 In 1951 , the College Football Foundation commissioned the Associated Press to conduct a poll of more than 100 sports editors to choose an All @-@ Time All @-@ American team . Those chosen would be the initial inductees into the new College Football Hall of Fame . Schulz won the great majority of the votes at center and thus became one of the initial inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame . In announcing the selection , the Associated Press said : " Schulz was a giant of a man — six feet five and 285 pounds — with tremendous ham @-@ like hands that worked to his advantage in that era of mass formations when ground was gained on brute strength alone " . On being told of his selection , Schulz , who died ten days later , said he was honored and noted : " I haven 't missed one of those teams yet " . 
