Editing (section) Harry Wismer 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Early years</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">A native of Port Huron, Michigan, Wismer displayed great interest and prowess in sports at an early age, earning letters in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22football%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22American%20football%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmerican%20football%7Cfootball%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a>, basketball, and baseball at St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin. He later played <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22college%20football%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22college%20football%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bcollege%20football%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> at both the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Florida%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Florida%20Gators%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFlorida%20Gators%7CUniversity%20of%20Florida%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" href="/wiki/Florida_Gators" title="Florida Gators">University of Florida</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Michigan%20State%20University%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Michigan%20State%20Spartans%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMichigan%20State%20Spartans%7CMichigan%20State%20University%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" href="/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans" title="Michigan State Spartans">Michigan State University</a>, his playing career ending at the latter school when he damaged a knee severely during a game against the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22University%20of%20Michigan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Michigan%20Wolverines%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMichigan%20Wolverines%7CUniversity%20of%20Michigan%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines" title="Michigan Wolverines">University of Michigan</a>. He then began broadcasting Michigan State sports on MSU's radio station WKAR in a position arranged for him by his <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22coach%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Coach%20%28sports%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCoach%20%28sports%29%7Ccoach%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" class="new" title="Coach (sports) (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29hY2hfKHNwb3J0cyk/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">coach</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Charlie%20Bachman%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Charlie%20Bachman%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCharlie%20Bachman%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" class="new" title="Charlie Bachman (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ2hhcmxpZV9CYWNobWFuP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Charlie Bachman</a>. In 1934 he was hired as the public-address announcer for the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Detroit%20Lions%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Detroit%20Lions%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDetroit%20Lions%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="58596-15184995505f0765086e15e" href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, who were then owned by the same man, George A. "Dick" Richards, who owned Detroit radio station WJR. Wismer soon began doing a ten-minute daily radio show covering the Lions in addition to his PA duties, while continuing as a student at Michigan State. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key collegefootballmania:rte-parser-cache:6289 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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