Winston Schuler was a valued member of the long-remembered1929 football team who defeated Michigan State University (2-0).The team went on to win the MIAA championship in a 9-6 win overAlma, which featured Schuler's 65-yard run in the fourth quarter.Schuler also contributed to the track team's 1929 MIAAchampionship, the second in a row of championships for the purpleand gold. After graduation, Schuler taught history and politicalscience and coached athletic teams in Wakefield, Mich., until 1934.It was then that he returned to Marshall, Mich., to assist hisfather in operating his hotel and restaurant.
In a few short years, the restaurant was turned over fromfather to son, and it was renamed Win Schuler's. Schuler's activeparticipation in sports continued for 25 years more as he combinedthe family business with officiating for the MIAA at football andbasketball games, and at colleges and high schools across theMidwest. He was commissioner for the MIAA conference from 1961 to1966.
Schuler will be known by most people as the inventor ofthe original recipe for the world-famous Win Schuler's Bar-Scheeze.Schuler passed away May 13, 1993. He is survived by his wifeHarriet Schuler of Harbor Springs, three children and twostepchildren: Hans, Thomas and James Schuler, Deborah Perry, andScott Cameron. One of his four grandchildren, Larry Schuler, '82,also played football at Albion. He is accepting the award on behalfof the Schuler family tonight.
