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FOOTBALL:
Two-year offensive guard … Two-year blocking back (occasionally played quarterback, punter and placekicker) … Also played noseguard … Freshman letterwinner in 1937 … Letterwinner in 1938 (1-7), 1939 (4-2-2) and 1940 (7-1) … Missed a total of four minutes in 1939 … Captain in 1940 … All-Upstate Second Team as senior QB … Offered a contract ($125 per game) by Brooklyn Dodgers of the NFL (turned it down to work for DuPont) … Contacted by the Detroit Lions of the NFL and Providence Steam Rollers of American Football Association … Coach Duke Nelson in a 1939 article: “Just about 90 percent of our offense. That’s all Schnatz means to us.” ... Nelson in October 12, 1940, edition of The Knickerbocker News regarding moving Schantz from guard to blocking back: “You can’t go anywhere in football without a good blocking back, who is the key man to the offense. Without such a man the offensive precision is lacking. For this position you need a big, durable fellow who is a football player’s player. And Schnatz is a real football player’s player. The harder the going, the better he likes it.” ...
TRACK:
Javelin, discus and shot put … Freshman letterwinner in 1938 … Letterwinner in 1939, 1940 and 1941 … Set javelin record as a sophomore with throw of 173 ft. 6.75 in (previous mark was 168 ft.) …
BOXING:
Institute’s heavyweight champion as a freshman … Institute’s heavyweight runner up as a sophomore … Charm for Class Championship …
OTHER:
Phalanx President … Social Relations Committee … Interfraternity Conference Committee Secretary … Junior Prom Committee … ‘R’ Club … Phi Epsilon Phi Fraternity President … Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1 of 19 from RPI nominated) … Mechanical Engineering ... New York, New York ... Stuyvesant High School.
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