Karl "Crush" Seidenstuecker
Karl "Crush" Seidenstuecker Karl “Crush” Seidenstuecker was born in Winsted, Conn. on August 6, 1914. Son of a Lutheran minister, Karl grew up in Torrington, Conn., where he excelled in three sports; football, basketball, and baseball. While a student at Torrington High School, he played on a state championship football team and he earned all-state honors in both football and basketball. After graduating from Torrington High School in 1932, he entered the Stearns School to prepare for his entry into Dartmouth College in the fall of 1934. At Dartmouth, “Crush” made the football and basketball teams, graduating from the Handover, NH institution in 1938. “Crush” came directly to Kennett High School from Dartmouth in the fall of 1938 to become a teacher of social studies and history, as well as assistant coach in football, basketball, and baseball working with Sam Fuller who as a graduate of Kennett and Bates College was serving his high school as head coach of football, bas