High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ferris Gordon Jennings (November 10, 1913 – December 22, 1995) was an American football, baseball and basketball player. He played college football at the quarterback and safety positions for the University of Michigan in 1934 and 1936. He was the starting quarterback for the 1934 Michigan Wolverines football team. Jennings also played for the Michigan Wolverines men`s basketball and Michigan Wolverines baseball teams between 1935 and 1937.