David Schnell (July 15, 1966 – May 22, 2011) was an American football player.
He attended Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart, Indiana, and he was selected by Sports Illustrated in 1985 as the best high school football player in the United States.
He played college football as a quarterback for the Indiana University Hoosiers football team, which won victories in 1987 over both Michigan and Ohio State, becoming the only Indiana quarterback to defeat both teams in the same year.
[2] Schnell was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007 and died from the disease in May 2011 at age 44.
[4] An annual golf-outing held in August at Christiana Creek Country Club in Elkhart, Indiana, raises money for the David E. Schnell Scholarship fund which provides local high school seniors with college football scholarships.