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Tom Harmon was a legendary college football player who became a sportscaster and sired TV superstar Mark Harmon (who also played college football at UCLA).
Thomas Dudley Harmon was born in Rensselaer, Indiana, to Rose Marie (Quinn) and Louis Amiel Harmon, a real estate agent. His maternal grandparents were Irish, and his father had Irish, French, and German ancestry (the family surname had originally been "Hermann"). Harmon starred for the University of Michigan, being voted All-American his junior and senior years and winning the Heisman Trophy in 1940 as a senior. As a wolverine, he led college football in scoring in both 1939 and '40, setting a record. He was so famous, he went to Hollywood to make the movie Harmon of Michigan (1941), which was released in 1941, the year America entered WWII.
The war would curtail his pro football career. Drafted by the Chicago Bears of the NFL, Harmon accepted an offer from the upstart American Football League's New York Americans. (One of many pro football leagues to bear the name, this version folded after 1941.) Harmon received a commission with the U.S. Army Air Corps and won a Purple Heart and a Silver Star as a fighter pilot during the war. The silken parachute that saved his life was recut into a wedding dress when he married actress Elyse Knox in 1944. The two had met at Paramount studios when he starred in the movie about his college football exploits.
Harmon returned to football after the war, playing for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946-47, but injuries to his legs from bailing out over China curtailed his career and he could not achieve the greatness on the pro gridiron that he had as the star of the Wolverines. He became a sportscaster, appearing on ABC and on KTLA-TV, Los Angeles.
Tom "Old 98" Harmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. He died on March 19, 1990. He was 70 years old.- Augustus Phillips was born on 1 August 1874 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Gates of Eden (1916), The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1914) and The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914). He was married to Mildred Manning. He died on 16 September 1952 in Milford, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Jay Dwiggins was born on 1 September 1866 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Bound in Morocco (1918), High Tide (1918) and He Comes Up Smiling (1918). He was married to Cora Arbogast. He died on 8 September 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Eleanor Atkinson was born on 7 January 1863 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA. She was a writer, known for Greyfriars Bobby: The True Story of a Dog (1961), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and Challenge to Lassie (1949). She was married to Francis Atkinson. She died on 4 November 1942 in Manhasset, New York, USA.
- Edison Marshall was born on 28 August 1894 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for The Snowshoe Trail (1922), The Isle of Retribution (1926) and The Vikings (1958). He was married to Agnes Sharp Flythe. He died on 29 October 1967.
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Songwriter ("Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart", "Rose of Washington Square", "Second Hand Rose"), composer, author and pianist, educated at Champion College and the Chicago Musical College. During World War I, he served in the 82nd Division and wrote and produced the Army show "Toot Sweet". In vaudeville he was a piano accompanist, and wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Jim Jam Jems", "Spice of 1922", "Big Boy", "Honeymoon Lane", and "Sidewalks of New York", then went under contract to film studios . Joining ASCAP in 1917, his chief musical collaborators included B. G. "Buddy" DeSylva and Eddie Dowling, and his other popular-song compositions included "The Little White House (at the End of Honeymoon Lane)", "Gee, But I Hate to Go Home Alone", "No Foolin'", "Little Log Cabin of Dreams", "Just a Cottage Small by a Waterfall", "Sleepy Valley", "Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me)", "Dig a Little Deeper", "I'm a Lonesome Little Raindrop", "Half a Moon", "Jersey Walk", "Wherever You Are", and "Dreams For Sale".- Actor
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Bill Karnovsky was born on 21 March 1951 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for C'est La Vie (2019), Anniversary Gift (2020) and Triumph of the Heart.- Ten Eyck Clay was born on 4 May 1879 in Rensselaer, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Other Girl (1915). He died on 14 August 1939 in Rensselaer, New York, USA.
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Robert Shuster was born on 24 January 1957 in Rensselaer, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Baine (2011), Blind Pass (2015) and The Stray (2016).- Eddie Cohen was born on 6 September 1923 in Rensselaer, New York, USA. Eddie was a writer, known for Shoestring Theatre (1959). Eddie was married to Eleanor Ann Brennan. Eddie died on 17 May 1990 in Albany, New York, USA.