Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1995
- Class:
- 1938
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER: Graduated from Cleveland Shaw High School…Played baseball and basketball as a prep…Led his baseball team to the Lake Erie League championship…KSU CAREER: Lettered three times in basketball and baseball for the Flashes (1936-38)…Led the basketball team in scoring three consecutive years…Played 61 consecutive games…Led the Ohio Conference in scoring as a junior…Team captain as a senior…Pitcher for the Kent diamond squad…The Cleveland Plain Dealer summed up his career by printing, “Perhaps one of the best basketball and baseball players in Kent State history.”…Graduated in 1938 with a bachelor’s degree in education…POST KSU CAREER: Coached and taught in Cleveland school system…Signed a professional baseball contract with the Cleveland Indians…Played for Raleigh Capitals in the Carolina League for five seasons…Set a Carolina League playoff record when he pitched four complete games in nine days…Tossed a pair of shutouts, struck out 32 batters and allowed just three earned runs during this span…PERSONAL: Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio…Authored a book “Greener Pasteurs:"…Enjoys golfing and writing.
