Captained 1931 Terre haute Wiley team to 2 victories in the "Sweet 16" state tourney ... Gimbel Award winner ... scored 6 of his team's 10 points in loss to Greencastle ... All-State ... 4 varsity letters ... also starred in football and track ... All-State football player in '30 ... played for "Piggy" Lambert at Purdue ... 3-year letterman ... as a junior , led Western Conference in scoring ... All-State, all-conference and All-American that year, '34 ... captained the team the following season ... played 2 years with Indianapolis Kautskys ... 1 season with U.S. Navy Pre-Flight ... coached at Alexandria, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer and Terre Haute Wiley ... in '52 moved to Fullerton High School in California to become chairman of social studies department.