University of Michigan Hall of Honor
Bill Orwig
- Induction:
- 1984
Bill Orwig drew from a rich background as an outstanding athlete, coach and director to achieve a position as one of the most widely respected and able athletic administrators in the country. As an undergraduate at Michigan, he lettered as a football end and earned All-Big Ten recognition as a basketball guard. After a decorated high school and college coach career, Orwig joined the staff of Bennie Oosterbaan’s football squad in 1948. In 1954, he was appointed Athletic Director at the University of Nebraska and in 1961 went to Indiana University as the Director of Athletics and remained there until his official retirement in 1976. For his outstanding and exemplary service to intercollegiate athletics, he was inducted into the National Athletic Directors Hall of Fame.
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