Basketball coach at Lew Wallace High School 16 years and continuing as athletic director … 229-167 record amid fierce ‘region’ competition … IHSAA tourney mark of 14-8 … a regional championship also coached baseball, track, cross country, tennis and golf … his students included Hall of Famer Howard Sharpe, Hank Stram and Vic Bubas …  people of Gary honored him by naming school’s new facility the ‘Richard Polk Gymnasium’ … as a player, quarterbacked Gary Froebel to undefeated season in ’21 … 11 letters in 4 sports … All-State in football … captained ’22 basketball team … Indiana University graduate.

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