- Ade Schwammel
NFL player
Name=Ade Schwammel
Color=blue
fontcolor=yellow
DateOfBirth=October 14 1908
Birthplace=Los Angeles, California
DateOfDeath=November 18 1979
Deathplace=Honolulu, Hawaii
Height_ft=6
Height_in=2
Weight_lbs=225
Position=tackle
College=Oregon State
career_highlights=*
Awards=2-Time All-Pro (1935 & 1936)
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame - 1981
OSU Hall of Fame - 1990
DatabaseFootball=SCHWAADE01
years=1934-1936
1943-1944
teams=Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
HOF=Adolphe "Ade" John Schwammel (
October 14 1908 –November 18 1979 )cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=Schwammel&firstname=Ade|title=Social Security Death Index Search Results|accessdate=2007-12-26] was anAmerican football tackle who played five seasons in theNFL with theGreen Bay Packers .High school career
Schwammel attended Fremont High School in
Oakland, California and starred in football.College career
Schwammel chose to enroll at Oregon State for his college education and to play football. He lettered in football from 1931 through 1933, earning first team
All-America n and All-Pacific Coast Conference at tackle as a senior was chosen as an All-American at tackle for the 1933 season, for a team that had a 6-2-2 record that included a win over powerhouseFordham University and a scoreless tie with theUniversity of Southern California Trojans , ending USC's 26-game winning streak in a game played with exactly 11 players without any substitutions by Oregon State. [Welsch, Jeff. [http://books.google.com/books?id=-VvQ8F8s_20C&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=%22ade+schwammel%22+pyramid&source=web&ots=CKSzS6HVmh&sig=WaGiWrzopAbELx2NP62PUet8Ie0#PPA55,M1 "Tales from Oregon State Sports"] , viaGoogle Books . AccessedJanuary 2 ,2008 . "They had been out there the entire game, playing both sides of the ball, without substitution."] He was also chosen to play in the 1934East-West Shrine Game .cite web|url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/schwammel_des.html|title=Ade Schwammel Collection, 1932-19343|publisher=osulibrary.oregonstate.edu|accessdate=2007-12-26]Schwammel was one of the key players in the now illegal "
Pyramid Play " where the Beavers hoisted 6'7" Clyde Devine atop the shoulders of 6'2" Schwammel and 6'2" teammate Harry Shields in order to block a place kick. The play was first successfully used in a game against theUniversity of Oregon , and a picture of the play published in the "Saturday Evening Post " brought the team — and the play — national attention, leading to the pyramid technique being banned by the NCAA's rules committee shortly thereafter.cite web|url=http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/exhibits/sampler/h2516.html|title=Football Play - The Pyramid, 1933|publisher=osulibrary.oregonstate.edu|accessdate=2007-12-26]Schwammel was a member of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity during his time at Oregon State.Professional career
Schwammel played in the NFL for five seasons with the
Green Bay Packers , in two separate stints, from 1934-1936 and from 1943-1944, with a gap of seven years for service inWorld War II . During his time with the Packers, they won two professional titles.cite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchwAd20.htm|title=Ade Schwammel|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|accessdate=2007-12-26]Legacy
Schwammel was named to the
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1981cite web|url=http://www.oregonsportshall.com/inductee/roll/football.htm|title=Inductees: Football|publisher=Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and Museum|accessdate=2007-12-26] and the Oregon State University Hall of Fame in 1990, both for his football prowess.cite web|url=http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&KEY=&ATCLID=188614|title=Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=Oregon State Sports Information|accessdate=2007-12-26] He died inHonolulu, Hawaii in November 1979.References
External links
* [http://www.osubeavers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4700&KEY=&ATCLID=188614 Oregon State University Sports Hall of Fame]
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