Otto Schnellbacher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Schnellbacher

American basketball player

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1923

Place of Birth: Sublette, Kansas, United States

Date of Death: 10-Mar-2008

Profession: basketball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Otto Ole Schnellbacher (April 15, 1923 – March 10, 2008) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants.
He was a 2-time Pro Bowler.
Also a professional basketball player, Schnellbacher played for the Basketball Association of America's Providence Steamrollers and St.
Louis Bombers in 1948–49.
In college, Schnellbacher was a two-sport star at the University of Kansas, earning him the nickname "the double threat from Sublette".
On the gridiron, Schnellbacher, along with teammate Ray Evans, was KU's first football All-American in 1947.
That same season, Schnellbacher led the Jayhawks to a Big 6 conference title and an Orange Bowl berth.
Schnellbacher also excelled in basketball, where he was a four-time first-team all-conference selection (one of only three Jayhawks to do so).
He was a member of the 1943 Big Six conference championship team (which also featured All-American teammates Charles B.
Black and the aforementioned Ray Evans) that is regarded as one of the program's greatest teams. Schnellbacher died aged 84, from cancer.