HIGH SCHOOL:
Arsenal Tech

COLLEGE:
Purdue

Since 1968 the creator and publisher of Indiana Basketball Handbook, the first annual publication to print complete season schedules of all boys basketball teams...full of college and pro trivia as well, the 'little yellow book' became an indispensable staple for basketball fans... over 2 million copies have been distributed for sponsors business...Pert's love affair with high school basketball began as a student...saw his first state finals in 1927 at Cow Barn...ran track and cross country at Purdue ... a major in the Army Air Corps in WW II.