HIGH SCHOOL:
Crispus Attucks (1957)

COLLEGE:
University of Nebraska (1957)

A member of Crispus Attucks' 1956 state championship team ... as a senior a year later, he led an Attucks team with virtually new personnel to that school's 3rd straight berth in the Final Four ... member of Indiana all-star team ... high school All-American ... twice all-Big 8 at Nebraska ... moved on to successful AAU career ... twice named Midwest AAU Outstanding Athlete of Year in men's basketball -- achieving those honors a decade apart, in 1960 and 1970 ... later served as director of basketball for the Cornhuster State games, which drew over 60 teams a year to Lincoln, Nebraska.