Michael J. Axe (2007) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Michael J. Axe

Induction:
2007
Class:
1975

Mike Axe was a three-year starter on the offensive line and a co-captain of the 1974 Bison football squad. An Associated Press Honorable Mention Little All-American as a senior, Axe was also a Second Team Academic All-American. Recruited as a linebacker before switching to offensive line, Axe captured the George Rieu Award as the team's most outstanding lineman in both 1973 and 1974, and he was twice named to the AP All-Pennsylvania Team and the ECAC Division II All-East First Team. He won the Stuart M. Smith Award as the team's most outstanding sophomore after helping the Bison to a 6-3 record, including big wins over Massachusetts and Colgate. A native of Lancaster, Pa., Axe graduated from McCaskey High School before coming to Bucknell. A Dean's List student at Bucknell, he went on to graduate from Thomas Jefferson Medical College and became a successful orthopaedic surgeon in Delaware.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2007)