Vivian Hultman
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Hultman kicking a football
No. 7, 16
Position:End
Personal information
Born:(1903-01-26)January 26, 1903
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died:December 27, 1987(1987-12-27) (aged 84)
Largo, Florida
Height:5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight:178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High school:Union
(Grand Rapids, Michigan)
College:Michigan State
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:28 or 30[lower-alpha 1]
Games started:21
Touchdowns:3
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Vivian Joseph Hultman (January 26, 1903 – December 27, 1987) was an American football player from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended and played his college football at Michigan State University. Hultman then played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Panthers from 1925 through 1926 and the Pottsville Maroons in 1927.

After graduating from Union High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Hultman joined the Michigan Agricultural Aggies team.[3] He was elected a team captain for the 1924 season.[3] Hultman also lettered for the men's basketball team.[3]

Early life

Hultman was born on January 26, 1903, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1] He attended Union High School in Grand Rapids and played football and basketball there from 1918 to 1921.[4][5] He was named third-team all-tournament at the 1920–21 state basketball championship.[5] He graduated in 1921 and began attending Michigan Agricultural College (now known as Michigan State University) later that year.[2]

College career

In his first year at Michigan Agricultural, 1921, Hultman played left guard for the freshman football team and was named one of the school's "All-Freshman" players.[6] He also played for the freshman basketball squad and one year later became a varsity letterman and starter at forward for the team.[3][7] In the 1922 football season, Hultman became a starter at guard before later being switched to end; he also served as the team's punter.[3][8]

Hultman returned to the basketball team for the 1922–23 season, while in the 1923 football season he played every game while shifting from end to guard to tackle.[3][9] Following the 1923 season, Hultman was elected the team captain for the football team in 1924.[3][10][11][12] He helped the team compile a record of 5–3; each of their wins were by several scores, including some blowouts such as a 59–0 win over North-Western College, while each of their losses were one-score games, including a close 7–0 loss to rival Michigan.[13] Despite the team's loss in their game against Michigan, the Associated Press called Hultman the "hero of the game" and noted that he "added absolute security to his side of the line and his leadership accounted largely for the fighting spirit of the green clad warriors".[14]

Hultman played a final season with the basketball team in the 1924–25 season and scored points in every game.[15] An engineering student, he graduated in 1925.[2][16] The Lansing State Journal summed up his football career as "one of the most versatile linemen ever turned out at [Michigan Agricultural]".[17]

Professional career

Hultman was signed by the Detroit Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) on September 30, 1925, after injuries to Tom Hogan and Frank Bowler.[18] Signed after the second game of the season, he went on to start all 11 remaining games at end, helping the Panthers place third in the league with a record of 8–2–2.[19] He was among the first five NFL players from his college, a school that has since produced over 300 NFL alumni.[20] In a 21–0 win against the Milwaukee Badgers, Hultman caught a 30-yard pass from Dick Vick for his first career touchdown.[21]

Hultman returned to the Panthers in 1926 and played between nine and 10 games,[lower-alpha 1] five as a starter at end and guard, scoring one touchdown while Detroit compiled a record of 4–6–2 for a 12th-place finish.[22] He signed with the Pottsville Maroons at the start of the 1927 season.[23] He appeared in eight or nine games,[lower-alpha 1] five as a starter, recording a 21-yard touchdown catch from Frank Kirkleski while the Maroons were 5–8 in league play.[21][24] The Maroons were the last team of his career, and thus Hultman ended his three-year stint in the NFL with between 28 and 30 games played,[lower-alpha 1] 21 starts, and three receiving touchdowns.[1][2]

Personal life and death

Hultman had a younger brother who played football.[25] He received a five-day jail sentence in May 1926 for driving while intoxicated.[26] He later lived in Waukegan, Illinois, and was an insurance agent at Northwest International.[27] He served in World War II.[28] Hultman was a president of the Waukegan School Board and was a member of the Glen Flora Country Club there.[27]

Hultman moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1982, and was a member of the Seminole Lake Country Club and First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seminole.[27] He was married and had one son.[27] He died on December 27, 1987, in Largo, Florida, at the age of 84.[27]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sources conflict.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Vivian Hultman Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Vivian Hultman Stats". Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Aggies Elect Grid Captain". Detroit Free Press. November 23, 1923. p. 17. Retrieved January 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ ""Get Kipke" is Cry Of Union Supporters". Lansing State Journal. November 7, 1919. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. 1 2 "State Champions Have One Man on Brewer's Team". Lansing State Journal. April 4, 1921. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ↑ "Fresh Swamp Assumption in One-Sided Grid Contest". Lansing State Journal. October 31, 1921. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Four Aggie Tossing Teams Work Out For Notre Dame". Lansing State Journal. December 7, 1922. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  8. ↑ "Michigan Makes Nine Touchdowns Yesterday". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 5, 1922. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ↑ "Lake Forest Falls Victim To Aggies by 26-18 Count". Lansing State Journal. February 10, 1923. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ↑ "Hultman Is Chosen Aggie Grid Captain". Lansing State Journal. November 22, 1923. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ↑ "Hultman to Lead Michigan Aggies on Grid in 1924". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1923. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  12. ↑ "Hultman Elected". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 23, 1923. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  13. ↑ "1924 Football Schedule". Michigan State Spartans.
  14. ↑ "Michigan Squeezes Victory Over M. A. C. In Last Quarter". Battle Creek Enquirer. Associated Press. October 12, 1924. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  15. ↑ "Untitled". Lansing State Journal. January 15, 1925. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  16. ↑ "Hultman Leads Michigan Aggies". The Spokesman-Review. November 23, 1923. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  17. ↑ Alderton, George S. (August 28, 1925). "Departure of Monogram Men to Leave Gaping Holes in State College Grid Front". Lansing State Journal. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  18. ↑ "Panthers Sign Vivian Hultman". Detroit Free Press. October 1, 1925. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  19. ↑ "1925 Detroit Panthers (NFL)". Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2024-01-02 – via Wayback Machine.
  20. ↑ "Michigan St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  21. 1 2 "Vivian Hultman Career Touchdown Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  22. ↑ "1926 Detroit Panthers (NFL)". Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2024-01-02 – via Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ "Maroons Sign Three Players". Pottsville Republican. September 1, 1927. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  24. ↑ "1927 Pottsville Maroons (NFL)". Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2024-01-02 – via Wayback Machine.
  25. ↑ Bouslog, Ray (December 5, 1925). "Turner, Draveling Are Selected On All-State Eleven". The Times Herald. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  26. ↑ "Jail M. S. C. Athlete". The Herald-Press. May 17, 1926. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hultman, V. Joseph". Tampa Bay Times. December 28, 1987. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  28. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (subscription required). Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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