Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1988
KSU CAREER: Served as the head track and cross country coach at Kent for 18 years (1960-78)…Guided the Flashes to two MAC track titles (1973 & 75)…Selected as MAC Coach of the Year two times…Coached the 1973 indoor track team to a second place finish in the NCAA championships…Coached 14 Kent athletes to All-American status and 29 individuals MAC titles…His charges were awarded All-American status 34 times and three, Jacques Accambray, Al Schoterman, and Gerald Tinker, were members of the Olympic team…HIGH SCHOOL CAREER: Graduated from Beverly High School in Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1933…State champ in 880 and was undefeated in his last years of high school…POST KSU CAREER: Retired from KSU in 1978, still enjoys golfing…PERSONAL: Born June 19, 1915…Earned his B.A. and M/Ed from Boston University…Was a track standout in college and was undefeated in dual meet competition in the 440 and 880 and national AAU champ in the 600 meters…Also coached track at Boston University and won seven consecutive New England Intercollegiate Championships…Coach of 1956 U.S. Olympic Team and 1969 American Team at the Pacific Conference Championships…Served in the U.S. Navy during WWII…Inducted into the Ohio Track & Field Associations Hall of Fame in 1987…Married the former Mary Dowling (now divorced) they had five children.
