More On The Passing Of Coach Spaltholz

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has a nice story on the legacy of former South Milwaukee football Coach Bill Spaltholz, who passed away Friday at the age of 86.

Check it out here. From it:

Like most coaches, Bill Spaltholz never completely got the game out of his system.

Years after the hall of fame football coach from South Milwaukee retired, he was still a regular at games.

“He always did enjoy football and he was always concerned with how the Rockets were doing,” said South Milwaukee football coach John Galewski, a former player and assistant coach of Spaltholz’s. …

Galewski, a 1975 South Milwaukee graduate, played running back and was a member of the Suburban Conference championship team in 1973.

Spaltholz would later hire Galewski as a junior varsity assistant coach, and Galewski spent four seasons working on Spaltholz’s staff before he retired.

“He was a great mentor,” Galewski said. “He was always willing to take time and teach things. It was just a great experience for me.”

Spaltholz’s visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. tonight at Molthen Bell & Sons in South Milwaukee. An additional visitation begins at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church in Oak Creek, followed by the funeral.

Please continue to keep the Spaltholz family and all who knew the popular coach in your prayers.

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  1. Rocket Mom's avatar Rocket Mom

    I think this says volumes about our District Faculty who choose to live *and* work in our City. Bill was a spectacular role model. He will be missed.

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