Michael Fansler

Michael Louis Fansler (July 4, 1883 – July 26, 1963) was an American lawyer, football player, politician, and judge who served as a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 4, 1933, to January 1, 1945. Biography Early life, education, and career Fansler was born in Logansport, Indiana to Michael David and Johanna Fansler (née Mulcahy). Michael David Fansler (born 1857 in Wyandotte County, Ohio), the son of one of Logansport's early physicians, was of Scots-Irish, German, and French descent. M.D. Fansler was a prominent local lawyer, serving for most of his career as a prosecutor. Johanna "Nannie" Fansler was the daughter of an Irish immigrant. Fansler began attending Notre Dame Law School at the University of Notre Dame (in Notre Dame, Indiana) in 1901. He was a member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. Known to his teammates as "Big Mike" (he was over six feet tall), he played a variety of positions during his time on the team. He graduated and was admitted to the bar in 1905.