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Uwe von Schamann
was born in Berlin, Germany, in
1956. Raised in Germany and Luxembourg,
he and his mother immigrated to
the United States and settled in
Ft. Worth, Texas, when Uwe was 16
years old.
Uwe graduated from
Eastern Hills High School in 1975.
During his senior year he was recruited
by the University of Oklahoma to
play football. Uwe was offered a
full scholarship as a kicker.
During his college
football career, Uwe was a member
of the 1975 National Championship
team and was an all-conference honoree
while at Oklahoma. Uwe was selected
to both the all time, All-Big 8
team and, in 1999, was named to
the OU All-Century team.
Following his senior
year at OU, Uwe was drafted by the
NFL's Miami Dolphins. He played
with the Dolphins for six years
and was a member of two Super Bowl
teams. He received rookie of the
year honors for the Dolphins in
1979. He currently ranks as the
sixth al- time scorer in Dolphin
history.
After his retirement
from the National Football League,
he worked in the securities and
insurance business. In 1993, he
returned to the University of Oklahoma
as an officer of athletic development.
Uwe left the University
of Oklahoma in the spring of 1998
and started his own consulting business,
von Schamann & Associates, which
offers a variety of consulting services
to include:
•
public speaking on topics such as
motivation, self-esteem and team
building
•
kicking instruction through private
lessons, clinics and camps
During his football
career, Uwe was coached by two of
the greatest coaches in college
and professional football…
Barry Switzer and Don Shula. These
legendary coaches, with their different
leadership styles, have given Uwe
the knowledge and motivation needed
for his own consulting business.
Through his football experiences,
Uwe has taken the values and principles
that he learned on the field and
applied them to his life off the
field.
In December of 2001,
Uwe took on a new challenge and
became the Director of Development
and Fundraising for the J.D. McCarty
Center. The McCarty Center is Oklahoma's
center of excellence in the care
and treatment of children with developmental
disabilities and is the only hospital
of its kind in the state.
Although a member
of a national championship team
in college and a participant in
two Super Bowl games, Uwe considers
his greatest accomplishment to be
his return to the University of
Oklahoma to finish his degree in
journalism. He achieved this honor
in May of 1996.
Uwe has two
sons, Duke, a senior at Edmond Santa
Fe High School, and Chase, born
September 29, 2008.
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