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Bo Schembechler grave walk

Over a hundred Michigan fans gathered at the foot of the University of Michigan's Burton Memorial Tower to begin the annual grave walk to Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler's gravesite at Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor.

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Bo Schembechler grave walk

Fans made their way through campus to the cemetery to honor the coach, telling stories and placing flowers at his headstone.

Bo Schembecler's son, Schemy, spoke to the crowd over a speaker phone thanking them for their support.

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Young Michigan fans hold roses as they look over the lyric sheet to an original song titled 'There Goes A Man of Michigan' written by a former Michigan football player.

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Bo Schembechler grave walk

Young Michigan fan sing an original song titled 'There Goes A Man of Michigan' written by a former Michigan football player.

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Bo Schembechler grave walk

Young Michigan fan sing an original song titled 'There Goes A Man of Michigan' written by a former Michigan football player.

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Bo Schembechler grave walk

A Michigan fan places a flower at the gravesite of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler.

Jeff Holzhausen, a three-time Michigan graduate, began the grave walk in 1997, leading anywhere from 20 to 300 fans to the grave sites of Schembechler, Bob Ufer and Fielding H. Yost the week of the Michigan, Ohio State game.

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Holzhausen said he continues the walk, "To honor tradition. We owe these guys everything. As long as i'm able to walk up here, i'll continue to be up here before the Ohio State game."

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A young fan uses a hammer to crush a buckeye near the headstone of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.

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A young fan uses a hammer to crush a buckeye near the headstone of Michigan coach Bo Schembechler.

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Michigan fans gather at the grave site of Michigan broadcaster Bob Ufer located in the Forest Hill Cemetery.

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The final stop on the grave walk is at the grave site of Fielding H. Yost. Fans gathered and paid their respects to the Michigan football coach of 25 seasons. Yost died in 1946.

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Weathered Michigan footballs at the base of Fielding H. Yost's headstone.

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Jeff Holzhausen sounds Bob Ufer's horn, reportedly from the jeep of General George Patton, which Ufer would play when Michigan scored. "It just shows that we are all apart of the team, the team, the team. All of us," Holzhausen said of the crowd.

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Michigan quarterback John O'Korn tagged along on the tour spoke to the crowd and thanked fans for their support of the team.

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Michigan quarterback John O'Korn stopped to take selfies with fans following the last stop on the grave walk.

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Former Michigan quarterback and current Detroit Lions player Jake Rudock takes a photo with Drew Schnorberger, 11, of Toledo, near Fielding H. Yost's gravesite.