Michael F. Lally was a

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player who played for

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(LSU).

College football

Lally was a halfback for the

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of the

, a member of the 1908 LSU Tigers football team which went 10–0 and was selected as national champion by the National Championship Foundation. Lally was selected All-Southern by

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in the ''

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''. He was one of many players on LSU teams of this era from

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, including Doc Fenton and

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. Lally was one of the best blockers for Fenton. He and Fenton had both played for Mansfield Normal School. 1910 was a disastrous year for the Tigers. After the 1908 campaign, and a strong 1909 campaign which saw their only SIAA loss come to SIAA champion

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, the team lost some star power. Stovall, end, Seip, end, and Lally would all be lost for the year. Lally broke a bone in his leg in the first game of the year. Lally was selected for LSU's All-Time football team in 1935.

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