HIGH SCHOOL:
Bedford High (1936)

COLLEGE:
Purdue (1940)

Coached Vevay, Fayetteville and Shawswick High Schools...A 2-year starter for Bedford High School ... team leader, as well as class president in 1936 ... 3-year letter winner at Purdue ... Boiler- makers won 2 Big 10 titles in '38 and '40 ... captained '40 team as a senior ... All-American ... played against Harlem Globetrotters in the Chicago Herald-American's all-star contest, viewed by 22,000 fans in Chicago Stadium ... played professionally with Firestone before entering service in '41.