Thursday, August 24.1972
University Daily Kansan
Schnellbacher Honored By Kansas Hall of Fame
Otto Scholbacher, University of Kansas football and basketball star of the 1940s and now a Topeka insurance executive, Tuesday was named to the Kansas All Sports Hall of Fame.
Walter Cragin of Lawrence, chairman of the hall of fame, said he was surprised the Snellshubber as the 32nd Kansan chosen for the athletic shrine. He is the 13th former Kansas State player or co-trapped for this honor.
Wade Stinson, KU athletic director, said Schnellbacher would be formally inducted into the hall of fame during a halftime ceremony at the KU-Washington football game Sept. 9 in Lawrence.
Schnebacher is the last Big
Ekeke conference both football and
basketball and he is one of the
few athletes in history to play
through his career.
He was all-conference in basketball four times—an uncommon occurrence. Eight—and twice made all-conference in football. No other athlete in league history has been more involved in many times on all-star teams.
Schnellbacher's varsity football seasons were 1942-46-47 and his basketball seasons were 1943-46-48. Like many of others era, his college career was interim military service in World War II.
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He was co-captain of KU's 1947 Orange Bowl football team with the 1953 and 1954 Fambrough and he captained the 48 basketball team to wind up his brilliant collegiate career. Only two players from the captained teams in both major sports. They were Tommy Johnson in 1910 and Charlie Black
A native of Sublette, Kan.,
Schnellbach were recruited by Dr. F.C. "Phog" Allen as a player for the Cincinnati coaxed into playing football. Ironically, he received more national acclaim on the gridiron than in the American team named to the All-America team
in 1947 and went on to become an all-pro defensive back in the National Football League.
Otto Schnellbacher
He was KU's leading pass receiver all three years and wound up with 58 catches for 1,065 yards. Both figures stood as high as that of John Mosier surpassed him in John Mosier surpassed them in 1969. Schenbel bachelor still ranks as
KU's No.2 receiver of all time for both number of catches and reception yardage.
When Jayhawk fans were pouled to select an all-time KU team, the team's best recruit memorate college football's centennial season, Schuelerbacher
In basketball he led the Jayhawks in scoring as a sophomore with a 10.9 average and again in his final campaign with a 12.8 average after missing the first nine games to play in the second round. He also span he played in 83 basketball games and scored 913 points.
Those were the days before rebounding statistics were recorded, but "Snelly" is remembered as a fierce competitor on the backboards despite holding only 63 and weighing 180.
He broke into the pro football in 1948 with the New York Yankees and played for the defense, played two sessions with the Yanks then switched to the New York Giants for two more seasons. He was also on defensive back in 1948-50-51.
Schlumberger played one year pro basketball in 84-49 for the NCA and won NCA. The team later became the Hawks. Hawks and is now the Atlanta.
"The only other one I can remember who was playing pro golf," the former Otto Graham (the former North western great), "Schnellbacher said. 'I'm pretty sure haven't been any to do since.'"
After the '51 football season Schnellbacher went into the insurance business in Topeka with American United side and he's been a leader since. He is now the manager of AUL's state-wide agency.
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