Ed Meads
Meads from 1956 Michiganensian
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| Position: | Guard, Center |
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| Date of birth: | c. 1935 |
| Place of birth: | Oxford, Michigan |
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| College: | Michigan, Western Ontario |
George Edgar "Ed" Meads, Jr. (born c. 1935) is a former American and Canadian football player, military field surgeon, and professor of surgery. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1953 to 1955 and was selected as the captain of the 1955 Michigan Wolverines football team. He also played college football at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) in 1957 while attending medical school. He was selected to 1957 All-Canada team and led UWO to the 1957 Canadian national football championship.
Meads later served as a surgeon at two field hospitals during the Vietnam War and received a Bronze Star Medal in 1969 for his contributions there. He later served as a professor of surgery for 34 years at UWO.
Meads was raised in Oxford, Michigan. His father, Dr. George Edgar Meads, Sr., was a dentist and an alumnus of the University of Michigan. Meads was a star athlete at Oxford High School, receiving a total of 12 varsity letters in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He earned all-state honors in the half-mile.
Meads received a University of Michigan Regent's Scholarship, an academic award, to attend the University of Michigan. He enrolled in 1952 and played for the school's all-freshman football team. As a sophomore, he was a backup for the 1953 team.
As a junior, Meads started all nine games at right guard for the 1954 Michigan Wolverines football team. That team compiled a 6-3 record and was ranked No. 15 in the final AP and UPI polls. On October 16, 1954, made the key play in Michigan's 7-0 victory over Northwestern. After a Northwestern fumble, Meads recovered the ball at the Northwestern 24-yard line. Meads' recover set up the only touchdown of the game.
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