Stan Noskin

Stanton Charles Noskin (born June 12, 1938) is an American former football player. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1957 to 1959. He was the starting quarterback for the 1959 Michigan Wolverines football team. He later became a dentist in Skokie, Illinois.

Early life A native of Chicago, Illinois, Noskin was the son of Dr. Joseph M. Noskin, a Chicago dentist, and Ruth Noskin (née Hendler). He attended Evanston Township High School. As a senior, he completed 38 of 58 passes in seven Suburban League games and led Evanston to the league football championship in 1955. He was also selected as an Illinois All-State quarterback in 1955.

University of Michigan Noskin enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1956. He was the third Jewish quarterback to start for the Michigan Wolverines football team, following Benny Friedman and Harry Newman.

1957 season Prior to the start of the 1957 season, Associated Press sports editor Jerry Liska visited Michigan's training camp. After seeing Noskin throw the ball, Liska wrote that, though Jim Van Pelt returned as a seasoned quarterback, "the real threat at this position could be soph Stan Noskin from Chicago." Michigan head coach Bennie Oosterbaan rated Noskin as "Michigan's best tosser since Chuck Ortmann," the Big Ten Conference passing champion in 1948.

The more experienced Van Pelt was named the starting quarterback for the 1957 Michigan team, but Noskin played in all nine games for the team. In the second game of the 1957 season, Noskin led Michigan to a 26–0 victory over Georgia. He scored two rushing touchdowns against the Bulldogs and completed five of nine passes for 80 yards, including a 35-yard pass to Dave Bowers. At the end of October 1957, Noskin threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Bowers in a 24–7 win over Minnesota. Green wrote: "Noskin was just another varsity candidate in the spring. But the threat of the daring sophomore taking his job away spurred Van Pelt into doing things he never considered before. Most of all, Noskin's passing ability made Van Pelt into a better passer." Under first-year head coach Bump Elliott, the team finished with a disappointing record of 4–5.

In the 1959 season opener against Missouri, Noskin completed 7 of 15 passes for 119 yards, including a 44-yard touchdown pass to Bennie McRae. He also threw three interceptions, as the Wolverines lost to Missouri, 20–15.

On October 31, 1959, Noskin set a Michigan record by throwing five interceptions in a 19–10 loss to Wisconsin. Noskin threw a total of 15 interceptions for th year, second most among major college players. Playing on defense, Noskin also intercepted a pass thrown by Wisconsin quarterback Dale Hackbart pass on the Michigan 26-yard line. Two plays later, Noskin threw an interception that was caught by Wisconsin center Bob Nelson at the 30-yard line. Wisconsin scored its final touchdown six plays later on a run by Wisconsin fullback, Tom Wiesner. Michigan quarterbacks gave up a total of six interceptions in the Wisconsin game, as backup Paul Palmer also gave up an interception. After the Wisconsin game, the Michigan coaches encouraged Noskin to run more, noting that the opposition never worried about Noskin's running and could concentrate on his passes. After Noskin's rebound against Illinois, the Associated Press wrote: "How Stan Noskin goes, so goes Michigan football – or at least that's been the pattern in the last three games."

In his final game for Michigan, Noskin led the Wolverines to a 23–14 victory over Ohio State. He completed seven of ten passes for 88 yards. Noskin threw a touchdown pass to Tony Rio, ran for another and set up the third with key third-down pass conversions. In its game coverage, the Associated Press wrote:"The 56th meeting between the Big Ten teams turned into a personal tug of war between Michigan's Stan Noskin and Ohio's Roger Detrick. Noskin, who has made the trip from hero to bum and back again many times, wound up his spotty career with a flawless direction of the spirited Michigan team. Time after time he came through with clutch passes on third down. Noskin passed for Michigan's first score, ran for the second and set up the third with a pair of daring third-down passes." In a December 1959 speech to the Michigan Club of Chicago, head coach Bump Elliott mentioned Noskin as one of the best players on the 1959 team along with Tony Rio, Darrell Harper and Fred Julian, but noted that the strength of the team was its reliance upon the squad as a whole rather than upon individual stars.

Career statistics In three years at Michigan, Noskin completed 98 of 196 passes for 1,245 yards, and seven touchdowns. He is a member of the American Dental Society, the Illinois Dental Society, the Chicago Dental Society, and Alpha Omega, a professional Jewish dental fraternity.

Family Noskin became engaged to Sharon Ruth Novak in March 1962. Noskin and his wife, Sharon, have two children and two granddaughters.