Henry Schulte Henry Frank Schulte ( February 4 , 1879 – October 18 , 1944 ) was an American football player and coach and also a college track and field coach . Schulte played football at the University of Michigan from 1903 – 1905 and later coached football and track and field at Eastern Michigan University ( 1906 – 1908 ) , University of Missouri ( 1914 – 1917 ) , and University of Nebraska ( 1919 – 1938 ) . Schulte was often referred to by the nickname " Indian " Schulte , though he was of German rather than Native American descent . Biography . Early years . Schulte was born in 1879 in St . Louis County , Missouri . His father , Gerhardt Henry Schulte ( 1846 - 1917 ) , was a teamster who emigrated to the United States from Germany . His mother , Amalia , also emigrated from Germany . Football player . Schulte played football at Smith Academy in St . Louis and then at Washington University in St . Louis . 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 . Football and track coach . In his senior year at Michigan , Schulte began a long career in coaching as the track coach at Michigan State Normal College ( now Eastern Michigan University ) . From 1906 to 1908 , Schulte served as coach of the football , baseball and track teams at Eastern Michigan University . In three years as Eastern Michigan ' s football coach , Schulte compiled a 9 – 6 – 1 record . From 1909 to 1913 , Schulte coached at Cape Girardeau College in Missouri . He was also an assistant coach to Fielding Yost for the 1912 Michigan Wolverines football team . From 1914 to 1919 , Schulte coached football and track and field at Missouri . In three years as coach of the football team ( 1914 – 1917 ) , he compiled a 16 – 14 – 2 record . The track athletes he coached at Missouri included Jackson Scholz and Bob Simpson . A newspaper profile of Schulte in 1917 noted his contributions to the Missouri athletic program : " Missouri hardly can afford to let ' Indian ' Schulte , the football and track coach , leave the athletic department of the university , Schulte has had splendid success at Missouri . He has turned out well coached football teams and highly successful track teams . He has given Missouri in a coaching way what C . L . Brewer has supplied in the way of careful management and the upbuilding of a fine athletic plant . Schulte , an impulsive , impetuous fellow , is beloved of his boys . He has done much for Missouri athletics . He is entitled to the best Missouri can give him . " From 1919 to 1920 , he was the head football coach at Nebraska , where he compiled an 8 – 6 – 3 record . He also served as the school ' s track coach from 1919 to 1938 , and was an assistant coach for the football team from 1922 to 1927 . One newspaper columnist noted that " his work with the big , sturdy plainsmen of the Cornhusker state largely was responsible for the name the school built for itself . " Schulte was credited with building great football lines for Nebraska , evn in his years as an assistant coach ; Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne frequently mentioned Schulte as " the greatest line coach in the game . " In 20 years as the Cornhuskers ' track coach , Schulte coached his teams to 15 conference titles . Schulte also served as a coach on the U . S . track team at the 1928 Summer Olympics . At Nebraska , the track athletes coached by Schulte included Ed Weir , John " Choppy " Rhodes , Hugh Rhea , Sam Francis and Lloyd Cardwell . In later years , Schulte served as an instructor at coaching schools . In 1934 , Schulte taught track coaching at a program in which Fritz Crisler also taught football coaching . A newspaper story on the coaching school reflected the popularity of Schulte ' s classes : " Henry ' Indian ' Schulte , University of Nebraska , concluded his track and field work yesterday , and was given a rousing send - off by the 200 or more coaches who have been attending his lectures . It was the opinion of numerous coaches yesterday that the Texas Tech coaching school authorities would do well to sign Schulte immediately for another course next year . . . . One of the most popular lecturers to appear here , Schulte , who is getting along in years but younger in ideas and thought , has had almost as large a following as any football coach on the staff . " Family , death and tributes . In 1939 , Schulte resigned as Nebraska ' s track coach due to illness . After several years of illness , Schulte died at Lincoln , Nebraska in October 1944 at age 65 . In its obituary for Schulte , the Associated Press referred to Schulte as the " grand old man " of the University of Nebraska track teams . Schulte was married to Neva Schulte , born in 1889 in Marcellus , Michigan . They had a son , Henry A . Schulte , born in Lincoln , Nebraska , in 1924 . When Nebraska completed a new athletic field house in 1946 , it was named Schulte Fieldhouse in his honor . Schulte Fieldhouse was demolished to make room for the Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex , which was completed in 2006 .