Harry Szulborski

Harry Marion Szulborski born on (May 23, 1927 – August 4, 2017[1]) was an American football player and coach.

Harry Szulborski
Purdue Boilermakers
PositionHalfback
MajorPhysical Education
Career history
College
High schoolDetroit (MI) Pershing
Personal information
Born:(1927-05-23)May 23, 1927
Detroit, Michigan
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • 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
  • NCAA All- American Honorable 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)
  • Indiana Football Hall of Fame inductee (1995)
  • Purdue Intercollegiate Hall of Fame inductee (2004)

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 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
  1. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nwitimes/obituary.aspx?pid=186297982
  2. Charles Einstein. "Wilson of Wisconsin On INS All-Big Nine Team". The Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story).
  3. "Wolves Land 4, Illini None On First All-Big 9 Eleven". Daily Illini. November 23, 1948.
  4. "All Big Nine". Record Eagle, Traverse City, Michigan. November 23, 1948. p. 15.
  5. "INS Big Nine Honorees". Milwaukee Sentinel (INS story). November 21, 1948. p. B2.
  6. "Purdue Back Big Nine Champ: Szulborski Tears Off Total of 631 Yards". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 24, 1948. p. 18.
  7. "Szulborski, Harry M." Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  8. "1950 Green Bay Packers". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
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