Harry Szulborski Explained
| Harry Szulborski |
| School: | Purdue Boilermakers |
| Currentposition: | Halfback |
| Major: | Physical Education |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Merrillville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightin: | 9 |
| Weight: | 175 |
| Highschool: | Detroit (MI) Pershing |
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| Highlights: | - Third-team All-American (1947)
- NCAA All-American Honorable Mention (1948)
- First-team All-Big Ten (1947, 1948)
- Nation's Leading Rusher (1947)
- Big Ten rushing leader (1947, 1948)
- Senior Bowl (1950)
- East-West Shrine Bowl (1949)
- Named Purdue Football MVP (1948)
- Indiana Football Hall of Fame inductee (1995)
- Purdue Intercollegiate Hall of Fame inductee (2004)
- Two-Time High School 1944, 1945 ALL-STATE Selection for Football (State of Michigan)
- Two-time High School 1944, 1945 ALL- CITY (Detroit) Football
- Voted for First Half Century Team for the city of Detroit High School Football
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Harry Marion Szulborski (May 23, 1927 – August 4, 2017[1]) was an American football player and coach.
Szulborski played college football as a halfback for Purdue University from 1946 to 1949 and was selected a first-team player on the 1947 and 1948 All-Big Nine Conference football teams.[2] [3] [4] [5] He led the conference with 631 rushing yards in 1948.[6] He was named to the inaugural Senior Bowl He was later inducted into the Purdue Hall of Fame and Indiana Football Hall of Fame.[7] Szulborski was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the eighth round of the 1950 NFL draft but did not play for the team.[8]
In the early 1950s, he became an assistant football coach at Emerson High School in Gary, Indiana. He served as the school's head football coach from 1962 to 1974 and compiled a 36–81–3 record in that position. He also served as the school's athletic director from 1960 to 1969 and 1976 to 1981.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Harry Szulborski Obituary (2017) - Merriville, IN - The Times.
- News: Wilson of Wisconsin On INS All-Big Nine Team. The Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story). Charles Einstein.
- News: Wolves Land 4, Illini None On First All-Big 9 Eleven. Daily Illini. November 23, 1948.
- News: All Big Nine. Record Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan. November 23, 1948. 15.
- News: INS Big Nine Honorees. Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story). November 21, 1948. B2.
- News: Purdue Back Big Nine Champ: Szulborski Tears Off Total of 631 Yards. The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 24, 1948. 18.
- Web site: Szulborski, Harry M.. Indiana Football Hall of Fame. May 17, 2016.
- Web site: 1950 Green Bay Packers . databaseFootball.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20070827230552/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=GNB&yr=1950&lg=nfl . July 8, 2020. 2007-08-27 .
