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Wanglers proud to carry father’s UM legacy

John Wangler talks with pride about playing football in the late 1970s and early 1980s for Bo Schembechler.

A quarterback, Wangler was forever influenced by that experience and the gift of lifelong bonds created with teammates.

Some three decades later, he’s hoping it happens again — for his sons Jack, a redshirt junior receiver, and Jared a redshirt sophomore linebacker — playing at Michigan for Jim Harbaugh.

They take seriously wearing the family name on the backs of their uniforms, but Jared, in particular, often pokes fun at his father for having played in the “Stone Age.