HIGH SCHOOL:
Tipton High School (1942)

COLLEGE:
Purdue University (1949)

Three-year all-conference player at Tipton, and considered one of the early 1940's top pivotmen ... 3-time all-sectional, twice all-regional, then all-semistate as a senior ... named to 1942 Indiana all-star team ... 4 letters in both track and softball ... after his college career was interrupted by World War II, he returned to Purdue University to earn 2 basketball letters ... moved into education field, spending his entire career as a coach and teacher in Indiana public schools.