Ray Schoenke
American football player (born 1941)
Raymond Frederick Schoenke (September 10, 1941 – March 8, 2026) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. He played college football for the SMU Mustangs.
Early life
Born in Hawaii to Olivia Pualani Alapa, a full-blooded native Hawaiian and Raymond F. Schoenke, of German descent from Minnesota, who was stationed with the U.S. Army 3rd Engineering Corp, Schofield Barracks in Hawaii where he was an All-Star athlete on their baseball and basketball teams in the late 1920s and 1930s.
Schoenke's family moved to Texas when he was 10–13 years then returned to Hawaii, where he attended Punahou School in Honolulu for grades 9-11 where he received recognition in football with an All-Star Award (the equivalent of all-State since Hawaii at the time was still a Territory). For his senior year in high school his family returned to Texas where he was an All-State football player for Weatherford High School.
In 2015, he was inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame, which honors Polynesia'a greatest football players and contributors.
College career
Schoenke accepted a football scholarship from Southern Methodist University. As a sophomore, he played defensive middle guard and was named Sophomore Lineman of the Year in the Southwest Conference. He also played at fullback, guard, tackle, center and linebacker, receiving All-Southwest conference honors in both his junior and senior years.
He received Academic All-American honors as a senior.
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