Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1984
- Class:
- 1930
Born September 30, 1901 in FostoriaโฆGraduated from Braceville High School in 1922โฆLettered in basketball and baseball in high schoolโฆEarned nine varsity monograms at KSU, three in football and two each in baseball, basketball, and wrestlingโฆCaptained the baseball and basketball teamsโฆNamed Kent top athlete his senior yearโฆMember of Gamma Tau Delta and Sigma Tau Gamma fraternitiesโฆEarned his bachelorโs degree in pre-med/education from Kent in 1929 and his masterโs degree in education fromย KSU in 1930โฆTaught and coached at Leavittsburgh school for 22 yearsโฆSuperintendent of Braceville Schools for 15 yearsโฆCoached the Leavittsburgh baseball team to the Class โBโ State Championship in 1943โฆHis baseball teams made the state tournament three timesโฆAlso coached football, basketball, and trackโฆIs a 57-year member of the MasonsโฆTaught one year in the Rootstown school systemโฆRetired in 1967 following 38 years as an educatorโฆA โgentleman farmerโ who raises sheepโฆMarried to the former Emma VeitsโฆThree children, Larry, Bruce, and Don.
