October 18, 1939 – Carnegie, Pennsylvania – Michael Keller Dyczko was born. A story on Chicagobears.com in December of 2007 relays that the Ukrainian surname “Dyczko” was difficult to pronounce in his hometown, so the family name was changed to “Ditka”.  Mike Ditka was a 3 sports star at local Aliquippa High School. The University

September 28, 1919 – Tom Harmon was a former University of Michigan halfback who played for the Wolverines from 1938 through the 1940 seasons.  According to the footballfoundation.org site, Harmon was a playmaker for Michigan, and they were big plays at that. Just in the 1939 season alone, Tom picked off an Iowa pass for