name: ...........................................Ed Michals
nickname: ............."Doc" by several of the refs
birthdate/location: .................Staten Island, NY
 position(s): ..............................hooker, flanker,
                                         and very slow wing
height/weight (physical): ...............5'10" 185 lbs
first year with the griffins: .........................1988
 previous clubs: ................University of Chicago 
   Griffin achievements: Most Improved Player-1990
Griffins' Griffin - 1998
2 Final 4 playoffs while president (2003, 2004)
Chris MacBain Belligerence Award (2001)