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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.
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.
Freddie Steinmark, who would have his leg amputated six days later, played through the pain and helped his team come back from a 14-0 deficit after three quarters to win 15-14. The much talked about game was dubbed the "Game of the Century."
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.
Freddie Joe began playing football at the age of seven with the North Denver Rough Riders in the Young American League in Denver. He lettered three years in football and baseball at Wheat Ridge High School and was named All-Metro and All-State in both sports.
In a new biography, Steinmark's childhood friend and teammate at Wheat Ridge explains what made Steinmark so special, and how he inspired the national "War on Cancer" in the early 1970s.
But Steinmark went on to the University of Texas, starred on the football field and became a symbol of courage with his inspiring story. The focal point of the book is the Texas-Arkansas game of...
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.
My All American is a 2015 American biographical drama sport film based on the life of college football player Freddie Steinmark. The film was written and directed by Angelo Pizzo. It is based on the book Courage Beyond the Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story (2012) by Jim Dent.
So it’s fitting that the University of Texas Press is publishing this month Bower Yousse’s and Thomas J. Cryan’s “Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football,” the first authorized biography...