RIP Dwayne "The Lobster" Schintzius

[Lawrence Wright]

Former UF center died of complications from leukemia.

He was only 43.

 

[SDV]

Oh damn I remember him well. RIP

 

[golfballs]

Rip

 

[LittleCat]

Obviously I can't say I knew the guy...

but RIP.

 

[GatorsGators]

Rip

 

[Volz4lif3]

The guy with the sweet mullet.. RIP

 

[orangepeel]

I remember him well. RIP Dwayne.

Thanks for posting LW.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

I remember him well. RIP Dwayne.

Thanks for posting LW.

You're welcome my friend.

Dwayne and I both started at UF the summer of '86.

 

[Spartacavolus]

Rip

 

[OrangeEmpire]

Mercy

 

[Hardwood_fanatic]

Damn, just sucks to read this. I remember him from back in the day, growing up as a kid I remember those gator teams, I was around 9 or 10 when he was a senior.

 

[Hoosier_Vol]

Rip

 

[LittleCat]

Florida had never been invited to the NCAA basketball tournament, but they made the field during each of Schintztius' three full seasons with the team, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in 1987.

Very impressive.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

He was before my time, but this is still sad news.

 

[GAVol]

Damn. Hate to hear that. I remember him well.

 

[YankeeVol]

Rip.

 

[ukvols]

Sad news. Thanks for posting.

 

[Kdbnab1]

I just read the wikipedia article about him, and I love how that Vanderbilt game turned out.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Terrible disease. Things like this show everyone is vulnerable and sports becomes asn after thought. Sory to hear that.

 

[OrangeBalls]

The fondest memory I'll have of Schintzius is when a Candy fan thought they had the game won and threw a tennis ball at him when Fla had turned the ball over with 2 seconds remaining down by 2. Candy received a technical foul and Schintzius buried both free throws to send the game into OT. Fla ended up winning the game in OT and the SEC regular season title by one game over Candy. LMAO. Talk about karma. Only Candy could do something so stupid and it end up costing them a title.

You knew former UT coach Don Devoe and Schintzius were like mixing oil and water. Would've been fun just to watch those two have to coexist for an entire season.

 

[volsforever27]

Hate to hear that. I still have an old magazine with him and Dyron Nix on the cover. RIP.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Hate to hear that. I still have an old magazine with him and Dyron Nix on the cover. RIP.

Dyron Nix was the prince of Soul Glo.

I also remember some great battles between Schintzius and UT's center Roth back in the days.

 

[General Jack]

Sad.

Wasn't a particular fan of the guy on the court, but in the bigger picture its too bad.

RIP

 

[VolsSportsFan]

As a kid I remember him. I hated him as a Vol fan but sad to hear he died so young.

 

[DAVOL]

Blood cancers just like all cancers are a horrible affliction I'll put this website up maybe one of y'all would like to join the bone marrow registry who knows maybe you can save a life one day they especially need mixed race and minority donors but they could use all donors.
DKMS - Bone Marrow Donor Center