 Schulz 's promising football career took a detour in 1906 . Some sources indicate that Schulz missed the 1906 season for financial reasons . Schulz 's official biography at the College Football Hall of Fame states : " He missed the 1906 season ; he had dropped out of school because of a lack of funds . He worked in a steel mill in Fort Wayne , Indiana , and earned the money to return to college " . In fact , Schulz 's father was a successful doctor , and contemporary reports indicate that Schulz was ineligible to play in 1906 for academic reasons . In February 1906 , one paper reported that Schulz had been " dropped from the rolls on account of poor work during the semester " . Another report in March 1906 indicated that Schulz had left the university " by desire of the faculty " after he fell behind in his studies . In September 1906 , The Washington Post reported that Schulz 's academic problems continued to render him ineligible to play . 
