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  • Bo Molenda
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  • Molenda was born in Illinois and attended school in Decatur. He helped the Durfee School in Decatur win the Major School league cup. He moved with his family to Detroit, where he attended Detroit Northeastern High School. At Northeastern High, he was considered one of the best athletes ever produced by the city's school system. When Molenda and Bennie Oosterbaan both enrolled at the University of Michigan in September 1924, a newspaper report called them "two of the greatest all round athletes ever turned out in Michigan prep school ranks." In high school, Molenda excelled in football, baseball, basketball and track. He was selected as an All-American center in basketball at the national basketball tournament as a senior in high school.
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Birth Date
  • 1905-02-20
player years
  • 1925
  • 1927
  • 1928
  • 1932
death place
Name
  • Bo Molenda
  • Molenda, Bo
Sport
Caption
  • Molenda cropped from 1925 Michigan Wolverines team photograph
Alternative Names
  • Molenda, John Joseph
Date of Death
  • 1986-07-20
player teams
Birth Place
coach years
  • 1936
  • 1947
  • 1949
  • 1950
death date
  • 1986-07-20
Place of Birth
  • Oglesby, Illinois
coach teams
Place of death
  • Banning, California
ID
  • M/MoleBo20
Date of Birth
  • 1905-02-20
Short Description
  • American football player and coach
player positions
abstract
  • Molenda was born in Illinois and attended school in Decatur. He helped the Durfee School in Decatur win the Major School league cup. He moved with his family to Detroit, where he attended Detroit Northeastern High School. At Northeastern High, he was considered one of the best athletes ever produced by the city's school system. When Molenda and Bennie Oosterbaan both enrolled at the University of Michigan in September 1924, a newspaper report called them "two of the greatest all round athletes ever turned out in Michigan prep school ranks." In high school, Molenda excelled in football, baseball, basketball and track. He was selected as an All-American center in basketball at the national basketball tournament as a senior in high school.