Harry Szulborski

Harry Szulborski
Purdue Boilermakers
Position Halfback
Major Physical Education
Career history
College
High school Pershing (Detroit)
Personal information
Date of birth (1927-05-23)May 23, 1927
Place of birth Detroit, Michigan
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • Two-Time High School 1944,1945 ALL-STATE Selction 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
  • NCAA All- American Honoralbe Mention (1948) (1949)
  • First-team All-Big Ten (1947, 1948)
  • Big Ten rushing leader (1947) (1948)
  • Nations Leading Rusher (1947)
  • Named Purdue Football MVP (1948)
  • Inducted in the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1995
  • Inducted in the Purdue Intercollegiate Hall of Fame in 2004

Harry Marion Szulborski born on (May 23, 1927 – ) 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.[1][2][3][4] He led the conference with 631 rushing yards in 1948.[5] He was later inducted into the Purdue Hall of Fame and Indiana Football Hall of Fame.[6]

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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Charles Einstein. "Wilson of Wisconsin On INS All-Big Nine Team". The Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story).
  2. ↑ "Wolves Land 4, Illini None On First All-Big 9 Eleven". Daily Illini. November 23, 1948.
  3. ↑ "All Big Nine". Record Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan. November 23, 1948. p. 15.
  4. ↑ "INS Big Nine Honorees". Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story). November 21, 1948. p. B2.
  5. ↑ "Purdue Back Big Nine Champ: Szulborski Tears Off Total of 631 Yards". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 24, 1948. p. 18.
  6. 1 2 "Szulborski, Harry M.". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
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