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Categories: San Francisco 49ers players > Michigan Wolverines football players > American football offensive linemen > Players of American football from Pennsylvania > People from Chester County, Pennsylvania > Living people > 1956 births

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**Walt Downing**
Career information

Date of birth:	June 11, 1956 (1956-06-11) (age 53)
Place of birth:	Coatesville, PA
Position(s):	OG
Jersey №:	62
College:	Michigan
NFL Draft:	1978 / Round: 2 / Pick 47
Organizations
As player:
1978-1983	San Francisco 49ers
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Walt Downing (born June 11, 1956 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football player who played offensive guard for six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers. Mark was a varsity letterman on the 1975 and 1976 offensive lines that produced both of the games in which Michigan had three rushers accumulate 100 yards.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Notes

^ "Record Book". University of Michigan & Host Interactive. 2007. http://www.mgoblue.com/document_file/fbl-2007spring-records1.pdf. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
^ "Versus Northwestern October 18, 1975". Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/gametot.php?gkey=259. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
^ "Versus Stanford September 18, 1976". Regents of the University of Michigan. 2003. http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/gametot.php?gkey=273. Retrieved 2007-12-27.

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3 Jim Miller | 7 Guy Benjamin | 14 Ray Wersching | 16 Joe Montana (MVP) | 20 Amos Lawrence | 21 Eric Wright | 22 Dwight Hicks | 24 Rick Gervais | 27 Carlton Williamson | 28 Lynn Thomas | 29 Saladin Martin | 30 Bill Ring | 31 Walt Easley | 32 Ricky Patton | 35 Lenvil Elliott | 38 Johnny Davis | 42 Ronnie Lott | 49 Earl Cooper | 51 Randy Cross | 52 Bobby Leopold | 53 Milt McColl | 54 Craig Puki | 56 Fred Quillan | 57 Dan Bunz | 58 Keena Turner | 59 Willie Harper | 60 John Choma | 61 Dan Audick | 62 Walt Downing | 64 Jack Reynolds | 65 Lawrence Pillers | 66 Allan Kennedy | 68 John Ayers | 71 Keith Fahnhorst | 74 Fred Dean | 75 John Harty | 76 Dwaine Board | 78 Archie Reese | 79 Jim Stuckey | 80 Eason Ramson | 84 Mike Shumann | 85 Mike Wilson | 86 Charle Young | 87 Dwight Clark | 88 Freddie Solomon
Head Coach: Bill Walsh
Coaches: Cas Banaszek | Norb Hecker | Milt Jackson | Billie Matthews | Bobb McKittrick | Bill McPherson | Ray Rhodes | George Seifert | Chuck Studley | Sam Wyche

Michigan Wolverines football

All-time record

877-302-36 (.737)

Key personnel

Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez • Offensive Coordinator: Calvin Magee • Defensive Coordinator: Greg Robinson

Playing fields

Ann Arbor Fairgrounds • Regents Field • Ferry Field • Michigan Stadium

Rivalries

Ohio State • Michigan State - Paul Bunyan Trophy • Notre Dame • Minnesota-Little Brown Jug • Bowl Game History

Head coaches

Murphy • Crawford • Barbour • McCauley • Ward • Ferbert • Lea • Yost • Little • Wieman • Kipke • Crisler • Oosterbaan • Elliott • Schembechler • Moeller • Carr • Rodriguez

All-time leaders

Rushing, Passing and Receiving • Hall of Honor • All-Americans • Team MVPs • Hall of Famers • Heisman Trophy

Retired numbers

#11 Al Wistert, Alvin Wistert, and W. Wistert • #47 Oosterbaan #48 G. Ford • #87 Kramer • #98 Harmon

Important figures (1898–1968)

Barr • Benbrook • Bernard • Blott • Chappuis • Clancy • Craig • Crisler • Cunningham • Daley • Derricotte • Detwiler • Dworsky • B. Elliott • P. Elliott • Evashevski • G. Ford • L. Ford • Franks • Friedman • Goebel • Harmon • Hatch • Heikkinen • Heston • Hewitt • Hirsch • Johnson • Kipke • Kramer • Keating • Lund • Mack • Madar • Maulbetsch • Newman • Oosterbaan • Pace • Pommerening • Pontius • Pregulman • Rifenburg • Schulz • Snow • Timberlake • Volk • Weeks • Westfall • Wieman • W. Wistert • Al Wistert • Alvin Wistert • Yearby • Yost • Zatkoff

Important figures (1969–1989)

Anderson • Becker • Bell • Boles • Bostic • Brown • Canham • Carter • Cochran • Curtis • Darden • Dierdorf • Dixon • Donahue • Downing • Dufek • J. Elliott • Franklin • Gallagher • Greer • Hammerstein • Harbaugh • Hicks • Humphries • Kenn • Leach • Lilja • Logan • Lytle • Mallory • Mandich • McKenzie • Messner • Morris • Muransky • O'Neal • Owens • Paris • Rivers • Schembechler • Seymour • Simpkins • Smith • B. Taylor • M. Taylor • Ufer • Vitale • Welborne • Woolfolk

Important figures (1990–2009)

Alexander • Anderson • Arrington • Askew • Avant • Baas • Backus • Biakabutuka • Brady • Branch • Breaston • Bunch • Cocozzo • Collins • Edwards • Ecker • Foote • Gold • Grbac • Graham • Griese • L. Hall • Harris • Hart • Hayes • Henne • Hobson • Horn • Howard • S. Hutchinson • Irons • Jackson • Jansen • D. Jones • Joppru • June • Law • Long • Manningham • Navarre • Payne • Perry • Powers • Renes • Runyan • Shazor • Skrepenak • Steele • Streets • Sword • Terrell • Thomas • Toomer • Tuman • Vaughn • Vitale • Walker • Wheatley • Woodley • Woodson

National Championships (11)

1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997

Categories: 1956 births | Living people | People from Chester County, Pennsylvania | Players of American football from Pennsylvania | American football offensive linemen | Michigan Wolverines football players | San Francisco 49ers players | Offensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs

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