HIGH SCHOOL:
Cambridge City

COLLEGE:
DePauw

5-time winner of the Indiana Sportswriter of the Year Award -- an award that has since been named in his honor ... a fixture of the Indianapolis News sports section for 21 years ... author of the popular 'Hoosier Sketchbook' column ... covered sports for 6 years at Anderson Herald, then 10 years at Indianapolis Star before moving over to the News ... also a skilled illustrator, with many of his works having been on display in this Hall of Fame ... twice honored nationally for his work ... though a lover of all sports, was most at home in a high school gym.