Deaths: William 'Bill' Schulz, Member of Hebron 1952 State IHSA Basketball Champs-- Part 3:

Bill then received a scholarship to play basketball for Northwestern University.  he was co-captain of the team his senior year and a member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.  he met his wife, Karin, at  Northwestern, and they married August 31, 1957.  

After living in Evanston for two years, they moved to Northbrook, Illinois, and lived there for 56 years.

Bill never waned in his support of Northwestern teams.  He was a loyal fan and season ticket holder for NU football and basketball game and he and Karin traveled to cheer the NU football teams in several bowl games.

Bill joined Motorola in 1957 and stayed with its Quasar  division after it was sold to Panasonic.

In 1987, he became the proud owner of a True Value Hardware store.

Quite a Man.  

What was That David vs. Goliath Stuff.  Hebron vs. Quincy.

Deaths: William 'Bill' Schulz, Member of IHSA 1952 State Basketball Champs-- Part 2

By the 1951-1952 basketball season, Bill Schulz stood at 6-foot-10 and played center for the Alden-Hebron Green Giants.  That school had just 98 students and just five players on its basketball team.

That year, the team went 35-1 and won the 1952 IHSA Basketball Tournament by beating Quincy in overtime 64-59, with Bill as the leading scorer.

Alden-Hebron is the smallest school ever to win the IHSA (Illinois High School Association) Tournament in the old one-class system where all schools are in the same class regardless of size.

In 2017, Bill was inducted into the Illinois Coaches Association Player Hall of Fame.  Today, the Hebron water tower is painted to look like a basketball in honor of the 1952's team accomplishments.

(Today, Quincy, Illinois, has a population of 40,000 and Hebron 1,200.)

Deaths: William Schulz, Member of Illinois 1952 Basketball Tournament Champs, Hebron ( a 'Hoosier' Moment')

From the January 30, 2021, Northwest Herald (McHenry County, Illinois).

WILLIAM SCHULZ

Born:  November11, 1934

DIED:  January 21, 2021

A well-known Illinois high school basketball player, F. William "Bill" Schulz, 86, of Kenilworth, Illinois, passed away due to complications related to leukemia on January 21, 2021, with his family by his side.

He was born on November 11, 1934, in Harvard, Illinois.

Raised on a dairy farm in Hebron, Illinois, Bill attended Alden-Hebron High School (98 students) where as a lanky 6-foot-five freshman, he was recruited by Coach Russ Ahearn to play on the Green Giants basketball team.  Before this time, Schulz had never played basketball and had to ask his father's permission to be released from his after-school farm chores.

He worked hard to develop his skills, and by his junior year, he had grown to 6-foot10 and played center for Hebron's varsity team which only had five players.

And, Then.....   It was the movie "Hoosiers" all over again.