James W. Ertel

A Top Pivotman of the Early ’40s

HIGH SCHOOL:
Tipton High School (1942)

COLLEGE:
Purdue University (1949)

Three-year all-conference player at Tipton, and considered one of the early 1940’s top pivotmen … 3-time all-sectional, twice all-regional, then all-semistate as a senior … named to 1942 Indiana all-star team … 4 letters in both track and softball … after his college career was interrupted by World War II, he returned to Purdue University to earn 2 basketball letters … moved into education field, spending his entire career as a coach and teacher in Indiana public schools.