A 3-sport athlete at Salem HS…all-Big 10 and Helms All-American …center in 1921 at Indiana University soon returned to IU as coach, from 1924-’38 next stop was Stanford, from ’38 through ’55 …team won NCAA national championship in 1942…won 17 conference titles during collegiate coaching career…played some professional baseball and coached Stanford to 2 conference titles in that sport…as coach at IU won one Midwest Conf. basketball crown and 3 Big 10 titles, as well as 3 Big ten baseball titles…respected author of basketball books, he has served on numerous national organizations.

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