Malvin Nydahl better known as Mally is on the few 3 sport stars at the University of Minnesota. After Mally starred for the Gophers in the late 1920s he played professional football and would become a Doctor.
A kid from Minneapolis who attended South High School. Nydahl went to the U from 1926 until his graduation in 1928 and played 107 college games across 3 sports, football, baseball and basketball. Captaining the baseball and basketball teams in 1928, his greatest personal achievement was receiving the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor that year as the conferences top student-athlete.