A 4-year starter at West Point, a school with just 200 students in 12 grades ... 2-year captain ... 2 county championships ... twice all-sectional, once all-regional ... undefeated his senior year, 1925, advancing to second round of state tourney ... his team went 6-0 against Lafayette and West Lafayette ... moving on to Central Normal College, where he was a 4-year starter ... captained team final 2 years, losing just 2 games as a junior, none as a senior ... led Central Normal to third round of AAU national tourney ... played with Monon AAU team 2 years, reaching quarterfinals of Kansas City tourney ... started 6 years for Firestone Tire & Rubber ... in the developmental years of professional basketball, that team won 2 of 3 games from the Original Celtics, earning the label of world's second-best team ... beat the original New York Renaissance team 4 out of 6 to earn label of world champions.