‘Ike’ was a 3-year varsity performer at South Bend Central … All-State as a senior in 1950 … team captain and outstanding player award that year … led Central to 26-2 record and semistate appearance … a year earlier, helped team to Final Four appearance … also 3-year football starter … 2-time All-Stater in that sport … 3 varsity letters at Notre Dame University … headed for Harlem Globetrotters, but U. S. Army sidetracked that career … named to all-Fifth Army team at Camp Atterbury … second team All-Army at Camp Carson, Colorado.

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