Douglas Farmer

Douglas Farmer

Portrait of Farmer from 1938 Michiganensian
Date of birth	(1916-01-22)January 22, 1916
Date of death	March 29, 1977(1977-03-29) (aged 61)
Place of death	New Haven, Connecticut
Career information
Position(s)	Quarterback
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	182 lb (83 kg)
US college	University of Michigan, Harvard Medical School
High school	Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, Illinois
Career history
As player
1935–1937	Michigan

Douglas Alexander Farmer (January 22, 1916 – March 29, 1977) was an American football player, medical doctor, and professor of medicine. He was a quarterback for the University of Michigan football team, attended Harvard Medical School, and later served as a professor of medicine at Harvard University, Boston University, and the Yale School of Medicine and as chief of the department of surgery at the Hospital of Saint Raphael.

Early years

Farmer was born in 1916 in

Farmer attended the University of Michigan and received his undergraduate degree there in 1938.^[3] He played college football at Michigan from 1935 to 1937. He started all eight games as the quarterback of the 1937 Michigan Wolverines football team.^[4]

While at Michigan, he was also a member and president of the

Farmer and his wife, Elizabeth, had three sons (Douglas, James, and Jeffrey) and two daughters (Judith and Nancy).[5]^[6] He lived in Madison, Connecticut in his later years. He died in March 1977 at the Hospital of St. Raphael.^[5][7]

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