Bill Daley (American Football) - University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

Daley enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he played football from 1940-1942. He played on two National Championship teams at Minnesota in 1940 and 1941, and the Gophers narrowly missed a third national championship in 1942. The Gophers beat Michigan in the Little Brown Jug game all three years Daley played there. In 1940, the Gophers beat Tom Harmon's Wolverines 7-6. Harmon missed an extra point that cost Michigan the game.

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