Harry Szulborski

Harry Marion Szulborski (May 23, 1927 – August 4, 2017^[1]) was an American football player and coach.

Harry Szulborski

Purdue Boilermakers
Position	Halfback
Major	Physical 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.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career history
College	Purdue University (1946–1949)
High school	Detroit (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

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] He spent part of the 1951 season with his hometown Detroit Lions but did not appear in a game for them.^[9]

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]