Al Michaels (running back)

{{Short description|American football player (1900–1972)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Al Michaels

| image =

| position = Fullback/Halfback

| number =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|04|01|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tiffin, Ohio

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|10|21|1900|04|01}}

| death_place = Gadsden, Alabama

| draftpick =

| college = Heidelberg College
Ohio State University

| teams =

• Akron Pros (1923–1924)
• Cleveland Bulldogs (1925)
• Cleveland Panthers (1926)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = N/A

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = N/A

| statlabel3 = Rushing TDs

| statvalue3 = 1

}}

Alton Court (Bud) Michaels (April 1, 1900 – October 21, 1972){{cite book| author = Pete Palmer|author2=Ken Pullis|author3=Sean Lahman| title = The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia Second Edition| year = 2007| publisher = Sterling Publishing| location = New York City| isbn = 978-1-4027-5250-6| page = 480 }} was an American football running back.

After attending Ohio State University, he joined the Akron Pros of the National Football League, and played a total of 14 games for the team in the 1923 and 1924 seasons, earning first-team All-Pro honors in 1923.{{cite web | title = Al Michaels Statistics | publisher = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MichAl20.htm | accessdate = 2008-11-20 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081201215254/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MichAl20.htm| archivedate= 1 December 2008 | url-status= live}} In 1925, he played for the Cleveland Bulldogs, appearing in all 14 of the team's contests.{{cite web|title=Al Michaels |publisher=Database Football |url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MICHAAL01 |access-date=2025-02-15 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325082737/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MICHAAL01 |archivedate=2008-03-25 }} The following year, Michaels joined the Cleveland Panthers of the new American Football League and appeared in all five games the team played before folding.