When you think of Tyrone Wheatley, what comes to mind?
Football, for starters. The 1993 Rose Bowl, probably. Maybe the New York Giants, Wheatley's pro team.
How about designer clothes?
Believe it or not, when Wheatley visited Ann Arbor yesterday, it wasn't to reminisce about his glory days as a Wolverine, and it wasn't to discuss his future in the NFL.
He was selling clothes at Michigan Book and Supply.
Figuratively, of course. The last thing Wheatley needs to do is supplement his income by hawking t-shirts on the corner of State Street and North University.
Wheatley spent two hours at Michigan Book and Supply yesterday to promote a new line of clothing designed by Perry Ellis. The Collegiate sportswear line, bearing the Michigan logo, is sold nowhere else in the country. Wheatley has represented Perry Ellis for about a year.
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Tyrone Wheatley signs an autograph yesterday at Michigan Book and Supply in Ann Arbor. Wheatley was visiting the store to help promote a new line of Perry Ellis clothing, designed specifically for Michigan. Michigan Book and Supply is the only store in the country that will sell the apparel.