" ring any bells???
__walker
Dick Lund
also spent time with the athletic program at Northern Michigan University.
PaulTOlson
Glenn Seaborg (who discovered more elements than any other single scientist)
and in honor of which the element Seaborgium in named.
Kelly Johnson (who designed the U2 spy plane)
Robert Traver (John Voelker) (who wrote "Anatomy of a Murder" (arguably the
best novel about criminal law ever written))
But that's just ISHPEMING.
Paul T. Olson
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Beanee Weenee
Any other scientist or artists?
What about John Ralston, He was from Norway and coached college
and pro football.
Fred Stonehouse
Jiminee
He practically lived in the great outdoors in Upper Michigan.Hung out around the
Dead River Basin and fished alot.
Anyone know if he is still alive??
Beanee Weenee wrote:
> Who are the most famous yoopers? Yoopers of accomplishment or
> celebrity. I can think of two from the Sports World
>
> Steve Mariucci coach of the San Fransico 49ers
> Tom Izzo coach of MSU basketball
> Todd Lindemann, played Baskeball for Knight at Indiana
> Dick Pole who played baseball and coached for the Cubs
> John Hiller former relief pitcher of the Tigers lives in the UP.
>
> Any others?
>
CABA2023
>> celebrity.
Bob Hitch of Hitch, Inc.
Dick Lund
> How about Author Robert Trout???
> He practically lived in the great outdoors in Upper Michigan.Hung out
around the
> Dead River Basin and fished alot.
> Anyone know if he is still alive??
Another author from the U.P. (went under the pen-name of Cully Gage) is Dr.
Charles Van Riper. He wrote a series of 8 "Northwoods Reader" books plus one
called "A Love Affair with the U.P." All are excellent books. The
"Northwood" set tells of growing up in a small, backwoods town in the U.P.
in the early 1900's where the main road into (and out of) town was a two
wheel wagon-rut.
If you want some fascinating, light-hearted reading, I would highly
recommend the "Northwood Reader" set. You won't be disappointed!!!
Dick
John Pemberton
JP
TimeR...@lvcm.com
wrote:
>How about Author Robert Trout???
>He practically lived in the great outdoors in Upper Michigan.Hung out around the
>Dead River Basin and fished alot.
>Anyone know if he is still alive??
He may still be alive since he is not listed on The Dead Peoples
Server http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/new.shtml
Another source http://www.best.com/~contento/s218.html also lists
Mr. Trout as still among the living.
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mischief as in doing good; but it would not therefore be better for the
world, that all mankind were blind and lame. Arms are not to be laid
aside by honest men, because carried by assassins and ruffians; they are
to be used the rather for this very reason."
-George Campbell
EddyFitz
Regulatory Commission in the l970's.
William A. Woytta
every one of them. It's a great read.
Dick Lund wrote:
> > How about Author Robert Trout???
> > He practically lived in the great outdoors in Upper Michigan.Hung out
> around the
> > Dead River Basin and fished alot.
> > Anyone know if he is still alive??
>
> Another author from the U.P. (went under the pen-name of Cully Gage) is Dr.
> Charles Van Riper. He wrote a series of 8 "Northwoods Reader" books plus one
> called "A Love Affair with the U.P." All are excellent books. The
> "Northwood" set tells of growing up in a small, backwoods town in the U.P.
> in the early 1900's where the main road into (and out of) town was a two
> wheel wagon-rut.
>
> If you want some fascinating, light-hearted reading, I would highly
> recommend the "Northwood Reader" set. You won't be disappointed!!!
>
> Dick
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>
> Who are the most famous yoopers? Yoopers of accomplishment or
> celebrity. I can think of two from the Sports World
>
> Steve Mariucci coach of the San Fransico 49ers
> Tom Izzo coach of MSU basketball
> Todd Lindemann, played Baskeball for Knight at Indiana
> Dick Pole who played baseball and coached for the Cubs
> John Hiller former relief pitcher of the Tigers lives in the UP.
>
> Any others?
Well, George Gipp.
The Olson brothers, who got their fifteen minutes in "Slap Shot".
