Walter Schreiner | |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1877 |
Birth Place: | Kerrville, Texas |
Death Place: | San Antonio, Texas |
Pastschools: | Texas (1896 - 1900) |
School: | Texas Longhorns |
Currentposition: | End |
Weight Lb: | 140 |
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Walter Richard "Crip" Schreiner (December 31, 1877 - April 6, 1933) was a college football player. He ran the Live Oak Ranch owned by his father for many years.[1] His father gave him the Y O Ranch which he ran until his death in 1933. The Live Oak Ranch became part of the Y O.
Walter Schreiner was born on December 31, 1877, in Kerrville, Texas to Captain Charles Arman Schreiner and Mary Magdelena Enderle Schreiner. His father Charles was born in Alsace-Lorraine of German ancestry.[2]
He was a prominent end for the Texas Longhorns football team of the University of Texas;[3] the only athlete to win five football letters on the Texas varsity.[2] He was chosen for an all-time Texas team by R. W. Franklin.[4]
He was selected All-Southern in 1899.[5] [6]
Schreiner was captain of the undefeated 1900 team.[2] [7]