Dave Schreiner
David Nathan Schreiner (March 5, 1921 – June 21, 1945) was an American football player. From Lancaster in southwest Wisconsin, he was a two-time All-American and the 1942 Big Ten Most Valuable Player end at Wisconsin and a 1943 second round draft choice of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. While in college, he worked in a girls' dormitory cafeteria to earn spending money, although his family was comfortable financially. He was mortally wounded in action by a sniper as a Marine on June 20, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa and died the next day.[1] 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.
 Schreiner in his military uniform | |
| No. 80 | |
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| Position | End |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 5, 1921 Lancaster, Wisconsin |
| Died: | June 21, 1945 (aged 24) Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japanese Empire |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Lancaster HS (Lancaster, WI) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1955) | |
References
- "Gives Details on How Schreiner Was Killed on Okinawa". Monroe Evening Times. July 20, 1945. p. 1. Retrieved May 9, 2017 – via 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.