- He was to be presented with a plaque during halftime of the 1975 Florida-Vanderbilt game, to honor him after he was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame. His old coach has to accept for him, as he was still in critical condition after his injury during a car stunt.
- He was driving a car that was supposed to go off the end of a wharf in the Disney film Das große Ferienabenteuer (1976). Oil had been applied to the wharf to facilitate the stunt, but too much was put down. The car went out of control and hit an abutment. Van Sickel suffered brain damage, and remained an invalid for the rest of his life. Before the accident he had been semi-retired, only taking a few jobs a year "to keep from getting stale". His family sued Walt Disney Productions.
- All-American football player at University of Florida
- Served as an assistant football and basketball coach at the University of Florida for the 1930-1932 seasons.
- Inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame.
- Son is Bill Van Sickel
- Founding member of Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures
- Was the first president of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures.
- Was the first football player from the University of Florida to be named to an All-America team.
- Grandson Todd Joseph Buehlman.
- Grandson William Victor Buehlman.
- Daughter Judy Van Sickel Buehlman.
- His son died at the age of 25 from kidney disease. This despite a donor kidney from his mother (Iris Van Sickel).
- Interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
- Inducted into the Florida Sports Hall of Fame in 1976.
- Was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975
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