Type
  • Athlete
High School
  • Bloomington High School
Graduation Year
  • 1934
Sports
  • Track-Olympian
Induction
  • 2011

State mile champion, winning time stood as state record for 9 years … IU track All-American, on world-record 4-mile relay team … ran 5,000 in ’36 Olympics … switched to steeplechase by coach Billy Hayes, aiming at 1940 Olympics. set Penn Relays record In event that stood 24 years… war cancelled ’40 Olympics, ended running career … outstanding college coach at Drake, director Drake Relays … in IU Athletics Hall of Fame.