Jack Leonard Blott was an All-American football center and place kicker for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1922 to 1923. He was also a baseball catcher for the Wolverines from 1922 to 1924. After a two-game Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1924, he worked as Michigan’s line coach from 1924–1933 and 1946–1958. From 1934–1940, he was the head football coach at Wesleyan University.