Stanley Muirhead
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| Date of birth | August 29, 1902 |
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| Place of birth | Calumet, Michigan |
| Date of death | September 14, 1942 (aged 40) |
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| Position(s) | Tackle, Guard |
| College | Michigan |
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| 1924 | Dayton Triangles |
| 1924 | Cleveland Bulldogs |
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Stanley Nelson Muirhead (August 29, 1902 – September 14, 1942) was an American football player. He played at the tackle position for the University of Michigan from 1921 to 1923, leading the Wolverines to consecutive undefeated seasons in 1922 and 1923 and a national championship in 1923. He was selected as a second-team All-American in both 1922 and 1923. Muirhead also played professional football in 1924 for the Dayton Triangles and Cleveland Bulldogs and was selected as a first-team All-NFL player.
Muirhead was a native of Calumet in Michigan's Upper Peninsula but attended Northern High School in Detroit. He played tackle and guard for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1921 to 1923. After the 1921 season, Detroit News sports editor H.G. Salsinger wrote: "Muirhead, of Michigan, playing his first college season, was one of the outstanding tackles in a year when the position produced a number of spectacular stars. Muirhead improved with each game, and his rapid development means that next season it will require a great tackle to keep him from being a first choice."
As a junior and senior, Muirhead helped lead Michigan to consecutive undefeated seasons and a national championship in 1923. In 1923, an NEA News Service profile on the stars of the Michigan football team noted: "Muirhead's tackling has been as good as the middle west section has seen in some time. Time and again he has beaten the ends down under punts and nailed the receiver in his tracks. On offense his work has likewise been of high class." Muirhead played his final game in a Michigan uniform against the University of Minnesota in November 1923, and a newspaper account described his performance in that game as follows:
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