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Otto Schnellbacher Date of birth: April 15, 1923 Place of birth: Sublette, Kansas, United States Date of death: March 10, 2008 (aged 84) Place of death: Topeka, Kansas, United States Career information Position(s): Defensive back College: Kansas NFL Draft: 1947 / Round: 25 / Pick: 231
(by the Chicago Cardinals)Organizations As player: 1948-1949
1950-1951New York Yankees (AAFC)
New York GiantsCareer highlights and awards Pro Bowls: 2 Playing stats at NFL.com Otto Ole Schnellbacher (April 15, 1923 – March 10, 2008) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was a 2-time Pro Bowler. Also a professional basketball player, Schnellbacher played for the Basketball Association of America's Providence Steamrollers and St. Louis Bombers in 1948-49. In college, Schnellbacher was a two-sport star at the University of Kansas, earning him the nickname "the double threat from Sublette". On the gridiron, Schnellbacher, along with teammate Ray Evans, was KU's first football All-American in 1947. That same season, Schnellbacher led the Jayhawks to a Big 6 conference title and an Orange Bowl birth. Schnellbacher also excelled in basketball, where he was a four-time first-team all-conference selection (one of only three Jayhawks to do so). He was a member of the 1943 Big Six conference championship team (which also featured All-American teammates Charles B. Black and the aforementioned Ray Evans) that is regarded as one of the program's greatest teams.
Schnellbacher died aged 84, from cancer, according to University of Kansas basketball coach Bill Self.[1]
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External links
- BAA statistics @ basketball-reference.com
- Obituary at the Kansas City Star
- Otto Schnellbacher at Find a Grave
Kansas Jayhawks football All-time record 563–543–58 (.509)Teams 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009Retired Numbers Key Personnel Head Coach: Turner Gill • Offensive Coordinator: Chuck Long • Defensive Coordinator: Carl Torbush • Former coachesBowl Game Victories 1961 Bluebonnet Bowl • 1992 Aloha Bowl • 1995 Aloha Bowl • 2005 Fort Worth Bowl • 2008 Orange Bowl • 2008 Insight BowlFirst Team AP All-Americans Ray Evans 1947 • Otto Schnellbacher 1947 • George Mrkonic 1951 • Oliver Spencer 1952 • Gil Reich 1952 • John Hadl 1960, 1961 • Gale Sayers 1963, 1964 • Bobby Douglass 1968 • John Zook 1968 • David Jaynes 1973 • Bruce Kallmeyer 1981 • Anthony Collins 2007 • Aqib Talib 2007Stadium Categories:- 1923 births
- 2008 deaths
- American basketball players
- American football defensive backs
- Cancer deaths in Kansas
- Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players
- Kansas Jayhawks football players
- Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players
- New York Giants players
- New York Yankees (AAFC) players
- People from Haskell County, Kansas
- Providence Steamrollers draft picks
- St. Louis Bombers players
- American football defensive back, pre-1930 birth stubs
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs
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