Rođen:11.06.1926. (Lloydell, Beaverdale, Pennsylvania, Sjedinjene Američke Države)
Preminuo:13.12.2023. (Mentor, Ohio, Sjedinjene Američke Države)
Dob: 97
Louis S. Chulick, 97, beloved husband and father of seven children, peacefully passed away on December 13, 2023. Louis ("Lou"), was born on June 11, 1926 in Lloydell, Pennsylvania, and was the son of a Croatian immigrant and coal miner, Stephan Chulick and Croatian mother, Luba Chulick.
After graduating from Beaverdale High School in 1944, Lou was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to the European theater during World War II. Lou was assigned to General George Patton's 94th infantry as a Battle of the Bulge replacement soldier, and made his way into Germany after landing in France in the winter of 1945. Along the way, his unit assisted with the liberation of a forced labor camp.
He met General Patton on a couple of occasions and was chosen to be one of Patton's pallbearers at his funeral. Lou, however, was unable to attend Patton's funeral due to a snowstorm in Munich, Germany. After the war, he was selected to be a guard at the Nuremberg war trials, and was a personal guard for Soviet Lieutenant General Roman Rudenko, one of the chief prosecutors. Lou saw Nazis, Herman Goring, Albert Speer, and Rudolph Hess up close on several occasions while he was there.
After the war Lou lettered in baseball, football, and basketball at Indiana State Teacher's College, Indiana, Pennsylvania. He was their starting halfback, point guard, and center fielder. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1949, Lou turned down a spring training invitation from the baseball New York Giants. Lou then received his Master's Degree in secondary education in 1950 from West Virginia University.
Lou relocated to Cleveland, Ohio in 1952 where he met his wife, Betty. They were married for almost 66 years when Betty passed away in 2020.
Lou was hired as a math teacher at W. H. Kirk Junior High School in East Cleveland, and coached baseball, football, and basketball. Eight years later in 1960, he moved onto Shaw High School in East Cleveland where he taught math, and was the head baseball coach, and assistant football and basketball coach.
Lou's baseball team was Lake Erie League co-champs in 1963. Lou was then promoted to assistant principal at Shaw in 1963 and remained at that position until 1969 when he accepted the principal's position at Richmond Heights High School. Lou retired from Richmond Heights High School in 1984.
Beginning in 1963, Lou worked on the statistics crew for the Cleveland Browns. In 1970, Lou was promoted to head statistician, and he and his crew worked every home game through the 2000 season when he retired. Lou worked the first ever Monday Night Football game between the Browns and the Jets, and worked 30 Pro Football Hall of Fame games in Canton, Ohio. Lou was also chosen to work with the statistics crew for Super Bowl XVI in Pontiac, Michigan and Super Bowl XXI in Pasadena, California.
Lou is survived by his seven children, Gary, Mark (Tina), Sherilyn (Bill Jager), Randy, Craig, Kim, and Keith (Michele); his grandchildren, Bill, Stephanie, Gabrielle, Miranda, Evan, Natalie, Nathan, Parker, and Madysen, and his sister, Rose Chumbres.
Lou was preceded in death by his wife, Betty, and brothers, Evan, Joseph, George, William, Robert, and sisters, Mary, Barbara, and Verna.
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