DETROIT (12/13/2012) -- The Detroit Titans will remember Allen Ghesquiere, known as the “Crazy Buffalo” and a legend with the Titan football program, who recently passed away in October.
 
Ghesquiere was a six-foot, 189 pound left halfback from Grosse Pointe, Mich. who attended St. Paul's High School. He graduated from Detroit in 1940 and worked as an engineer for Uniroyal Tire Co. for over 42 years.
 
Ghesquiere was a triple-threat back who could run, throw, and kick as a three-year letter winner for Detroit from 1938-40. He led the nation in rushing during the 1940 season with 146 carries for 957 yards and finished with 1,022 total yards that season. He was named both All-Catholic and All-American in 1940 along with being the team's leading scorer in both 1938 and 1940. He was inducted into the Titan Hall of Fame in 1981.
 
Ghesquiere was drafted into the National Football League in 1941 by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 26th overall pick in the fourth round.
 
From 1938-40, the Titans captured 18 wins to just nine losses, including one tie against Duquesne in the season finale, as Charles “Gus” Dorais was the head coach of the Titan football program at the time.
 
Ghesquiere was originally a basketball recruit but as a freshman in 1937, he tried out for football. He was one of the backs returning punts and was spotted by Dorais. Ghesquiere would never play varsity basketball again as Dorais, who was also the Athletic Director at the time, informed basketball head coach Lloyd Brazil that Ghesquiere would no longer be playing basketball and would be on the football team.
 
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