He was the only athlete in the history of Michigan State University to receive ten varsity letters, four each in basketball and baseball and two in football.
[1] He grew up a block away from, and was boyhood friends with, George Gipp, who went on to fame playing football for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame.
[3] In 1934, Frimodig and another classmate, William Lavers, established and donated the George Gipp All-American Trophy, presented annually to the outstanding athlete at Calumet High School.
After the game, the student newspaper reported on Frimodig's performance as follows: He easily upheld the reputation gained last year of being the best center seen here in some time, as his efforts scored more than half of his team's points, no less than fifteen baskets being credited to him.
[8] In the Spartan Sports Encyclopedia, Jack Seibold noted: No Aggie-Spartan athlete has ever equaled or bettered Lyman Frimodig's exploit of having earned a total of 10 varsity awards during his MAC career ... By that measure alone, through the years many have considered 'Frim' the greatest to have ever worn the Green and White.
[9]After graduating from the college in 1917, Frimodig returned to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where he coached and was principal at Escanaba High School.
[14] An Associated Press story on the banquet noted: "The turnout of nearly 500 friends for the Frimodig testimonial proved again that sports people are hard to match when it comes to loyalty and sentiment.