Harry Szulborski
| Purdue Boilermakers | |
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| Position | Halfback |
| Major | Physical Education |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 23, 1927 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died: | August 4, 2017 Merrillville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Detroit (MI) Pershing |
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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]
References
- ^ "Harry Szulborski Obituary (2017) - Merriville, IN - The Times".
- ^ Charles Einstein. "Wilson of Wisconsin On INS All-Big Nine Team". The Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story).[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Wolves Land 4, Illini None On First All-Big 9 Eleven". Daily Illini. November 23, 1948.
- ^ "All Big Nine". Record Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan. November 23, 1948. p. 15.
- ^ "INS Big Nine Honorees". Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story). November 21, 1948. p. B2.
- ^ "Purdue Back Big Nine Champ: Szulborski Tears Off Total of 631 Yards". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 24, 1948. p. 18.
- ^ a b "Szulborski, Harry M." Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ "1950 Green Bay Packers". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2020.