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Freddie Steinmark (January 27, 1949 – June 6, 1971) was an American college football player for the University of Texas Longhorns. He inspired his teammates by his faith after his diagnosis of bone cancer and subsequent leg amputation during his junior year.
27 lip 2023 · Published: 1976. Updated: July 27, 2023. Freddie Joe Steinmark, University of Texas football player who became a national symbol of courage and determination, was born on January 27, 1949, in Denver, Colorado, the son of Fred Gene and Gloria (Marchetti) Steinmark.
10 lis 2015 · Was Freddie Steinmark really not recruited by a single big-time college football program prior to the University of Texas? Despite being selected for the Denver Post's Golden Helmet Award as the premier high school football player/student in Colorado, not a single major college football program recruited the gritty 5'9" scatback.
Freddie Joe Steinmark, starting Safety for the University of Texas Longhorns 1969 National Champion football team, led a life that is an inspirational symbol of faith, courage, heart, and perseverance.
6 lut 2024 · Unlike many of Steinmark’s other teammates, such as Bill Bradley, after Mitchell’s exit from the University of Texas, the man took a different route than a professional football career. According to reports, Mitchell went on to marry his college girlfriend, an Arkansas student, Honor Franklin.
Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football is a 2015 non-fiction biography written by Bower Yousse and Thomas J. Cryan, and is the exploration of University of Texas football player Freddie Joe Steinmark’s brief life.
12 lis 2015 · RICE: Freddie Steinmark's cancer battle even got the attention of President Richard Nixon. In 1969, Nixon met the Texas football team after the big game. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
