Walt Schupp

Walter Lee Schupp (September 30, 1895 – August 10, 1941) was an

Walt Schupp was born on September 30, 1895, in Bucyrus, Ohio. He attended Bucyrus High School before playing college football at Miami University (OH). He earned a varsity letter in 1916 before his career was interrupted by World War I.^[1] He served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1918, and also played for a military service football team.^[2] He returned in 1919, and graduated in 1920. He was named all-Ohio in his final two seasons.

Professional career

A year after graduating college, Schupp was given a contract in professional football by the

The Celts came victorious against the Fort Wayne Pros, scoring 13 points and allowing none.[8] The Celts won their second consecutive game versus the Miamis, beating them by a score of 21–14.^[4] Schupp would play in one more game during the season, starting at tackle during a 0–48 loss at the hands of the Evansville Crimson Giants.^[4] It would be Schupp's last game, and the Celts' last game as a member of the APFA. He finished his career with four games played, and four starts in the APFA.^[9]

Later life and death

After his one season of professional football, Schupp spent 1922 as a teacher at Greenville High School. He spent the following year as a teacher and football coach for Leetonia High School.^[10] He moved to Cleveland one year later and became head football coach for Cleveland West High School. He spent the following seventeen seasons with the school, leading them to league championships in 1928 and 1934. At the time of his death, Schupp had become "one of the best known figures in Ohio scholastic football" and was the Northern Ohio representative on the football rules committee of the National High School Athletic Federation.^[10]

Schupp died on August 10, 1941, in Cleveland, at the age of 45 following a