John Schneller
John Schneller was a player in the National Football League for the Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions from 1933 to 1936, playing end on offense and defense. As a player in 1935, the Detroit Lion's won their first NFL Championship, beating the NY Giants 26-7. He went to the University of Wisconsin on a basketball scholarship, but was recruited upon arriving on campus to play football. He then played football exclusively at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a fullback and end, earning Honorable Mention All American honors in his junior year. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin after his NFL playing career was completed with a degree in electrical engineering. He later enlisted in the Navy, assigned to Washington DC to learn top-secret codes, serving as a lieutenant, commanding the radar tower, on the USS South Dakota during World War II in the Pacific. After the war, Mr. Schneller scouted for NFL teams, joining Owens-Corning Fiberglas as a Sales Manager. In 1947, he founded the Duracote Company in Ravenna, Ohio and in 1964 started/founded John Schneller & Associates, in Kent, Ohio, which later became known as "Schneller,Inc." and today is the largest supplier of commercial aircraft interior decorative laminates in the world.
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Schneller was born John Benjamin Schneller on November 1, 1911 in Neenah, Wisconsin.[1] He lost his battle with cancer Nov 6, 1978.