More obscurely, Ishpeming's Flying Bietelas. And maybe even Coy Hill. I
think he jumped for the US Olympic Team decades ago. Must be in his
eighties now; used to hang out at Wawonowin CC in the summer.
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Lori McDowell
opera "All My Children" for many years. He still does a guest shot
once in a while on the show. Richard is from the eastern UP.
Lori
Beanee Weenee
(beaneeween...@usa.net.invalid)
writes: > Who are the most famous yoopers? Yoopers of accomplishment or
> celebrity. I can think of two from the Sports World
>
> Steve Mariucci coach of the San Fransico 49ers
> Tom Izzo coach of MSU basketball
> Todd Lindemann, played Baskeball for Knight at Indiana
> Dick Pole who played baseball and coached for the Cubs
> John Hiller former relief pitcher of the Tigers lives in the UP.
>
> Any others?
>
>
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EddyFitz <eddy...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Outerisle
>Outside of sports we have:
>
>Glenn Seaborg (who discovered more elements than any other single scientist)
>and in honor of which the element Seaborgium in named.
Seborg did an exquisitely "film noir" style series of highschool chemistry
tutorials that I loved on first viewing (early '70s) and still recall fondly.
It was sort of in the production vein of "Night of the Living Dead".
Seriously, it was great stuff. He had an off-camera assistant named "Bean",
whom you never saw, that he would shout to with directions for this or that...
"More Juice, Bean!" Because of his stuttered delivery, we smart young 'uns
referred to him affectionately as "Glenn-Ah-T-Ah-Seborg". Never knew he was a
Yooper. Those films, and his life work, are amazing treasures.
- John Foote
Outer Island Light; 1985-86
Beanee Weenee
in sports--the outdoors are all around you and gives you
something to do inside (hoops) on those cold winter days.
But, the accomplishments of Dick Pole and Kevin Tapani are
really incredible when you consider the disadvantage yoopers
face in baseball with the long winters.
But, the UP does have wonderful youth baseball and high school
baseball programs.
Now any other famous yoopers? I guess I mean folks who can be
recognized nationally. They don't have to be generally famous,
but well known in their fields like Seborg.
Jeffrey C. Lewin
isn't alive.
Jeff
TimeR...@lvcm.com wrote:
: On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 18:38:22 -0500, Jiminee <jimi...@hotmail.com>
: wrote:
: >How about Author Robert Trout???
: >He practically lived in the great outdoors in Upper Michigan.Hung out around the
: >Dead River Basin and fished alot.
: >Anyone know if he is still alive??
: He may still be alive since he is not listed on The Dead Peoples
: Server http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/new.shtml
: Another source http://www.best.com/~contento/s218.html also lists
: Mr. Trout as still among the living.
: --
: "Our eyes and hands and feet will give us the same assistance in doing
: mischief as in doing good; but it would not therefore be better for the
: world, that all mankind were blind and lame. Arms are not to be laid
: aside by honest men, because carried by assassins and ruffians; they are
: to be used the rather for this very reason."
: -George Campbell
--
EddyFitz
Creek played for the Braves for years. Mrs. Ruppe from Houghton was U.S.
Ambassador to Norway.
Jim Zeirke
car racing touring circuit, for years. Although he is listed as being
from Midland, MI. But I have heard many times that Norway Speedway was
his home track. Any other racing legends come from the UP?
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Chaplain, Waukesha Professional Fire Fighters
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Phil Kangas
John Pemberton wrote in message
>Didn't Frankie Yankovich (sp?) (polka king) live in
Painesdale for a while?
Not sure about him, I can't remember 'that' far back....(;>)
He does have a lot of fans there though.
Phil Kangas
Beanee Weenee wrote in message
>Now any other famous yoopers? I guess I mean folks who can
be
>recognized nationally. They don't have to be generally
famous,
>but well known in their fields like Seborg.
How about Percy Ross, the philanthropist.......from Laurium.
Eric Simandl
80s. Gladstone's Becky Iverson is pretty much doing OK on the LPGA tour
right now.
Football: Dick Berlinski of Quinnesec, my old roomie at MSU, punted for
the Spartans in the late 60s.
