American football player and coach (1927–2017)
Harry Szulborski Position Halfback Major Physical Education Born: (1927-05-23 ) May 23, 1927Detroit, Michigan , U.S.Died: (2017-08-04 ) August 4, 2017Merrillville, Indiana , U.S.Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight 175 lb (79 kg) College
High school Detroit (MI) Pershing
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
Harry Marion Szulborski (May 23, 1927 – August 4, 2017[ 1] 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] [ 6] Senior Bowl He was later inducted into the Purdue Hall of Fame and Indiana Football Hall of Fame.[ 7] 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 .
