Zud Schammel
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Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||
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| Born | August 26, 1910 Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | January 11, 1973 (aged 62) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Lincoln East (Lincoln, Nebraska) | ||||||||
| College | Iowa | ||||||||
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Francis William "Zud" Schammel (August 26, 1910 – January 11, 1973) was an American professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes, where he was named an All-American. After his brief football career, Schammel went on to own a construction company in Phoenix, Arizona.
Zud Schammel was born on August 26, 1908, in Waterloo, Iowa.[1] Schammel graduated from Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, before briefly attending Teacher's College at Cedar Falls and then transferring to the University of Iowa.[2] While at Iowa, he played guard for the Hawkeyes college football team. In the first game of the 1933 season, he suffered a leg injury that led to an infection. The infection required almost constant treatment, requiring Schammel to go to the university hospital for three or four days a week.[3] Despite his injury, he was named to the All-America team.[4] In 1933, he played in the College All-Star game against the Chicago Bears and in 1934 he played in the East-West Shrine Game.[5][6]