Don Michaelson - Class of 2018

(L'Anse)

Perhaps the best football player in L'Anse High School history, Don Michaelson was also a top performer in basketball and track. He was U.P. Back of the Year and Class C all-state in 1970, then helped the Purple Hornets win the U.P. Class C track title in 1971 by winning shot put and going unbeaten for three years in the 440-yard dash. He played two football seasons at Mesabi, Minn. State Junior College, helping the team win the state J.C. title while earning Junior College All-America laurels in 1972. He then played football for two years at Eastern Michigan University. He joined the Mesabi Range College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.