A 3-year letter winner at Terre Haute Garfield where he was also a champion track performer, All-State in football and also played baseball…twice Garfield’s basketball MVP…captain and MVP of the 1958 Indiana All-Star team…Parade All-American…went on to record-breaking career at Purdue…named to Big 10 scholastic team…U.S. Olympic gold medalist…NBA rookie of the year in ’63…all-star 3 of his 9 years in the league, despite career being interrupted by U.S. Army…MVP performer for Army all-Pacific champs…later assistant coach, then coach of all-Army basketball team…coached U.S. State Department goodwill basketball tour to Central America in ’66.

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