There are 32 days that separate us from Ohio State's march to Blacksburg. To help pass the time until the Buckeyes put the Sandman to bed I will countdown Ohio State's top 100 players according to the rubric* listed at the bottom of this article.
This is the only picture I could find of Ralph Wolf.
NO. 32 RALPH WOLF, OL and DL (1936-37)
Born: NA
Died: NA
High School: Rayen
OHIO STATE CAREER
- The Buckeyes were 11-5 with Wolf on the team.
- Ohio State outscored its 16 opponents 285-50 with Wolf on the team.
- Went 2-0 against That Team.
- Outscored That Team 42-0.
HONORS
- 1936 Team MVP.
- 1937 Team MVP.
- 1937 Captain.
- 1937 All-American.
- 1937 All-Big Ten.
- 1985 Inducted into the Youngstown State Hall of Fame.
- 2014 Inducted into the Varsity O Hall of Fame.
NFL DRAFT
Round 10 to the Detroit Lions with the 86th pick of the 1938 draft.
The 1937 program for the game against TCU that Ohio State won 14-0.
Ralph Wolf's Ohio State career per ohiostatebuckeyes.com:
Ralph Wolf played center on offense and along the defensive line for Ohio State between 1935-37, and he was a two-year Varsity O letter winner. A two-time team MVP (1936 and 1937), Wolf was also a team captain for coach Francis Schmidt's 1937 team that posted a 6-2 record and was second in the Big Ten Conference with a 5-1 mark. He was also a member of the 1935 Ohio State team that was 7-1 and won the Big Ten with a 5-0 record, and the 5-3, 1936 team that was second in the Big Ten with a 4-1 mark.
A first-team All-American in 1937, Wolf was also named to the Big Ten's all-conference first team that year. His play helped the Buckeyes win three games over rival Michigan, all by shutout ( 38-0 in 1935; and 21-0 scores in the 1936 and 1937 games, respectively). Another big win that Wolf was a part of was the 1937 win over Northwestern, 7-0, which represented Ohio State's first victory over a nationally-ranked team.
Wolf was an excellent student, maintaining close to a 4.0 GPA in the engineering program and he was president of the junior class.
| CATEGORY | POINTS |
|---|---|
| HEISMAN | |
| NO. RETIRED / HONORED | |
| BIG TEN MVP | |
| TEAM MVP | 10 |
| ALL-AMERICAN | 4 |
| CAPTAIN | 4 |
| 1ST ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK | |
| ALL-BIG TEN | 3 |
| ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN | |
| NFL DRAFT PICK | 2 |
| ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN | |
| LETTER | 0.5 |
| TOTAL | 23.5 |
For more information on other players who wore No. 33 go here.
Sources- The Ohio State Team Guide, ohiostatebuckeyes.com and ysusports.com
| CATEGORY | POINTS |
|---|---|
| HEISMAN | 8 |
| NO. RETIRED / HONORED | 8 |
| BIG TEN MVP | 6 |
| TEAM MVP | 5 |
| ALL-AMERICAN | 4 |
| CAPTAIN | 4 |
| 1ST ROUND NFL DRAFT PICK | 4 |
| ALL-BIG TEN | 3 |
| ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN | 3 |
| NFL DRAFT PICK | 2 |
| ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN | 1 |
| LETTER | 0.25 PER YEAR |
