37 years as athletic director at Lafayette Jefferson High School … 2-time state finalist … scored 18 of team’s 28 points in 1935 state final afternoon game … Gimbel Award winner … 3-yr letter-winner in both basketball and baseball … duplicated that feat at Purdue … 39 years in Lafayette school system, 37 as athletic director at Lafayette Jefferson … 10 times Jefferson participated in Final Four, and won state titles in ’48 and ’64 … for 39 yrs was recreation director for city and 20 yrs as director and supt. of parks and recreation.

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