Coaches: HBO's Jerry Glanville was once an assistant at NMU. Chuck
Fairbanks coached football at Ishpeming before moving downstate to
Alpena and on to Nebraska. Stan Albeck coached basketball at NMU,
eventually ended up coaching the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers.
There is a UP Sports Hall Of Fame in Hedgecock Fieldhouse or Lakeview
Arena or the Dome at NMU. Maybe NMU should put it online. It would save
us some time, eh?
The late great NMU sportscaster Gil Heard once called it "Hedgefield
Cockhouse", and that's pretty much how I'll remember him.
Fred Stonehouse
Works" and the designer of the U-2, F-101 and SR 71 Blackbird?
Beanee Weenee
but was he born in the UP? Does he have family connections to
the UP?
Plus, I don't think you have the right band with "The Clash".
They are the London Punk rock band founded by four Englishment.
Robert Goniea
from Laurium, least that's what the sign in that town is so proud to point
out.;)
Bob G.
www.i2k.com/~rjgoniea/
Jim Carr
Bernie Sliger, an economist and former president of Florida State,
is from Trout Creek and an alumnus of Michigan State.
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Mark James
FULL TIME POLKA STATION!!
I was saddened when I heard of the passing of polka king FRANK YANKOVIC.
I cannot find though where in his life he lived in da U.P.
LONG LIVE POLKA!!!!!
Jim Zeirke
college chums at UW-Oshkosh and there were many Fridays when he would
give me a ride home to Hartland (not Hartford). In the course of the
ride home, he'd make sales calls and of course he had to do his show and
I would get suckered into reading a commercial or two. I was also a
broadcasting student and upon graduation Scott arranged a job offer for
me. Sadly, I could no have afforded the gas money on what they offered
me. Still, I often wonder what would have happened had I accepted the
job. I still call Scott from time to time. If you ever see him, tell
him I said hi.
Roland Burgan
here...for many years he came to the Keweenaw to deer hunt
with a group of old friends.
Jerry
"Beanee Weenee" <beaneeween...@usa.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> Who are the most famous yoopers? Yoopers of accomplishment or
> celebrity. I can think of two from the Sports World
>
> Steve Mariucci coach of the San Fransico 49ers
> Tom Izzo coach of MSU basketball
> Todd Lindemann, played Baskeball for Knight at Indiana
> Dick Pole who played baseball and coached for the Cubs
> John Hiller former relief pitcher of the Tigers lives in the UP.
>
> Any others?
Jim Harrison is a world famous author and lives somewhere on Lac du
Superior.
Would you guys grant honorary Yooper status to Ernest Hemingway?
Beanee Weenee
didn't have family connections to the UP. Great writer but no
Yooper.
EddyFitz
Seney. By the time he arrived the boom was over and he ended up fishing on the
Fox River and in his stories he refered to it as the Big Two Hearted, which he
never even got to. GEORGE GIPP was the best known Yooper.>NO! to Hemingway. He
Jim Carr
>
>No to Hemingway. He thought it would be "hip" to see the lumbering around
>Seney.
Where is that documented?
>By the time he arrived the boom was over and he ended up fishing on the
>Fox River and in his stories he refered to it as the Big Two Hearted, which he
>never even got to.
What fisherman ever gave away the river he fished? Maybe he put
Seney in there to throw you off, thinking he really meant the Fox.
Or maybe it is a story, with the names and descriptions taken from
real places but assembled to best tell the story.
Like the stories based in Horton's Bay (on Lake Charlevoix, where
he did spend a lot of time), which are based on a combination of
real events and story telling to avoid lawsuits, like any writer
does that treads close to home.
Jerry
"Windigo" <plat...@mail.portup.com> wrote in message
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> Phil Kangas wrote:
>
>
> > And Bob Maki, the inventor of the snowshoe binder!
>
> And I thought he was a fashion designer!!!;-)
Dude, you can't get more fashionable than a good pair of $2000 Maki snow
shoes. They're all the rage in Paris!
Harry
Swille who made it to the minors for a year or two.
Both Tapani and Swille were from the same town and only a few
years apart. There must be something to the baseball there.
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