Harry Szulborski
Purdue Boilermakers
PositionHalfback
MajorPhysical Education
Personal information
Born:(1927-05-23)May 23, 1927
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Died:(2017-08-04)August 4, 2017
Merrillville, Indiana, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolDetroit (MI) Pershing
Career highlights and awards
  • 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]) 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.[2][3][4][5] He led the conference with 631 rushing yards in 1948.[6] He was named to the inaugural Senior Bowl 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. ^ "Harry Szulborski Obituary (2017) - Merriville, IN - The Times".
  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. ^ a b "Szulborski, Harry M." Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  8. ^ "1950 Green Bay Packers". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
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