Harry Schuh
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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Born: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 25, 1942||||||||
Died: | May 20, 2013 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 70)||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Neshaminy (Langhorne, Pennsylvania) | ||||||||
College: | Memphis (1962–1964) | ||||||||
AFL draft: | 1965 / round: 1 / pick: 3 | ||||||||
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Harry Frederick Schuh (September 25, 1942 – May 20, 2013) was an American professional football offensive tackle who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL).
Biography
Schuh played college football with the Memphis Tigers and was named an All-American in 1963 and 1964. He was the third overall player selected in the 1965 AFL draft, after Joe Namath and Larry Elkins.
He played for the AFL's Oakland Raiders from 1965 through 1969 as the starting right tackle, winning the AFL Championship in 1967 and playing in the Second AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
Schuh was an AFL Western Division All-Star in 1967, an AFL All-League tackle in 1969, and an AFC selection for the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in 1970 as a member of the NFL's Raiders, but he was traded before the 1971 season for his replacement at right tackle, Bob Brown, an eventual member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Schuh finished his career with the Green Bay Packers. He was a member of the Raiders' All-Time Team.
Death
Schuh died in Memphis, Tennessee on May 20, 2013.[1]
References
- ^ Brasher, Bryan (May 22, 2013). "Memphis football legend Harry Schuh remembered as great athlete, true friend". The Commercial Appeal.