Dave Freeman - Class of 2011

(Marquette)

A record-setting ski jumper at age 18 (281 feet at Pine Mountain) and Class B national ski jump champion in 1950, Dave Freeman was selected as an alternate to the U.S.  Olympic ski team in 1952.  He was also a four-year starter at quarterback for Northern Michigan University's football team (1948-51) and was an American Legion baseball outfielder for the Iron Mountain state runner-up in 1948.  He was also a high school football and baseball coach at Waterford Township, was a part-time assistant football coach at NMU, served as a radio football analyst for NMU broadcasts and was a ski instructor in Marquette.  He died in 2004.