A 6-7 center who led his Muncie Central Bearcats to 2 state finals ... lost to Washington as a junior ... won state championship a year later, in 1931 ... one of the first true "big men" ... a 3-year starter at Muncie Central ... All-State in '31 ... 2 years at Wilberforce University ... played 4 years of professional basketball with Chicago Crusaders ... that team played all of the top pro teams around the nation ... named to professional all-star team ... later became a distinguished 20-year member of the Muncie Police Department ... an accident on a new Castle golf course left him paralyzed in 1974.