page_title: Henry Schulte
section_title: Football player
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Schulte / Biography / Football player
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Henry Schulte
context_page_description: Henry Frank Schulte was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, baseball, and track and field. Schulte played football at Washington University in St. Louis from 1898 to 1900 and at the University of Michigan from 1903 to 1905 and later coached football and track and field at Eastern Michigan University, Southeast Missouri State University, University of Missouri, and University of Nebraska. Schulte was often referred to by the nickname "Indian" Schulte, though he was of German rather than Native American descent.
context_section_description: Schulte played football at Smith Academy in St. Louis and then at Washington University in St. Louis. Charges of not being a bona fide student were lobbied against Schulte in 1900 by Missouri School of Mines and by C. B. C., leading to the expulsion of the Washington University manager.
  In 1903, Schulte transferred to the University of Michigan where he played at the guard and center positions for Fielding H. Yost's famous "Point-a-Minute" teams of 1903, 1904, and  1905, which compiled a record of 33–1–1 over the three years Schulte was a starter.  In late 1905 and early 1906, charges of professionalism were leveled at the major college football programs, including Michigan, leading to calls for reform or even elimination of the sport from college campuses.  In response to the controversy, the faculty at Michigan ruled Schulte and two other football players, Germany Schulz and Walter Rheinschild, academically ineligible.  As a result, Schulte missed the 1906 season.
caption: Schulte at Michigan
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