HIGH SCHOOL:
Shelbyville (1930)

COLLEGE:
Indiana University (1935)

Shelbyville High School's outstanding player in 1930 ... 3-sport standout ... at Indiana University, won coveted Balfour Award in '35 ... co-captained team that year ... also earned 3 baseball letters at IU ... a defensive standout ... all-conference honors ... began 29-year coaching career with 3 years at Madison, then 26 at Terre Haute Garfield ... 450-214 career record ... 11 sectional championships ... 4 regional crowns, 2 semistates ... runner-up in '47 ... 6 Western Indiana Conference titles won North Central Conf. championship in '39 ... 7 sectional titles, 4 regionals, a semifinal championship ... coaching career interrupted by World War II ... returned to teaching in '61 in Florida.