HIGH SCHOOL:
South Bend Central (1950)

COLLEGE:
Notre Dame (1952)

'Ike' was a 3-year varsity performer at South Bend Central ... All-State as a senior in 1950 ... team captain and outstanding player award that year ... led Central to 26-2 record and semistate appearance ... a year earlier, helped team to Final Four appearance ... also 3-year football starter ... 2-time All-Stater in that sport ... 3 varsity letters at Notre Dame University ... headed for Harlem Globetrotters, but U. S. Army sidetracked that career ... named to all-Fifth Army team at Camp Atterbury ... second team All-Army at Camp Carson, Colorado.