October 17, 1946 – Mount Morris, Michigan –  Herb Orvis, a defensive tackle for the University of Colorado, was born. With the Buffaloes, Orvis was a 1971 First-team All-American and twice earned first-team All-Big Eight honors. Per a great bio of Mr. Orvis on footballfoundation.org, we learn that he led the Buffs to three consecutive

September 12, 1964  – Lynn Thomsen was a defensive tackle of Augustana College, and he was born on his date. He is the only player in college football history to start 50 games over a span of four years and to have never lost a game. The Augustana Vikings teams that Thomsen played for from 1983

On October 10, 1922, Mervin “Merv” Pregulman was born in Lansing, Michigan. His football career spanned the golden age of “Iron Men” and was interrupted by heroic military service during World War II. College Career and Accolades Pregulman was a paragon of versatility for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1941 to 1943, playing under

October 5, 1977 – Sean Brewer was a defensive tackle from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Sean is the only Division III defensive lineman to have ever reached the First-Team All-American Honors status in three different seasons, according to the website footballfoundation.org. Sean finished his outstanding career with 435 tackles, 332 of them of the

September 24, 1946 – ” Mean” Joe Greene was a former defensive tackle from North Texas State. Joe Greene was known as a pretty nice guy off the football field, but he was tabbed with the “Mean” part of his nickname by the mascot of North Texas State, being called the Mean Green. College Career