In this Jan. 1, 1948, file photo, Michigan halfback Bob Chappuis (49) is hauled down by a Southern California defender after chalking up a 7-yard gain and a first down during the Rose Bowl.

By the time he had promoted a free ride into the Rose Bowl as one of the chauffeurs for the Michigan team, he was almost as big a celebrity back home as Michigan’s Bob Chappuis (see SPORT).

Trigger Man Bob Chappuis (TIME, Nov. 3), who admitted later that he wasn’t quite up to snuff, completed only 14 of 24 passes (two for touchdowns), passed and ran the ball 279 yards for a new ...