Freddie Joe Steinmark
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Personal information | |
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Born: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. | January 27, 1949
Died: | June 6, 1971 Houston, Texas, U.S. | (aged 22)
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
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High school | Wheat Ridge (Wheat Ridge, Colorado) |
Career highlights and awards | |
Freddie Steinmark (January 27, 1949 – June 6, 1971) was an American
Football career
Steinmark was a member of the 1969 Texas Longhorns football team, which won a national championship.
Texas beat the
Twenty days later, he stood on the sideline with his team as Texas defeated
Autobiography
In 1971, with the help of Dallas Times Herald sports editor Blackie Sherrod, Steinmark wrote and published his autobiography I Play to Win.[4] The book was published posthumously, almost 3 months after Steinmark's death. Steinmark is the subject of the 2015 movie My All American, and a coinciding biography Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football, published by the University of Texas Press (September 1, 2015).[1] Steinmark died on June 6, 1971, at the
Legacy
Steinmark was honored with the Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium's scoreboard on September 23, 1972. The current version of the Freddie Steinmark scoreboard, nicknamed Godzillatron, stands forty-seven-feet high.[6]
On November 7, 2015, the University of Texas Longhorns rededicated the scoreboard to Steinmark in a ceremony attended by the Steinmark family and many previous Longhorn players.[7] The Longhorns wore throwback uniforms similar to those worn by the 1969 squad for their game against the Kansas Jayhawks, removing the "Texas" wordmark from the front of the jerseys, the TV numerals from the shoulder pads, and names from the back.[8] The helmets featured the decal for college football's centennial, which was celebrated in 1969.[8]
See also
- List of American football players who died during their career
- Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football
- My All American
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4773-0821-9.
- ^ Eldon S. Branda, "STEINMARK, FREDDIE JOE," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 19, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ "National Cancer Act of 1971". cancer.gov. National Cancer Institute. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0316812504.
- ^ "Texas' Steinmark: 'Gentle Boy With a Deep Faith in God'" The Palm Beach Post 11 June 1971: D4. Print. | [1]
- ^ TexasSports.com, Freddie Steinmark Scoreboard [2].
- ^ "Texas Longhorns football re-dedicates Freddie Steinmark Scoreboard". 8 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ a b Texas dons throwback uniforms