Dave Schreiner
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
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| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
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| High school | Lancaster HS (Lancaster, WI) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1955) | |
David Nathan Schreiner (March 5, 1921 – June 21, 1945) was an
Instead of playing in the NFL, he went to serve in the Marines during WWII. He was mortally wounded in action by a sniper on June 20, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa and died the next day.[1] Coincidentally, fellow #11 overall NFL draft pick Tony Butkovich had also died from sniper fire at Okinawa several months earlier.
He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. His life and death are detailed in the book Third Down and a War to Go, written by Terry Frei, the son of Jerry Frei, one of Schreiner's teammates on the 1942 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
References
- Newspapers.com.
Further reading
- Goldlust-Gingrich, Ellen D.; Gingrich, Kurt (Autumn 2003). "An All-American in All Respects: The Letters of Dave Schreiner". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 87 (1): 38–49. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
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