Indiana University Athletics
SKORONSKI ELECTED TO POLISH AMERICAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME
6/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Contact: Todd Starowitz, Football Media Relations Director
June 16, 2000
SKORONSKI ELECTED TO POLISH AMERICAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME
One of the finest football players in the history of Indiana University, Bob Skoronski was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame and Museum on June 8 during a banquet at the Polish Century Club in Detroit. The museum is located at St. Mary's College in Orchard Lake, Mich. Other Hall of Fame members include baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial, Super Bowl quarterback Ron Jaworski and former Notre Dame and Detroit Pistons basketball star Kelly Tripucka.
A resident of Madison, Wis., Skoronski has spoken to the IU football team on several occasions during the past few years and participated as an honorary IU captain during the coin toss prior to the Wisconsin game this past fall.
An IU letterman at tackle from 1953-55, Skoronski was team captain in 1954 and earned team Most Valuable Player honors in 1955. He is a member of the IU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Drafted out of Indiana in 1956, Skoronski played 11 years for the Green Bay Packers. After his rookie season, he spent two years in the military before returning to Green Bay.
In the next nine seasons, Green Bay won five NFL titles, including the first two Super Bowls. Skoronski primarily lined up at left tackle and was the Packers' offensive captain. With his help up front, Green Bay racked up some imposing rushing numbers. In fact, from 1961 to 1964, the Packers posted the top four single-season rushing marks in their storied history. The record of 2,460 yards came in 1962, when the Pack went 13-1. Green Bay led the league in rushing three of those years - 1961, '62 and '64.
Skoronski was elected to the Pro Bowl following the 1967 season. He was inducted into the Packer Hall of Fame in 1976, the fifth Green Bay tackle so honored.
