Chris Schlachter

Education

A native of Brooklyn, Schlachter attended Syracuse University where he played at the guard position for the Syracuse Orange football team from 1915 to 1916.

Career

He was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team guard on this 1915 College Football All-America Team. In October 1916, he sustained a broken collar bone and missed the remainder of the 1916 season. In 1917, while playing for the Newport Naval Reserve team, he was selected for the All Service teams selected by Paul Purman and The New York Times.

Achievements

• In May 1918, he was inducted into the United States Navy and assigned to the United States Naval Academy, attaining the rank of lieutenant in 1919.