page_title: Otto Schnellbacher
hierarchical_section_title: Otto Schnellbacher
caption_attribution_description: English: American football player Otto Schnellbacher on a 1951 Bowman card.
context_page_description: Otto Ole Schnellbacher was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He was a 2-time Pro Bowler. Also a professional basketball player, Schnellbacher played for the Basketball Association of America's Providence Steamrollers and St. Louis Bombers in 1948–49. In college, Schnellbacher was a two-sport star at the University of Kansas, earning him the nickname "the double threat from Sublette". On the gridiron, Schnellbacher, along with teammate Ray Evans, was KU's first football All-American in 1947. That same season, Schnellbacher led the Jayhawks to a Big 6 conference title and an Orange Bowl berth. Schnellbacher also excelled in basketball, where he was a four-time first-team all-conference selection. He was a member of the 1943 Big Six conference championship team that is regarded as one of the program's greatest teams.
  Schnellbacher died aged 84, from cancer.
context_section_description: Otto Ole Schnellbacher (April 15, 1923 – March 10, 2008) was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Giants.  He was a 2-time Pro Bowler. Also a professional basketball player, Schnellbacher played for the Basketball Association of America's Providence Steamrollers and St. Louis Bombers in 1948–49.  In college, Schnellbacher was a two-sport star at the University of Kansas, earning him the nickname "the double threat from Sublette".  On the gridiron, Schnellbacher, along with teammate Ray Evans, was KU's first football All-American in 1947.  That same season, Schnellbacher led the Jayhawks to a Big 6 conference title and an Orange Bowl berth.  Schnellbacher also excelled in basketball, where he was a four-time first-team all-conference selection (one of only three Jayhawks to do so).  He was a member of the 1943 Big Six conference championship team (which also featured All-American teammates Charles B. Black and the aforementioned Ray Evans) that is regarded as one of the program's greatest teams.
  Schnellbacher died aged 84, from cancer.
caption: Schnellbacher on a 1951 Bowman football card
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