For many football fans across the Commonwealth, Howard Schnellenberger is celebrated as the architect that resurrected the University of Louisville football program. Long before he won a Fiesta Bowl with the Cardinals, or a National Championship with Miami , or served as the play-caller for the undefeated 72 Miami Dolphins, or recruited Joe Namath to Alabama, he was Bear Bryant’s most coveted football recruit.
Schnellenberger was a star for Flaget High School. Two years older than the Golden Boy, Paul Hornung, the Catholic school in the West End of Louisville was a football powerhouse in the 40s and 50s.