Menan Schriewer

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Menan Schriewer
Date of birth(1934-09-20)September 20, 1934
Date of deathDecember 30, 2013(2013-12-30) (aged 79)
Career information
End
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight215 lb (98 kg)
US collegeTexas
High schoolNew Braunfels
NFL draft1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Drafted byChicago Bears
Career history
As player
1956โ€“1958Toronto Argonauts
1959Saskatchewan Roughriders
1960โ€“1962Toronto Argonauts
Career highlights and awards
  • All-SWC (1955)
  • CFL All-Star (1957)
  • Longhorns Hall of Honor (2009)

Menan Clyde Schriewer (September 20, 1934 – December 30, 2013) was an

1956 NFL Draft.[1] However, Schriewer eventually joined the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, who offered Schriewer more money. With the Argonauts, Schriewer was named CFL All-Star in 1957. Schriewer joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1959, but rejoined the Argos a year later. He was inducted into the Longhorns Hall of Honor in 2009.[2] In Schriewer's honor, the Menan Schriewer Offensive Lineman of the Award was created.[3]

Schriewer died on December 30, 2013, at the age of 79.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pro Football Draft History: 1956". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  2. ^ Pils, Douglas (2009-11-19). "New Braunfels' Schriewer heads to UT Hall". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  3. ^ gdelaune (2010-02-08). "Some of the best today, one of the best yesterday". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  4. ^ "Menan Clyde Schriewer". New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2017-01-16.

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