18 Facts About Frank Steketee

Frank Wallder Steketee was an American football player.

Frank Steketee again served in the military during World War II.

Frank Steketee was born to Jacob and Frances Frank Steketee in 1900 at Grand Rapids.

Frank Steketee attended Grand Rapids Central High School where he was president of the Class of 1918, captain of the 1917 football team, and a member of the track team.

Frank Steketee enrolled at the University of Michigan in the fall of 1918.

Frank Steketee scored all 15 points in the game, kicking three field goals and scoring a touchdown.

Frank Steketee made the entire 15 points scored by his team and otherwise mussed up perfect good intentions on the part of the visitors.

The game was scoreless in the fourth quarter when Frank Steketee kicked a 73-yard punt that pinned Ohio State at its two-yard line.

Frank Steketee threw a touchdown pass to end Robert Dunne from Ohio State's 12-yard line and kicked two extra points.

Frank Steketee was selected by Walter Camp as the first-team fullback on the 1918 College Football All-America Team.

Frank Steketee was the only western player to receive first-team honors from Camp that year and the first player in Michigan history to be named an All-American in his freshman year.

Frank Steketee missed the 1919 season due to military service.

Frank Steketee is as good a booter as they come, and he promises to be one of the national gridiron stars again this year.

Frank Steketee had a long run in the fourth quarter to set up Michigan's final score.

Frank Steketee later married Emma Zalma Reider in April 1945 in Lansing, Michigan.

Frank Steketee enlisted in the Army Air Corps on October 20,1942, and was discharged on September 16,1944.

Frank Steketee died three hours later at Lansing's St Lawrence Hospital.

Frank Steketee was posthumously inducted into the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.