Thomas Schneeberger

Tom Schneeberger
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Schneeberger
Born	May 18, 1956; Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Height	210 cm (6 ft 11 in)
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1976-	Air Force Falcons
National team
Years	Team
1976-	United States men's national handball team
Men's handball
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
	Basketball career
Career information
High school	Pioneer (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
College	Air Force (1974–1978)
NBA draft	1978 / Round: 9 / Pick: 183rd overall
	Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Position	Power forward

Thomas Schneeberger (born May 18, 1956) is an American former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Basketball

He played for the Air Force Falcons from season 1974-75 until 1977-78. [1]

In 1978 he was honored as most valuable basketball player and academy's most valuable athlete.[2]

He became a ninth round draft pick in 1978 NBA draft.

Be played with the team USA at the 1978 FIBA World Championship the received the 5th place.

He participated at the 1979 and 1981-83 World Military Championships.

In the year 1976 he and Bob Djokovich started a handball club at the USAFA and won 6 times the handball nationals.[3]

From 1976 he was national player at the United States men's national handball team.[4] At the Summer Olympics in 1984 was he scored 21 goals. He's biggest victories are the Gold medal at the Pan American Games in 1987

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Schneeberger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
Grochowski, John (May 30, 1978). "Martin, Schneeberger Gead Falcon Honorees". The Gazette-Telegraph. p. 13. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"Bob Djokovich". Team USA. USA Team Handball. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
"Falcon Gets Olympic Try In Handballers". The Gazette-Telegraph. May 15, 1976. p. 17. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

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