Dave Schreiner

Dave Schreiner

Date of birth	March 5, 1921
Place of birth	Lancaster, Wisconsin
Date of death	June 21, 1945 (aged 24)
Place of death	Okinawa
Career information
Position(s)	E
College	Wisconsin–Madison
NFL draft	1943 / Round: 2 / Pick: 11
Drafted by	Detroit Lions
College Football Hall of Fame

David Nathan "Dave" Schreiner (March 5, 1921 – June 21, 1945) was an American football player. From Lancaster in southwest Wisconsin, he was a two-time All-American and the 1942 Big Ten Most Valuable Player end at Wisconsin and a 1943 second round draft choice of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. While in college, he worked in a girls' dormitory cafeteria to earn spending money, although his family was comfortable financially. He was mortally wounded in action as a Marine on June 20, 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa and died the next day. 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 teammates on the 1942 Wisconsin Badgers football team.

External links

• Dave Schreiner at Find a Grave
• Goldlust-Gingrich, Ellen D.; Gingrich, Kurt (Auumn 2003). "An All-American in All Respects The Letters of Dave Schreiner" (PDF). WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF HISTORY. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved September 29, 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)