He attended Robert E. Lee High School in Baytown, Texas.
At Texas, Stolhandske was a First-Team All-American Defensive End who played on two Southwest Conference Championship teams, went to the Cotton Bowl twice and won it in 1953.
He was selected by the 49ers in the first round of the 1953 NFL draft but went to play in Canada instead, where he was a tight end.
[2][3] In December 1953 he was drafted into the Army and put his football career on hold.
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