28 Facts About Eberle Schultz

Eberle Hynson "Elbie" Schultz was an American football player in the National Football League from 1940 to 1947.

An All-American lineman for Oregon State University during his collegiate days, Schultz was drafted into the NFL in 1940 by the Philadelphia Eagles.

Eberle Schultz played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Rams, as well as two combined-franchise wartime teams during the course of an 8-year professional career.

Eberle Schultz was a member of the Cleveland Rams team that won the 1945 NFL Championship.

Eberle Schultz grew up in the historic town of Oregon City.

Eberle Schultz became the 6th All-American in the history of the OSU football program.

Eberle Schultz was named the Beavers' "Most Aggressive Lineman" following the 1939 season and had his named inscribed at the top of the new Otto Sitton Memorial Plaque as a permanent remembrance of this honor.

Eberle Schultz briefly fought as an amateur boxer in the heavyweight division during his collegiate years, losing by decision in his first foray in the ring.

Eberle Schultz was a draft pick of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles in 1940, going in the fourth round as the league's 28th overall pick.

Eberle Schultz played for a series of NFL teams during the decade of the 1940s, including the Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Rams.

In October 1944, Eberle Schultz was at the epicenter of a brief player strike that rocked the Card-Pitt team.

Together with star halfback Johnny Butler and fullback Johnny Grigas, Eberle Schultz was fined $200 by coaches Walt Kiesling and Phil Handler for alleged "indifferent play" following a loss to the Chicago Bears.

Eberle Schultz was popular with his teammates and in August 1946 was elected by his peers as team captain of the Los Angeles Rams.

Eberle Schultz played his last football in the 1947 NFL season.

Eberle Schultz contended that the two-year contract he signed with the Rams in August 1946 guaranteed to pay him $10,000 per season for the 1946 and 1947 campaigns, with an additional clause requiring the team to find him a job comparable to the $450 per month position he left in Oregon City, Oregon, by March 1,1948, or pay a penalty of $5,000.

In July 1948, Eberle Schultz signed an $8,000 contract with the Los Angeles Dons of the rival All-America Football Conference to play in the forthcoming 1948 season.

Eberle Schultz filed yet another lawsuit, seeking payment of his full salary from the Dons.

Eberle Schultz briefly toyed with entering the coaching profession, serving as an assistant coach of the football team at Humboldt State College in neighboring Arcata, California.

Unable to land a permanent position as a Lumberjacks coach, in 1953 Eberle Schultz turned to part-time collegiate officiating.

Eberle Schultz remained an active official throughout the decade of the 1950s.

Eberle Schultz took a job as a salesman for a Eureka dealer of Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles, remaining with the company for seven years.

Eberle Schultz would join with a business partner to purchase this company in July 1959, before buying his partner out and assuming complete ownership early in 1962.

Eberle Schultz was a leading member of the local Kiwanis club and was elected multiple times to the board of directors of the California Association of Employers, a business lobbying group.

Eberle Schultz was elected as president of the Eureka Chamber of Commerce for 1976.

Eberle Schultz's met his wife, the former Irene Kezsely, while in Cleveland with the Rams, for whom she worked as part of the front office staff.

In Eureka Irene Eberle Schultz was active in local civic organizations and gained some reputation as a formidable local bowler.

Eberle Schultz, who went by the nickname "Eb" in his later years, died May 20,2002, in his adopted hometown of Eureka, California.

Eberle Schultz was 84 years old at the time of his death.