WVU Sports Hall of Fame
Paul Bischoff
- Induction:
- 2001
- Class:
- 1952
Paul Bischoff lettered at end for Coach Pappy Lewis' teams from 1950-52, earning All-America honors as a senior.
WVU's career receiving leader at the time with 96 catches for 1,349 yards, he set three other records for receiving as well. Bischoff served as team captain in 1952. An outstanding blocker and defensive player as well, he earned all-Southern Conference honors. He was also an Academic All-American and served as WVU student body president.
Bischoff played a vital role in West Virginia’s first-ever victory over a nationally ranked team, a 16-0 win at Pitt in 1952, with a 16-yard touchdown reception to give the Mountaineers a 7-0 lead.
WVU’s 7-2 record in his senior season was its best in 15 years.
Pittsburgh Press sports editor Chester Smith picked an all-time WVU football team in 1960 and listed Bischoff as one of the squad’s four ends.
He played professionally for the CFL's Hamilton Tigercats and later coached football at Geneva College and the high school level. He later served as manager of the Chippewa Township Sanitary Authority.
Bischoff, was included into the College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences Hall of Fame in 2013 and is also a member of the Beaver Falls, Beaver County and Pennsylvania state halls of fame. He was named an inaugural member of WVU’s Mountaineer Legends Society in 2016.
Bischoff died Jan. 5, 2021 in Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, at age 90.
WVU's career receiving leader at the time with 96 catches for 1,349 yards, he set three other records for receiving as well. Bischoff served as team captain in 1952. An outstanding blocker and defensive player as well, he earned all-Southern Conference honors. He was also an Academic All-American and served as WVU student body president.
Bischoff played a vital role in West Virginia’s first-ever victory over a nationally ranked team, a 16-0 win at Pitt in 1952, with a 16-yard touchdown reception to give the Mountaineers a 7-0 lead.
WVU’s 7-2 record in his senior season was its best in 15 years.
Pittsburgh Press sports editor Chester Smith picked an all-time WVU football team in 1960 and listed Bischoff as one of the squad’s four ends.
He played professionally for the CFL's Hamilton Tigercats and later coached football at Geneva College and the high school level. He later served as manager of the Chippewa Township Sanitary Authority.
Bischoff, was included into the College of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences Hall of Fame in 2013 and is also a member of the Beaver Falls, Beaver County and Pennsylvania state halls of fame. He was named an inaugural member of WVU’s Mountaineer Legends Society in 2016.
Bischoff died Jan. 5, 2021 in Chippewa Township, Pennsylvania, at age 90.
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