Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1989
- Class:
- 1943
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER: Prepped at Youngstown Rayen High School where he earned eight varsity letters, three each in football and basketball and two in track…Led his 1935 grid squad to the city championship…Captained basketball and football teams as a senior…Graduated in 1938…KENT STATE CAREER: Lettered five times for the Flashes, twice in football and baseball and once in wrestling…Honorable mention All-Ohio pick at running back in 1941…Kent wrestling coach Joe Begala called him “the roughest wrestler I ever coached.”…Earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and biology in 1943…His MA in administration and physical education in 1951…Member of the Varsity “K” Club and Blue Key…POST KSU CAREER: Led the Kent State High School basketball team to the state tourney in 1942-43 winning sectional, district, and regional titles along the way…Coached at Upper Iowa, Dubuque and Adrian…his 1954-55 Adrian College squad won the MIAA Championships with a 21-4 mark and he was chosen UNICO National coach of the year…Earned all-district honors in the Youngstown Semi/Pro Baseball Tournament…Most recently he returned to coaching at Britton-Macon High School and had complied a 33-27 record in the last three seasons…PERSONAL: Born on July 4, 1918 in Niles, Ohio…Married to the former Betty Jane Cooper…They have one daughter…Served in the U.S. Navy, 1943-46 and earned citations for the American and Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns as well as the Victory Medal…Active in community activities, YMCA, American Cancer Society, American Family Counseling Services and other…Retired from Tecumseh Product Co….Elected to the Upper Iowa Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987.
