1. Office holders
    State office holders  Mayors of major cities  Federal office holders 

2. Population

3. Companies

4. Sports
    Baseball  American football  Basketball  Ice hockey  Other 

5. Chronology of events

6. Births

7. Deaths

8. See also

9. References

Events from the year 1941 in Michigan.

Office holders

State office holders

• Governor of Michigan: Murray Van Wagoner (Democrat)
• Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Matilda Dodge Wilson/Frank Murphy (Democrat)
• Michigan Attorney General: Herbert J. Rushton
• Michigan Secretary of State: Harry Kelly (Republican)
• Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Howard Nugent
• Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court:

Mayors of major cities

• Mayor of Detroit: Edward Jeffries (Republican)
• Mayor of Grand Rapids: George W. Welsh (Republican)
• Mayor of Flint: William Osmund Kelly
• Mayor of Lansing: Max A. Templeton/Arthur E. Stoppel/Sam Street Hughes
• Mayor of Saginaw: John W. Symons, Jr./William J. Brydges

Federal office holders

• U.S. Senator from Michigan: Prentiss M. Brown (Democrat)
• U.S. Senator from Michigan: Arthur Vandenberg (Republican)
• House District 1: Rudolph G. Tenerowicz (Democrat)
• House District 2: Earl C. Michener (Republican)
• House District 3: Paul W. Shafer (Republican)
• House District 4: Clare Hoffman (Republican)
• House District 5: Bartel J. Jonkman (Republican)
• House District 6: William W. Blackney (Republican)
• House District 7: Jesse P. Wolcott (Republican)
• House District 8: Fred L. Crawford (Republican)
• House District 9: Albert J. Engel (Republican)
• House District 10: Roy O. Woodruff (Republican)
• House District 11: Frederick Van Ness Bradley (Republican)
• House District 12: Frank Eugene Hook (Democrat)
• House District 13: George D. O'Brien (Democrat)
• House District 14: Louis C. Rabaut (Democrat)
• House District 15: John D. Dingell Sr. (Democrat)
• House District 16: John Lesinski Sr. (Democrat)
• House District 17: George Anthony Dondero (Republican)

Population

Companies

The following is a list of major companies based in Michigan in 1941.

Sports

Baseball

• 1941 Detroit Tigers season – The Tigers compiled a 75–79 record and finished in fourth place in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included Barney McCosky with a .324 batting average, Rudy York with 29 home runs and 111 RBIs, and Al Benton with 15 wins and a 2.97 earned run average.^[2]
• 1941 Michigan Wolverines baseball season - Under head coach Ray Fisher, the Wolverines compiled a 24–8 record and won the Big Ten Conference championship.^[3] Bill Steppon was the team captain.^[4]

American football

• 1941 Detroit Lions season – Under head coach Bill Edwards, the Lions compiled a 4–6–1 record. Byron "Whizzer" White led the team with 338 passing yards, 240 rushing yards, 158 receiving yards, and 24 points scored.^[5]
• 1941 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach Fritz Crisler, the Wolverines compiled a record of 6–1–1, outscored opponents 147 to 41 and was ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll. Fullback Bob Westfall was selected as a consensus first-team player on both the 1941 College Football All-America Team.^[6]
• 1941 Michigan State Spartans football team - Under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 5–3–1 record.^[7]
• 1941 Central Michigan Bearcats football team - Under head coach Ron Finch, the Bearcats compiled a 4–3 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 76 to 44.^[8]
• 1941 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team - Under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a 0–5–2 record, failed to score in five of seven games, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 65 to 12.^[9]
• 1941 Western Michigan Broncos football team - Under head coach Mike Gary, the Hilltoppers compiled an 8–0 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 183 to 27.^[10]

Basketball

• 1940–41 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan, the Wolverines compiled a 9-10 record. Michael Sofiak was the team's leading scorer with 192 points in 19 games for an average of 10.1 points per game.^[11]
• 1940–41 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team – Under head coach Benjamin Van Alstyne, the Spartans compiled an 11-6 record.^[12]
• 1940–41 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team – Under head coach Buck Read, the Broncos compiled a 10-8 record.^[13]
• 1940–41 Detroit Titans men's basketball team – Under head coach Lloyd Brazil, the Titans compiled an 11-10 record.^[14]

Ice hockey

• 1940–41 Detroit Red Wings season – Under head coach Jack Adams, the Red Wings compiled a 21–16–11 record, finished third in the NHL, won the first two playoff rounds, and lost to the Boston Bruins in the 1941 Stanley Cup Finals. Syd Howe led the team with 20 goals, 24 assists, and 44 points. Johnny Mowers was the goaltender.^[15]
• 1940–41 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team – The team compiled a 2–14–1 record under coach Ed Lowrey.^[16]
• 1940–41 Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team – The team compiled a 1–10 record under coach Ed Maki.^[17]

Other

Chronology of events

Births

• February 15 - Brian Holland, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Motown's Holland–Dozier–Holland team, in Detroit
• June 15 - Lamont Dozier, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Motown's Holland–Dozier–Holland team, in Detroit
• October 2 - John Sinclair, jazz poet, writer, and political activist, in Flint

Deaths

See also

• History of Michigan
• History of Detroit

References

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