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- Multi-sport standout who was a fixture at third base for almost his entire UC career.
- Earned All-Mid-American Conference and All-Ohio honors as a linebacker in football.
- Turned down professional opportunities in both football and baseball to fulfill service commitment.
- Returned to UC in 1956 as an assistant football coach, embarking on a career in which he served, sometimes concurrently, as head wrestling coach, intramural director and assistant athletics director.
- Began a 21-season career as head baseball coach in 1961, directing his very first team to the NCAA district tournament.
- His teams won three Missouri Valley Conference titles and made four NCAA Tournament appearances.
- His jersey number, 1, was retired.
- UC Athletic Hall of Fame 1982.