| 词条 | Don Steinbrunner |
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| name = Don Steinbrunner | image = Don Steinbrunner Vietnam Wall name.jpg | alt = | caption = Steinbrunner's name (fourth row) on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|4|5|mf=y}} | birth_place = Bellingham, Washington, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1967|07|20|1932|04|5}} | death_place = Kon Tum, South Vietnam |allegiance =United States |branch = U.S. Air Force |serviceyears =1954–1967 |rank = Major |unit = |battles =Vietnam War{{KIA}} |awards = Distinguished Flying Cross Purple Heart |module ={{Infobox NFL biography|embed=yes | number = 56 | position = Tackle |height_ft=6 |height_in=3 |weight_lbs=220 |high_school=Mount Baker (WA)[1] |college=Washington State |draftyear=1953 |draftround=6 |draftpick=71 |pastteams=
|nflnew=donsteinbrunner/2526463 |pfr=SteiDo20 }} }} Donald Thomas Steinbrunner (April 5, 1932–July 20, 1967) was an American football offensive tackle who was one of only two American professional football players to die in the Vietnam War. Early yearsBorn in Bellingham, Washington, Steinbrunner was an all-state athlete in football and basketball at Mount Baker High School, and graduated in 1949.[1][2][3] He played both sports at Washington State College in Pullman, and was the captain of both teams. He was also a member of ROTC in college. NFL careerSteinbrunner was selected in the sixth round of the 1953 NFL draft by the Cleveland Browns. He was an offensive tackle with the Browns in 1953, initially cut in training camp but brought back after the fourth game,[4] and the Browns won the Eastern Conference with an 11–1 regular season record. Steinbrunner played in the 1953 NFL Championship Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, but the Browns lost 17–16 to the Lions.[5][6] Military serviceSteinbrunner left his professional football career in 1954 after only eight regular season games to fulfill his military requirement. With a lingering knee injury from his collegiate days and the Browns winning consecutive NFL titles in 1954 and 1955, he later opted to stay in the service.[7] He joined the U.S. Air Force, first in the air police and later as a navigator, and in between was an assistant football coach for four seasons at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.[1][7] Steinbrunner was sent to Vietnam in 1966, and after an injury was offered a safer assignment, which he refused. Major Steinbrunner's plane, a C-123 Provider, was shot down on July 20, 1967, during a defoliation mission spraying Agent Orange on the jungle forest canopy, killing all five crewmen aboard. He was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross.[1] Long unrecognized as the first NFL player to be killed in action in the Vietnam War, Steinbrunner was honored by the Browns on November 14, 2004.[8] Buffalo Bills' guard Bob Kalsu, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army with the 101st Airborne Division, was killed in action in July 1970. See also{{Portal|Biography|United States Air Force}}
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |url=https://news.wsu.edu/2007/05/29/a-hall-of-famer/ |publisher=Washington State University |title=A hall of famer |date=May 29, 2007 |accessdate=February 19, 2016}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DG8KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5koDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6527%2C3758688|newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=State all-star grid team named |date=December 13, 1948 |page=8 }} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rnQKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KEsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6613%2C2644173 |newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Roland Kirkby, Don Steinbrunner lead prep poll |date=August 13, 1953 |page=6 }} 4. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qKEnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PuYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3716%2C3812345 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Steinbrunner signs contract |date=January 20, 1954 |page=17}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1953/12/28/page/49/article/lions-win-in-last-3-minutes-17-to-16 |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Strickler |first=George |title=Lions win in last 3 minutes, 17 to 16 |date=December 28, 1953 |page=1, part 3}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BpZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6041%2C1283574 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Sell |first=Jack |title=Lions retain NFL title; edge Browns, 17-16 |date=December 28, 1953 |page=12}} 7. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HmVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cvIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3708%2C2971254 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Blanchette |first=John |title=American hero |date=October 5, 2001 |page=C1 }} 8. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X2dWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5fIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6896%2C951195 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Browns to honor Ex-Coug killed in Vietnam |date=November 12, 2004|page=2C }} External links
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