The late Robert Schaublin started his athletic career in Bluffton High School where he played football, basketball and track. He was a member of the best cage team in Pirate history, winning its first 23 games before losing by two points in the state finals. He also was an honor student and he captained the all-conference football team and the track team.
Schaublin selected Bluffton University because of its strong Christian beliefs. He played four sports in college winning 13 letters. His major was biology and physical science.
Schaublin later received his master’s degree from Wayne State University. He taught and coached in Ohio public schools for seven years, was an athletic director in the U.S. Army Air Corps four years and was in education rehabilitation for three years in V.A. hospitals.
In 1949 he moved to St. Clair Shores, Mich., where he served as high school principal at Lakeview until 1977. After that he taught briefly in Alaska at Sheldon Jackson College, and then accepted the call back to Lakeview schools as superintendent for a year. The board later named the 2,000 seat school auditorium in his honor.
In commenting on his years at Bluffton, Schaublin noted, “Bluffton imbued me with a great interest in competitive sports along with clean Christian living. This interest led me to school teaching and coaching, as athletic director at 2nd Air Force Base during WWII, and as a school administrator who developed a strong athletic program. I firmly believed in good discipline, a strong academic program and a well-rounded athletic program. The school yearbook stated that 'you could see Mr. Schaublin at just about every school function.' That’s the way I stayed close to the kids.”
Schaublin died in 2006.
