Reply #46: People are saying that Ford was not very bright.

[tblue37]

I happened to run across this little detail:

"A job as assistant football coach at Yale gave him an opportunity to attend Yale Law School, from which he graduated in the top third of his class in 1941."

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760622.html

It sounds to me as though he was a bright kid who used his athletic skills to further his education. The idea that he was rather dim seems to be another media creation.