Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inductee

ROBERT KESSLER
2-Time All-American at Purdue

HIGH SCHOOL:
Anderson High School (1932)

COLLEGE:
Purdue University (1936)

Anderson High School graduate who took his awkward-looking style to Purdue University ... 2-time All-American ... 3 letters, playing for Hall of Famer 'Piggy' Lambert ... 3 seasons of professional basketball with the Indianapolis Kautskys ... worked as a basketball referee ... nicknamed by his buddies 'Charley' because of the charley-horses incurred from his double-jointed, unorthodox style of play, for which he was likened to a scarecrow ... went on to become a vice president in the General Motors Corporation.