Born in Toledo, Ohio, Vick graduated from Toledo Scott High School. He attended the University of Michigan where he lettered four years in football (1918–1921) and two years in baseball (1921–1922).\n', '

As a 180-pound freshman in 1918, Vick was permitted to play varsity football under the Students\' Army Training Corps rule in effect during World War I. He was named to a number of All-Western teams as a freshman in 1918.\n', '

In 1919, owing to "the lack of backfield material" in Ann Arbor, Vick was moved to the fullback position. After being laid up with a foot blister in Michigan\'s early games, Vick built a reputation as "a star line plunger" who was "fast for his weight."\n', '

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