Members
Inductee
SCHMIDT, TERRY
SCHMIDT, TERRY
Born on
Inducted On
July 9, 1998
Location Inducted
Columbus, IN
Region Number
10
Columbus
Player
Columbus
1970
Lettered three years in track, two years in football and basketball; member of National Honor Society.
Ball State University 1974; Loyola University of Dental Surgery 1989
1989
Played football for BSU; received the John V. Magnabosco Award as team's Most Valuable Player in 1973; played in East-West Shrine Game and Coaches All-American Game in 1974; College Division All-American and Academic All-American; lettered three years as free safety.
Graduated magnum cum laude and as co-valedictorian from Loyola University's Chicago College of Dental Surgery after retiring from Chicago Bears; honored for outstanding academic excellence in Gross Anatomy, Dental Materials, and Oral Pathology; served as Resident Dentist at North Chicago VA Medical Hospital in 1989; in 1994, was promoted to Chief of Dental Service; serves on the board at Unlich Children's Home, Chicago; now serves as the Chief of Dental Service at the Charles George VAMC in Ashville, NC; has performed missionary dentistry in Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, on the Amazon River in Brazil, Nicaragua, and most recently in Togo West Africa; serves on the medical board of Christian Medical Service for Construction for Worldwide Evangelism.
Wife, Nancy; children, Jake and Jennifer.
Professional Athletic Background: Drafted in 1974 by the New Orleans Saints; played for Saints two years and was selected to NFL All-Rookie Team; played nine years for the Chicago Bears.