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Every Monday quarterback knows that Grange could never have wriggled into the nation's headlines without Britton. Neither could have Harmon without Evashevski. Yet last week, just as they canonized Illinois' Red Grange 15 years before, hero-worshiping U. S. football fans spread a halo around Tom Harmon, Michigan's hula-hipped halfback who put on the best one-man show of the 1940 season, hung up a conference record of 33 touchdowns in three years' competition...
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...Harmon, Michigan's triple all-American representative, led the Wolverine contingent, garnering a perfect total of 20 votes at the left-halfback post, while Forrest Evashevski, his teammate and blocking back who paves the way for many of Harmon's spectacular runs by devastating interference, was not far behind, polling just one short of a unanimous vote...
...Columbus, Ohio, 73,000 rain-soaked fans witnessed a game long to be remembered. Michigan's hula-hipped Tom Harmon, foremost footballer of the year, ended his spectacular varsity career by scoring 22 of the 40 points that whitewashed Ohio State, 40-to-0. In 24 varsity games, Harmon has scored 33 touchdowns, kicked 33 points after touchdown, kicked two field goals for a total of 237 points-best scoring record in Big Ten history. Famed Red Grange, in 20 games, tallied 31 touchdowns...
...Madison, Wis., Minnesota's Golden Gophers (only team to beat Harmon & Co. this year) completed an undefeated, untied season with a 22-to-13 victory over their old rival, Wisconsin. In addition to the well-deserved championship of the Big Ten, Minnesota will probably be awarded the mythical national championship...