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{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1884–1960)}}
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| name               = John Schommer
| image              = Portrait of All-American athlete John Joseph Schommer.jpg
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| caption            = John Schommer
| position           = [[Center (basketball)|Center]]
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| birth_date         = {{birth date|1884|1|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1960|1|11|1884|1|29}}
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| college            = [[Chicago Maroons men's basketball|Chicago]] (1905–1909)
| cyears1            = 1910–1911
| cteam1             = Chicago
| highlights         = 
* [[Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year|National player of the year]] (1909)
* 4× Consensus [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]] ([[1906 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1906]]–[[1909 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1909]])
* 3× First-team all-[[Big Ten Conference|Western Conference]] (1907–1909)
* 3× [[Helms Athletic Foundation#Basketball|Helms national champion]] (1907–1909)
* Univ. of Chicago Hall of Fame (2004)
| HOF_player = john-schommer
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
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'''John Joseph Schommer''' (January 29, 1884 – January 11, 1960) was an American multi-sport athlete in the 1900s. He is considered by some to be the first basketball superstar and one of the first great all-around athletes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.masslive.com/sports/2012/09/university_of_chicagos_john_sc.html|title = University of Chicago's John Schommer was basketball's first superstar|date = 8 September 2012}}</ref> The [[Chicago, Illinois]] native was the first athlete in [[University of Chicago]] history to win 12 letters in [[American football]], [[basketball]], [[baseball]] and [[Track and field|track]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/john-schommer/|title = The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: John Schommer}}</ref> This earned him the nickname "Mr. Everything". Schommer was a four-time All-American in basketball and led the Maroons to three straight Big Ten championships (1907–09).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.uchicago.edu/about/history/hof/schommer?view=bio|title = John Schommer}}</ref> He was named the [[Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year]] for the [[1908–09 Chicago Maroons men's basketball team|1908-09 season]]. One of his most famous moments was when he made an 80-foot field goal which helped lift Chicago over [[University of Pennsylvania]] in the final game of the 1907–08 regular season, winning them the championship.  He was one of the first four players inducted to the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 1959.

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