Phil Seymour (American football)

Seymour enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1966 and played college football as a defensive end for the Michigan Wolverines football teams under head coaches Bump Elliott and Bo Schembechler from 1967 to 1970.^[1] As a sophomore, he started all 10 games at defensive end and one game at offensive end for coach Elliott's final team—the 1968 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled an 8-2 record and was ranked #12 in the final AP Poll.^[2] Seymour led the 1968 Michigan team with 92 tackles, including a career-high 17 tackles against California in the first game of the season.^[3] At the end of the season, Seymour was selected as a first-team defensive end on the 1968 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[4]

Seymour missed most of the 1969 season with a knee injury, appearing only briefly in one game against Michigan State.^[3][5]

As a senior, Seymour started seven games at defensive end, while his cousin Paul Seymour started nine games at tight end, for the 1970 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 9-1 record, allowed only 90 points on defense (9 points per game), and finished the season ranked #7 in the final UPI poll.^[2] Seymour was again selected as a first-team player on the 1970 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[6] He also earned Academic All-America honors in 1970.^[7]

Seymour later graduated from the University of Maryland Law School.^[7] He was married to Julie Ann (Pastula) Seymour for 41 years, and they had three children, Ann, Maureen, and Patrick. Seymour died in 2013 at age 65.^[8]