When former University of Michigan placekicker Mike Lantry missed late field goal attempts against Ohio State in 1973 and 1974— in games that could have sent the Wolverines to the Rose Bowl — the word “heartbreaking” was often used.
But on Nov. 30, Lantry, a native of Oxford, said he felt real-life heartbreak of the worst kind when he heard that the deadliest school shooting since 2018 had occurred at his former high school.
“You always think it’s somewhere else when you hear about events like this, but this happened in my hometown, at my high school,” said Lantry, who was not only a multi-position football standout, but also the state shot put champion at Oxford High School (Class of 1966).