Laurens Shull

Laurens Shull
Chicago Maroons
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born:(1894-01-17)January 17, 1894
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Died:August 5, 1918(1918-08-05) (aged 24)
Neuilly, Paris, France
Career history
CollegeChicago (1914–1915)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Western (1915)

Laurens Corning "Spike" Shull (January 17, 1894 – August 5, 1918) was an All-American football player who was killed in action during World War I. He played football, baseball and basketball for the University of Chicago from 1913 to 1916. He died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Château-Thierry in July 1918.