Steve Suhey
Date of birth | January 8, 1922 |
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Place of birth | Penn State |
NFL draft | 1948 / Round: |
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1948–1949 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
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Steven Joseph Suhey (January 8, 1922 – January 8, 1977) was an American professional
Penn State
Suhey's college career was interrupted by three years of service in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.[1]
Suhey was the
While at Penn State, Suhey became a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.[3]
Personal life
After playing two seasons in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Suhey coached high school football before joining the L.G. Balfour Company.[1]
"First family of Nittany Lion football"
Suhey married Virginia "Ginger" Higgins, a daughter of Bob Higgins, a former All-American at Penn State and Suhey's college coach.[4] Three of their sons, Larry, Paul, and Matt, were lettermen at Penn State from 1975–1979.[5] Matt would go on to play 10 seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Bears. One grandson, Kevin Suhey, was a quarterback and special teams player for the Nittany Lions from 2005–2007 and another grandson, Joe Suhey, was a running back for Penn State from 2007–2010.[5] The Higgins-Suhey family has been called the "first family of Nittany Lion football", with 90 years of involvement with the Penn State football program.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Steve Suhey". College Football Hall of Fame. Football Foundation. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ Boyer, Lauren (2009-02-15). "We Play All Or None: Triplett, PSU helped change history". Centre Daily Times. Archived from the original on 2009-02-17.
- ^ Smith, Andrew (Winter 2002). "Sigma Pi on the Gridiron" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 88, no. 1. p. 27.
- ^ a b "Ginger Suhey, Matriarch of Penn State First Family of Football, Dies". 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
- ^ a b "Profile: Joe Suhey". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved 2009-02-16.