HIGH SCHOOL:
South Bend Central (1941)

COLLEGE:
Purdue University (1950)

Led South Bend Central to state semifinals loss to Lafayette Jefferson ... twice named All-State ... 3-sport standout at Purdue University ... All-American in basketball ... didn't play football until he was a senior after World War II, yet still drafted by Chicago Bears ... played pro basketball 2 years with Boston Celtics ... played professional baseball in New York Yankee and Chicago Cub farm systems ... in high school, he was class president 3 straight years ... called by his high school coach, John Wooden, "one of the finest high school athletes that I ever had the privilege of coaching."