Dave Schreiner
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| Dave Schreiner | |
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| Date of birth: | March 5, 1921 |
| Place of birth: | Lancaster, Wisconsin |
| Date of death: | June 21, 1945 |
| Place of death: | Okinawa |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | E |
| College: | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Dave Schreiner (born March 5, 1921) was an American football player. He was a two-time All-American end at Wisconsin and a 1943 draft choice of the Detroit Lions who was killed in action as a Marine during the Battle of Okinawa. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. His life and death are detailed in the book Third Down and a War to Go, written by Terry Frei, the son of Jerry Frei, one of Schreiner's 1942 Wisconsin teammates.
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