Menan Schriewer, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Menan Schriewer

American football player

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1934

Date of Death: 30-Dec-2013

Profession: American football player

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Menan Schriewer

  • Menan Clyde Schriewer (September 20, 1934 – December 30, 2013) was an American football and Canadian football end.
  • He attended Texas, and was a three-year letterman.
  • Schriewer led the Longhorns in receiving in his junior and senior years, and recorded a total of 42 receptions for 690 yards and four touchdowns in his career.
  • Schriewer was drafted by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League in the first round (tenth overall) of the 1956 NFL Draft.
  • However, Schriewer eventually joined the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, who offered Schriewer more money.
  • With the Argonauts, Schriewer was named CFL All-Star in 1957.
  • Schriewer joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1959, but rejoined the Argos a year later.
  • He was inducted into the Longhorns Hall of Honor in 2009.
  • In Schriewer's honor, the Menan Schriewer Offensive Lineman of the Award was created.Schriewer died on December 30, 2013 at the age of 79.
  • He was survived by his wife Sandra Jefferies Schriewer, six children, brothers Charles and Alan, thirteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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