Princeton Tigers | |
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Position | Fullback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | December 18, 1892
Died: | June 30, 1978 North York, Ontario, Canada | (aged 85)
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
Career history | |
College | |
Career highlights and awards | |
All-Southern (
1910) |
John Bradley "Bill" Streit (December 18, 1892 – June 30, 1978) was an American college football player.
John Bradley Streit was born on December 18, 1892, in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of a prominent builder. "He grew up in the give-and-take life of a family of nine." [1]
Streit competed in football, basketball, baseball, and track at Auburn University. [1] He was a prominent fullback for the Auburn Tigers from 1909 to 1910.
Streit led the school in touchdowns in 1910. [2] He was a unanimous All-Southern player. [3] [4] Early in the season both Streit and Kirk Newell were injured. [5] In the 26 to 0 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs, Streit scored two touchdowns. [6] Streit assisted coaching the 1911 team.
Streit then transferred to Princeton University and played for the Princeton Tigers football team from 1913 to 1915. [7]
In the 1913 game with Fordham he scored four touchdowns and four extra points in a 69 to 0 victory, setting a school record for points by an individual in a game (28) which stood until 1967. [8]
Streit worked at a salesman for Studebaker and for W. E. Hutton & Co.., a stock brokerage firm on Wall Street. He moved to Canada in 1934 and became a Canadian citizen. He was the president J. Braadley Streit Corp., an oil and gas exploration firm based in Toronto. Streit was a founder of Yellowknife Bear Mines Ltd. [9] He died on June 30, 1978, at his home on Park Lane Circle in North York. [10]