Frank S. Souchak, Jr. was an American professional football player and amateur golfer.

Souchak was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania

Berwick, Pennsylvania

Berwick is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, 22.6 miles southwest of Wilkes Barre. Berwick is one of two principal cities of the Bloomsburg–Berwick Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Columbia and Montour counties and had a combined population of 82,387...

. He attended the University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...

 where he lettered in basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

, and golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

. In 1937, he was captain of the football team

1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1937 college football season. The Panthers were crowned National Champions. Pitt was also awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy as the champion of the East...

 and earned All-American

1937 College Football All-America Team

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 honors. He played in the 1938 East-West Shrine Game

East-West Shrine Game

The East–West Shrine Game is an annual post-season college football all-star game played each January since 1925. The game is sponsored by the fraternal group Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and the net proceeds are earmarked to some of the Shrine's charitable works, most notably the Shriners...

. He was drafted by the New York Giants

New York Giants

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 in the 1938 NFL Draft

1938 NFL Draft

The 1938 National Football League Draft was held on December 12, 1937. The draft consisting of 12 rounds and 110 player selections, began with the leagues newest expansion team the Cleveland Rams taking Corbett Davis and ended with the Mr...

 but played for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

 (Steelers) in 1939. He also was an assistant coach for the Steelers in 1946.

Souchak was also an amateur golfer who won several amateur tournaments, particularly in western Pennsylvania. His biggest moment came in the 1953 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club

Oakmont Country Club

Oakmont Country Club is a country club and the "oldest top-ranked golf course in the U. S.", in the Pittsburgh suburbs of Plum and Oakmont, Pennsylvania, USA. The Pennsylvania Turnpike separates the eastern seven holes from the rest of the course....

 outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

. He was a member of Oakmont and shot a first round 70 which put him in a tie for second place with George Fazio

George Fazio

George Fazio was an American professional golfer and a golf course architect.Fazio, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a respected player in the mid-twentieth century and competed in seven Masters Tournaments from 1947 to 1954...

 and Walter Burkemo

Walter Burkemo

Walter E. Burkemo was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1953 PGA Championship....

, three strokes behind eventual champion Ben Hogan

Ben Hogan

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. Souchak ended the tournament in a tie for 9th place and was the low amateur. His younger brother, Mike Souchak

Mike Souchak

Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s, and played for the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams.-Early years, college:...

, was a professional golfer won 15 times on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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. The brothers won the team portion of the 1967 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am.

Souchak died in Pebble Beach, California

Pebble Beach, California

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 where he had lived for 37 years.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

• 1946 Western Pennsylvania Amateur
• 1947 West Penn Four Ball (with Jim Marks, Jr.)
• 1948 West Penn Four Ball (with Jim Marks, Jr.)
• 1951 West Penn Four Ball (with Hudson Samson, Jr.)
• 1952 West Penn Four Ball (with Hudson Samson, Jr.)
• 1967 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am (team with Mike Souchak
  Mike Souchak
  Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s, and played for the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams.-Early years, college:...
  
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