Type
  • Athlete
High School
  • Bloomington High School
Graduation Year
  • 1970
Sports
  • Football
  • Baseball
  • Golf
Induction
  • 2017

Outstanding pitcher, player at all levels of youth baseball up through high school; drafted by Seattle, Cincinnati, elected to go to IU … in football, All-State as end, punter on unbeaten ’69 BHS team, all despite diabetes that first threatened career at 15 … Tommy John surgery on pitching elbow after sophomore year at IU, lettered in golf as junior, senior … 3-time Bloomington City golf champion, Hall of Famer … also won Indianapolis District … became golf pro in 1984, PGA Golf Professional in 1990 … 22-year teaching pro at Cascades course … introduced “Hook a Kid on Golf” and junior programs … also pro at IU, Eagle Point courses … despite losing right foot in 2014 mowing accident, he continues as teaching pro with prosthesis.