On March 4
th, 1971, seven-year-old Jim Harbaugh ran into the street with his older brother John, and was hit by a mail truck.
What was the Former NFL Quarterback and current Head Coach at Michigan doing in Iowa City? His family moved to The Hawkeye State in 1971 after his dad, Jack, started a new job as an assistant coach with the Iowa Hawkeyes Football Team. (Jack Harbaugh was with the Hawkeyes coaching staff from 1971-1973 before taking a job with the Michigan Wolverines the alma mater of his son, Jim)
March 4, 1971, had been the Harbaugh brothers first day at their new school, Roosevelt Elementary (which closed in 2012). It was after school, when the accident occurred.
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